Future The Last of Us games will incorporate elements from the HBO show
The Last of Us HBO show will have an impact on future games in the series, says Neil Druckmann.
The first season of The Last of Us came to a dramatic and emotional conclusion this week, and it's fair to say that the live-action adaptation has won the hearts of longtime fans of the series as well as those who've never played the games. While the show stuck closely to the source material for the most part, there are differences between the two, and according to Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann, future The Last of Us games will incorporate elements from the show.
In an interview with El Español (thanks, Thegamespoof (opens in new tab)), Druckmann said, "If we ever revisit them in game form, which remains to be seen, there are definitely elements that I'm going to take from the series that would apply to the games."
Neil Druckmann has confirmed if a future The Last of Us title is created it will have elements from the HBO show applied to the games!“If we ever revisit them in game form, which remains to be seen, there are definitely elements that I’m going to take from the series that would… https://t.co/J7kflVkIgV pic.twitter.com/5UTfq616YwMarch 14, 2023
Druckmann didn't specify what exactly these "elements" would be, although one possibility is that he's referring to cordyceps, which work differently in the show. As we've seen in the live-action version, the infection isn't spread by spores but by tendrils which connect infected beings to one another through an underground network.
The below contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 9, so look away now if you've yet to watch it.
He could also be referring to details about Ellie's past. In The Last of Us Part 1, we learn fairly quickly that Ellie is immune, but
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