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The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Set four years after The Last of Us (2013), the game focuses on two playable characters in a post-apocalyptic United States whose lives intertwine: Ellie, who sets out in revenge for a murder, and Abby, a soldier who becomes involved in a conflict between her militia and a religious cult. Following its announcement in December 2016, [1] the game received several awards in anticipation of its release, [2] [3] [4] [5] as well as for its demonstration at E3 2018. [6]
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The game was released for the PlayStation 4 on June 19, 2020, [7] and received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic. [8] It had the biggest launch of 2020 [9] and became the fastest-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive. [10] [11] It won 326 Game of the Year awards, [12] which several outlets claimed broke the record set by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015); [13] [14] [15] it was later surpassed by Elden Ring (2022). [16] [17] It was awarded from several shows and publications, [18] many of whom considered it among the best games of its generation [19] and among the greatest video games ever made. [20]
It won two awards at AbleGamers's inaugural Video Game Accessibility Awards: Second Channel, for providing several ways to access information; and Helping Hand, for the presentation of in-game hints. [21] At the 38th Golden Joystick Awards, the game won all six awards for which it was nominated, including Ultimate Game of the Year. [22] It led the nominees at the Game Awards 2020 with eleven nominations, [23] of which it won seven, the most in the show's history, including Game of the Year. [24] Following some concerns from viewers, host and producer Geoff Keighley clarified the awards were not rigged nor influenced by Naughty Dog; he said the game was popular with players and media alike as proven by its second-place ranking in the publicly-voted Player's Voice award. [25]
The game received five nominations at the 10th Annual New York Game Awards, including Game of the Year; [26] it lost all to Hades . [27] The Last of Us Part II received twenty-four nominations at the NAVGTR Awards, the most in the show's history, [28] and won eight, including Franchise Adventure Game, Lead Performance in a Drama for Johnson and Bailey, and Supporting Performance in a Drama for Baker. [29] It received a record-breaking thirteen nominations at the 17th British Academy Games Awards, [30] of which it won three, including Performer in a Leading Role for Bailey and the publicly-voted EE Game of the Year. [31] The game led the 19th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards with fifteen nominations and eight wins, [32] and received the most nominations at the 24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards with eleven (winning two), [33] [34] the 21st Game Developers Choice Awards with six [a] (winning one), [35] [36] and the inaugural Global Industry Game Awards with thirteen (winning three). [37] [38]
