Ellie has proven herself immune to the Cordyceps virus, a first for mankind, and is therefore a vital link to potentially finding a cure to the sickness that has killed, altered, and devasted society. After 60% of the global human population is killed off by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, smuggler Joel finds himself forced to accompany 14-year-old Ellie from Boston across the United States to find anti-government militia, the Fireflies. The original game was remastered and re-released in 2014, with The Last of Us Part II arriving to tremendous acclaim in 2020 despite a delayed release.Īs a third-person, action-adventure survival horror game, The Last of Us took the concept of a post-apocalyptic world plagued by flesh-eating zombie-like creatures to the next level. First released in 2013, the two games in the series have been massive hits for Naughty Dog and Sony Computer Entertainment, with exclusive rights granted to Sony Playstation consoles. HBO’s hotly-anticipated TV series adaptation of The Last of Us has cast Mindhunter star Anna Torv as Tess.

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