The Last of Us Season 2 releases this April, and the sophomore season will up the ante in terms of how the deadly fungus spreads–and this will include by way of airborne spores.
Neil Druckmann confirmed this during a SXSW panel recently, saying the reason the team decided to do this in Season 2 was for dramatic purposes. “Everything has to be drama. There had to be a dramatic reason of introducing it now. And there is,” he said (via IGN).
In The Last of Us game series, the outbreak spreads from spores, but Season 1 changed things up and had the fungus spread via cordycep tendrils. There was a fan backlash against this.
Druckmann said of Season 2, “Season 1, we had this new thing that wasn’t in the game of these tendrils that spread, and that was one form. And then one shot you see in this trailer, there are things in the air.”
You can check out the latest trailer for The Last of Us below, featuring a new look at spores and lots more from the upcoming season. Season 2 premieres on Sunday, April 13 on Max.
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey return as Joel and Ellie, respectively, while Kaitlyn Dever joins the cast as Abby. Young Mazino plays Jesse, while Joe Pantoliano portrays Eugene. Catherine O’Hara, meanwhile, joins the cast as Joel’s therapist.
The Last of Us may never get a third installment in the game series, but the franchise’s next gaming release is the PC launch of The Last of Us 2 Remastered in April.
