EDIT: Since the time of writing, Naughty Dog and Sony have confirmed that The Last of Us Part 2 has officially been delayed.
In a blog post, the game’s Neil Druckmann shared: “It was just about a month ago when we had our big blowout for the game, letting media play over two hours of it along with debuting our new story trailer and revealing the release date. The positive response we saw from our community was overwhelming. You can feel the energy among the team members. After working on something for so many years, it’s invigorating to get a glimpse of validation for all the hard work.
“However, it was during the last few weeks, as we were closing out sections of the game, that we realized we simply didn’t have enough time to bring the entire game up to a level of polish we would call Naughty Dog quality. At this point we were faced with two options: compromise parts of the game or get more time. We went with the latter, and this new release date allows us to finish everything to our level of satisfaction while also reducing stress on the team.
“While we’re relieved that we won’t have to compromise our vision, we’re disappointed that we weren’t able to avoid this exact situation. We wish we could’ve foreseen the amount of polish we needed, but the size and scope of this game got the better of us. We hate disappointing our fans and for that we’re sorry.”

Original story as follows:
It’s rumoured that The Last of Us Part 2 will be delayed by Naughty Dog, despite the company giving the game a release date just this month.

The rumour comes from multiple industry insiders and has since been reported by Kotaku, with a Sony announcement believed to be coming anytime soon.
Naughty Dog has previously delayed its other heavy-hitting titles: Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us.
The Last of Us Part 2 was planned to launch exclusively on PlayStation 4, February 21st, 2020.

More to follow as it comes, but let me go cry into a pillow first.
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