List of accolades received by The Last of Us
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The Last of Us is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players assume control of Joel (Troy Baker), escorting the young Ellie (Ashley Johnson) across a post-apocalyptic United States. The game's development was led by Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann, as game director and creative director, respectively. The game was officially announced on December 10, 2011,[1] and was nominated for Most Anticipated Game at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards.[2] Following its previews at E3 2012, the game won five awards at the Game Critics Awards, including Best of Show,[3] which it also won from several gaming publications.[4][5][6][7][8]
The game was released for PlayStation 3 on June 14, 2013,[9] and for PlayStation 4 as The Last of Us Remastered in July and August 2014.[10] It received "universal acclaim", according to review aggregator Metacritic, based on 98 reviews.[11] Within three weeks of its release, The Last of Us sold approximately 3.4 million copies,[12] and seven million by July 2014, becoming one of the best-selling PlayStation 3 games.[13] The game received six nominations at the Golden Joystick Awards, of which it won three,[14] and seven nominations at Spike VGX, with Baker and Johnson winning Best Voice Actor and Best Voice Actress, respectively.[15]
The Last of Us won Best Animated Video Game at the 41st Annie Awards,[16] and Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing at the 66th Writers Guild of America Awards.[17] It led the 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards with thirteen nominations and ten awards, including Game of the Year,[18] received five nominations at the 3rd Annual New York Game Awards,[19] of which it won the Big Apple Award for Best Game,[20] and won four of its seven nominations at the SXSW Gaming Awards, including Game of the Year.[21][22] At the 10th British Academy Video Games Awards, The Last of Us received ten nominations and won five awards: Best Game, Action & Adventure, Audio Achievement, Performer, and Story.[23] At the 14th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, it won Game of the Year, Best Design, and Best Narrative.[24] It received nine nominations at the 12th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards,[25] of which it won four: Audio of the Year, Sound Design of the Year, Best Audio Mix, and Best Dialogue.[26]
The game appeared on several publications' year-end lists of the best games, including The A.V. Club,[27] The Daily Telegraph,[28] GamesRadar,[29] GameTrailers,[30] GameRevolution,[31] Giant Bomb,[32] Good Game,[33] Hardcore Gamer,[34] IGN,[35] Kotaku,[36] VG247,[37] and VideoGamer.com.[38] The Last of Us Remastered received nominations at The Game Awards 2014 and the 15th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards.[39][40] The game was named among the best games of the 2010s by The Hollywood Reporter,[41] Mashable,[42] Metacritic,[43] and VG247,[44] and was added to the World Video Game Hall of Fame at the Strong National Museum of Play in May 2023.[45] It is often ranked among the greatest video games ever made.[46]
Accolades
Award | Date | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s). |
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Game Critics Awards | June 26, 2012 | Best of Show | The Last of Us | Won | [3] |
Best Original Game | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Best Console Game | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Best Action/Adventure Game | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Best Sound | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Spike Video Game Awards | December 7, 2012 | Most Anticipated Game | The Last of Us | Nominated | [2] |
Golden Joystick Awards | October 26, 2013 | Best Newcomer | The Last of Us | Won | [14] |
Best Storytelling | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Studio of the Year | Naughty Dog | Won | |||
Game of the Year | The Last of Us | Nominated | [47] | ||
Best Visual Design | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Best Gaming Moment | "Joel's loss" | Nominated | |||
Spike VGX | December 7, 2013 | Studio of the Year | Naughty Dog | Won | [15] |
Best PlayStation Game | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Best Voice Actor | Troy Baker as Joel | Won | |||
Best Voice Actress | Ashley Johnson as Ellie | Won | |||
Game of the Year | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Best Action Adventure Game | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Best Soundtrack | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Annie Awards | February 1, 2014 | Best Animated Video Game | The Last of Us | Won | [16] |
Writers Guild of America Awards | February 1, 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing | Neil Druckmann | Won | [17] |
D.I.C.E. Awards | February 7, 2014 | Game of the Year | The Last of Us | Won | [18] |
Adventure Game of the Year | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Animation | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Story | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Outstanding Character Performance | Ashley Johnson as Ellie | Won | |||
Troy Baker as Joel | Nominated | ||||
Online Game of the Year | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
New York Game Awards | February 11, 2014 | Big Apple Award for Best Game | The Last of Us | Won | [20] |
Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game | The Last of Us | Nominated | [19] | ||
Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Statue of Liberty Award for Best World | Salt Lake City | Nominated | |||
Great White Way Award for Best Overall Acting | Troy Baker as Joel | Nominated | |||
SXSW Gaming Awards | March 8, 2014 | Game of the Year | The Last of Us | Won | [21] |
Excellence in Narrative | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Excellence in SFX | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Excellence in Musical Score | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Excellence in Gameplay | The Last of Us | Nominated | [22] | ||
Excellence in Animation | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Convergence Award | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
British Academy Video Games Awards | March 12, 2014 | Best Game | The Last of Us | Won | [23] |
Action & Adventure | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Audio Achievement | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Performer | Ashley Johnson as Ellie | Won | |||
Troy Baker as Joel | Nominated | ||||
Artistic Achievement | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Game Design | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Multiplayer | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Music | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Story | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Game Developers Choice Awards | March 19, 2014 | Game of the Year | The Last of Us | Won | [24] |
Best Design | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Best Narrative | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Best Technology | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Art | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Game Audio Network Guild Awards | March 20, 2014 | Audio of the Year | The Last of Us | Won | [26] |
Sound Design of the Year | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Best Audio Mix | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Best Dialogue | The Last of Us | Won | |||
Music of the Year | The Last of Us | Nominated | [25] | ||
Best Soundtrack Album | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Best Interactive Score | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio | The Last of Us | Nominated | |||
Best Original Instrumental | "Main Theme" | Nominated | |||
The Game Awards | December 5, 2014 | Best Remaster | The Last of Us Remastered | Nominated | [39] |
Game Developers Choice Awards | March 4, 2015 | Best Technology | The Last of Us Remastered | Honorable Mention | [40] |
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