The Last of Us Remastered (2014)
The Last of Us Remastered is a 2014 shooter video game made by Naughty Dog and Sony Computer Entertainment.
Twenty years into an outbreak that hollowed out civilization, a hardened smuggler named Joel is hired to move a fourteen-year-old girl, Ellie, across a ruined United States. What starts as a job becomes a long, dangerous trek through quarantine zones, abandoned towns, and forests reclaimed by the Cordyceps infection, dodging both the creatures it makes and the desperate people who remain. This remaster brings Naughty Dog's story to PlayStation 4 with sharper visuals and smoother performance, keeping the tense scavenging, the crafting, and the quiet, watchful spaces between the fights.
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What is The Last of Us Remastered about?
Twenty years into an outbreak that hollowed out civilization, a hardened smuggler named Joel is hired to move a fourteen-year-old girl, Ellie, across a ruined United States. What starts as a job becomes a long, dangerous trek through quarantine zones, abandoned towns, and forests reclaimed by the Cordyceps infection, dodging both the creatures it makes and the desperate people who remain. This remaster brings Naughty Dog's story to PlayStation 4 with sharper visuals and smoother performance, keeping the tense scavenging, the crafting, and the quiet, watchful spaces between the fights.
When was The Last of Us Remastered released?
The Last of Us Remastered was released on 26 July 2014.
Who made The Last of Us Remastered?
The Last of Us Remastered was made by Naughty Dog and Sony Computer Entertainment.
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If the journey stays with you, Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II pulls back the curtain on how Naughty Dog builds these worlds, following the team through the long, difficult making of the sequel. It is a documentary for anyone who wants to understand the craft behind the tension you just played through.
Story games built on an unlikely bond
The Last of Us follows a smuggler escorting a teenage girl across a ruined country until the job turns into something closer to family. These story games build the same bond between mismatched travelers, letting the relationship carry the danger and giving their long journeys real emotional weight.
Survival tension in a world gone quiet
Remastered keeps the original's dread intact: silent towns, clicking infected and human survivors who are often the greater threat. These games chase that same held-breath tension, sending you through hostile, decaying worlds where ammo is scarce and the quiet is never a good sign.
Open worlds to explore next
Between firefights, The Last of Us slows down to let you take in reclaimed cities and abandoned homes. If that exploring appealed, these open worlds hand you huge spaces to roam, full of side paths, hidden corners and stories waiting off the main road.