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Sony’s Video Game of the Year Is About, Um, a Deadly Pandemic
‘The Last of Us Part II’ is one of the Japanese company's last major PS4 games.
The Last of Us Part II
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Sony Corp. and software developer Naughty Dog are putting a new video game out on June 19 that’s arguably the most anticipated release this year. It’s set in a fictional version of the U.S. that’s been ravaged by a global pandemic. No, really.
The makers of The Last of Us Part II, for the PlayStation 4, couldn’t have known the world would actually be desolated by a deadly virus when development began six years ago. The sequel to The Last of Us, which has sold more than 17 million copies since its release in 2013, revolves around a mutant fungus that transforms people into zombies—who then spread their spores and infect other humans.