The Last of Us Development Series

Episode 2

Wasteland Beautiful

The concept a post-pandemic world is usually fraught with every visual descriptor except "beautiful." Naughty Dog has taken a very different approach by simply asking the question: what happens to the world after we're gone?

Episode 3

Death and Choices

Scavenging the paltry resources leftover from a devastated world makes each use a meaningful one, and each player action a storytelling moment.

Episode 4

Them or Us

The brutality of edge-case survival isn't just a setting, for Naughty Dog it's also a way of visceral connection to the player through the rulesets that bind their actions in the game world.

Episode 5

Joel and Ellie

An exploration of the relationship that Joel and Ellie develop in spite of and because of the insane world in which they've come together.

Episode 6

The Beauty of Abandonment

A wordless study of the world, events, and characters through the lens of art. Set to a musical score from composer Gustavo Santaolalla.