Avid gamers who’ve performed The Final Of Us Half 2 are loving HBO’s “evil” promo for the second season of the TV adaptation.
The second season of The Final Of Us premiered earlier this week and is about 5 years after the occasions of the primary, which noticed Joel (Pedro Pascal) main Ellie (Bella Ramsey) throughout a post-apocalyptic America. A gaggle of survivors often known as The Fireflies believed Ellie’s blood may remedy the an infection that was nonetheless ravaging the world however Joel couldn’t let her sacrifice herself, so murdered plenty of medical doctors within the brutal season finale, earlier than mendacity to Ellie about what had occurred.
The identical factor occurred within the authentic online game and from what we’ve seen of the second season of The Final Of Us, HBO are nonetheless sticking carefully to the supply materials.
Nonetheless gaming followers who’ve already performed The Final Of Us Half 2 have seen a brutal little bit of foreshadowing on HBO’s streaming service Max. An advert to observe the present has been positioned subsequent to a different selling the US Open. It might sound harmless sufficient however within the recreation, Joel is brutally murdered by Abby by way of a golf membership.
Whoever at Max did that is evil 😭💀 https://t.co/CgpgNogYMd
— DomTheBomb (@DomTheBombYT) April 15, 2025
“They’re so flawed for that,” wrote one fan. “HBO know what they’re doing,” mentioned one other. “Somebody is getting a elevate,” added a 3rd.
Pascal beforehand teased that the second season of The Final Of Us can be “fucking heartbreaking” earlier than calling the showrunners “sick folks”. Nonetheless it’s not been confirmed if the TV present will observe the occasions of the sport.
Addressing players who assume they know what’s going to occur within the The Final Of Us season two, showrunner Craig Mazin mentioned: “I feel you most likely ought to count on the sudden. We received’t at all times do the stuff you assume we’re going to do.”
“Typically we do the stuff you thought we had been going to do differently, at a special time,” he added. “All I can say is that if you happen to give us your belief, by the point we get to the top of the season, I feel you’ll be completely satisfied.”
In a four-star assessment of the brand new season, NME wrote: “At its greatest, The Final Of Us is unsettling sufficient to make you query your individual hypothetical ethical code. When daily is about survival and making sense of post-apocalyptic chaos, does taking a life turn out to be simpler, or in some way even tougher? This present doesn’t simply go deep narratively – it additionally cuts deep emotionally.”
In different information, Xbox chief Phil Spencer is seemingly not fascinated about an enormous display adaptation of Name Of Obligation, regardless of the success of A Minecraft Film.
