The Last of Us Season 2 Promo Starts Hype Train On Buff Abby

With the finale of The Final of Us’ glorious TV adaptation behind us, we’re as soon as once more caught in that area of ethical uncertainty. However even for these of us who’ve performed The Final of Us’ recreation sequel and are greater than aware of its emotionally intense ups and downs, it’s onerous to not get excited over what’s to return. Whereas season two continues to be a methods away, that hasn’t stopped sequence co-creator Neil Druckmann from teasing us all with some superior artwork that dates again to the promotion of the second recreation in 2020.

The selection to make use of this artwork is obvious: After hypothesis over who’s more likely to play the sequel’s alternate protagonist, Abby, there’s been a loud and clear name for the actor to replicate the character’s signature ripped muscle mass. It seems that Druckmann has, not less than, heard that decision.

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When The Final of Us was initially launched in 2013 for the PlayStation 3, its morally ambiguous ending on the time meant that, ought to there be a sequel, just about something may occur. For a lot of who watched the conclusion for the primary time only a mere two weeks in the past, that feeling is more likely to be alive and properly as soon as extra. Neil Druckmann, co-creator of the unique recreation and TV adaptation, has added gas to your fiery hypothesis with a beautiful picture from artist Kevin Tong that was used to advertise the sport’s sequel again within the 2010s. When you’ve performed the sequel, then you realize precisely what’s occurring right here, if not, properly, strap in for the day you discover out simply what that’s all about.

Whose arm is that?

Final evening, Druckmann tweeted out a reminder that, given season one’s finale on March 12, there’d be no episode on Sunday evening, March 19. Teasing that “season [two] is already on its means!” he ended the tweet with “endure and survive!” and an image of a notably “jacked forearm,” as one tweet reply put it, driving a hammer right into a burning automobile, with darkish, fittingly northwestern evergreen bushes within the background.

Whereas the artwork may need you considering it’s selling season two of the present, and isn’t solely incorrect spiritually, the genesis of it lies with artist Kevin Tong, who produced it and an identical mirror picture one in coordination with Naughty Canine to advertise the sport’s sequel.

The mirror picture switchblade (hmm, who would personal such a factor?) picture had first poked up round 2016, with a tweet from Tong celebrating #OutbreakDay2016.

After a variation on that very poster, and following the announcement of The Final of Us: Half II, the picture Druckmann tweeted out this previous Sunday appeared in 2017, exhibiting that very muscular arm.

Killer The Final of Us posters aren’t the one game-inspired artwork Kevin Tong has produced. Beforehand, he produced artwork in coordination with Legendary Photos for the Warcraft movie, that includes posters for each the Horde and Alliance.

He’s additionally created artwork within the Halo universe, that includes a fairly candy illustration of Captain James Cutter, simply among the best Halo characters that sadly by no means will get a lot display time exterior of the 2 tie-in RTS Halo Wars video games. Much like The Final of Us photographs, narratively opposing sides face off in mirror photographs, with the Banished chief, Atriox, looming over his military.

Because the official announcement of season two, hypothesis over who may be or needs to be solid as Abby has been everywhere in the web, with followers of the present and the video games pouring over Neil Druckmann’s social media exercise to get a way of who he may be eyeing for the function. One factor is obvious: Followers need a buff Abby; if Druckmann’s tweet is something to go by, they only may get their want.