

Visually stunning and maturely written, it was a compelling, character-driven epic that elevated storytelling to heights rarely seen in the gaming medium, even if the story itself - Cormac McCarthy’s The Road with added zombies - wasn’t entirely unique. When PlayStation developer Naughty Dog released The Last of Us back in 2013, it seemed like an impassioned riposte to Roger Ebert’s claim that video games “can never be art”. It's game over for the so-called video game curse, as Sky Atlantic's The Last Of Us - launching on 16 January - is a masterpiece, like its source material. Pedro Pascal as Joel & Bella Ramsey as Ellie in The Last Of Us.
