The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

[6] The game was released for the PlayStation 4 on June 19, 2020,[7] and received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

[10][11] It won more than 320 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).

[23] 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.

[26] The Last of Us Part II received twenty-four nominations at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, the most in the show's history,[27] and won eight, including Franchise Adventure Game, Lead Performance in a Drama for Johnson and Bailey, and Supporting Performance in a Drama for Baker.