It appears The Last of Us Part II is getting two new gameplay updates that might persuade you to dive back into Naughty Dog's dark and dreary sequel. New trophies for the game have hinted at the return of the Grounded difficulty, as well as a new permadeath mode.

Grounded difficulty should be familiar if you played the first game in this series. It was also added as free post-launch content, giving players the ultimate test in the unrelenting post-apocalypse Joel and Ellie had to navigate. It removed your HUD, disabled the useful listen mode that let you track enemies through wall, and made enemies deadlier while also making ammunition scarcer.

Given the identical name, it's likely this new difficulty mode will flip the same switches in this year's sequel. The trophies also hint at a permadeath mode, which is self-explanatory; die once, and your game is over. The trophy references completing this on any difficulty, which means it won't be tied to any single one. That should make it slightly more manageable, especially with how forgiving the game can be below hard.