Daily Briefing: Thursday 11th February

HBO's The Last of Us finds its Joel and Ellie

The showrunners apparently flicked through their Game of Thrones rolodex  to find their leading duo. Pedro Pascal will play Joel - he was Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones and he's also in some quaint little indie thing called The Mandalorian. Bella Ramsey will play Ellie - she's best known for her breakout performance as Lyanna Mormont.

• The Last of Us will be the first television series from PlayStation Productions - who are reportedly developing three movies and seven television shows based on PlayStation properties. Another is the Tom Holland-fronted Uncharted movie.

BlizzConline schedule released, World of Warcraft and Diablo deep dives incoming

This all-digital BlizzCon kicks off on February 19th (that's next Friday) and the newly-released schedule has given an indication of what to expect - including "What's Next?" presentations for World of Warcraft and Diablo, and a "sneak peak" at Overwatch 2.

• Blizzard have already taken steps to temper expectations ahead of BlizzConline by confirming that, despite rumours, Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 will not be releasing until 2022 at the very earliest. It'll be interesting to see what Blizzard have in store for an all-digital BlizzCon - and we can all watch for free this time which is nice.

Is there a lawsuit on the horizon for PS5 DualSense drift?

The same law firm that brought the very first class action suit against Nintendo for Joy-Con drift have confirm they are considering whether there are grounds to bring a similar suit against Sony after multiple reports emerged of DualSense controllers experiencing drift.

• The firm, the US-based Chimicles Scwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith, are asking affected PS5 users to complete a form detailing their experiences as part of this information gathering session. Drift is apparently covered under the PS5's warranty - but it'll be curious to see whether a new lawsuit is indeed on the cards.

CD Projekt Red leaks have begun following cyber attack

It looks like the still-unidentified attackers are making good on their threats to release information - leaking the source code for Gwent to a hacking forum. The forum post called this the first CDPR leak, so the group are heaping the pressure on the studio after they stated they would not negotiate.

• Source code aside, so far nothing major has been published from the leak - but it could only be a matter of time. Just look at how much information is still emerging from the recent Capcom and Nintendo leaks.