Naughty Dog announced today that The Last of Us Remastered will receive a live update numbered 1.08 today, while the PS3 version of the game will be patched to the version.

This update actually includes the scoped weapons which were announced a while ago, and that the developer and Sony has decided to distribute for free instead of within a DLC package.  Below you can check the full patch notes:

New Weapons

  • Variable Rifle: Fast and accurate rifle that downs in four shots. Press x while aiming to use the variable scope zoom!
  • Scoped Semi-Auto: Scoped version of the Semi-Auto Rifle.
  • Scoped Full-Auto: Scoped version of the Full-Auto Rifle
  • Scoped Burst Rifle: Scoped version of the Burst Rifle.

New Missions

All new weapons have their own missions

Updated Pre-set Loadouts

  • COMMANDO
  • RECON
  • SHADOW
  • MARKSMAN
  • BARRAGE
  • SALVO
  • SUPPRESSION

The previously announced new maps will be released with another update later this week together with further improvements to the now infamous matchmaking times.