
Set 20 years after a fungal infection turns people into zombies, The Last of Us stars Pedro Pascal as the tough survivor and smuggler Joel, who is tasked with getting a 14-year-old girl named Ellie (fellow Game of Thrones alum Bella Ramsey) across the former United States to a research facility in the West. The penultimate episode marked the show’s largest first-night audience - and it could eat up House of the Dragon‘s record. HBO Max’s TV adaptation of the popular post-apocalyptic video game brings together a slew of fan-favorite stars from the studio’s other hit series. Gamers can finally see how The Last of Usplays out on the small screen. The game received a sequel in 2020, and when The Last of Us Part 2 was released, The Last of Us Remastered spiked in sales again, showing how many fans, old and new, wanted to return to the world and explore it.If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. The original version of The Last of Us was released in 2013 for the PlayStation 3, and was quickly followed by a PS4 remaster in 2014. Protagonists Ellie and Joel captured fans' hearts with their relationship and growth throughout the game, which contrasted against the terrifying and overrun game world. The original The Last of Us was widely considered to be ahead of the times with its graphics and gameplay on PS3. The Last of Us Part 1, though a remake and not the original, will join other Sony exclusives on PC, including God of War.


Up until this point, The Last of Us was only available on PlayStation consoles, though hopes that the series would come to PC grew after PlayStation announced more PC games are on the way. PC gamers will finally be able to play The Last of Us on PC thanks to the recently-announced The Last of Us Part 1, a remake of the 2013 classic.
