Season 2 of The Last of Us is coming soon.

Sony is making a location-based experience based on The Last of Us

Neil Druckmann, studio head of Naughty Dog and co-creator of The Last of Us, announced that Sony is working on a location-based physical entertainment experience based on The Last of Us.

It will depict the experience in the infected undergrounds of Seattle, which was prominently featured in The Last of Us Part II video game. This is still in the proof of concept phase and it will invoke all of your senses, Druckmann said. He made the announcement at the Sony event at CES 2025.

Neil Druckmann touts more media on The Last of Us.
Neil Druckmann touts more media on The Last of Us at CES 2025.

He also said that season 2 of the television show will debut in April on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. Druckmann showed a trailer full of violence and emotion from the second season of the show, which has been a major hit as a streaming series.

He said the company continues to strive to be an IP powerhouse with original content. “We’ve been floored at how beloved The Last of Us has become,” he said.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.