Which company developed the game 'The Last of Us'?

Naughty Dog developed the game The Last of Us. The Sony-owned studio began work on the project in 2009, after completing Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and released the original game for PlayStation 3 on June 14, 2013.

The game was directed by Bruce Straley, with Neil Druckmann serving as creative director and lead writer. Its story follows Joel, a smuggler escorting Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States after a fungal infection has devastated civilization. Ellie’s apparent immunity becomes central to the plot.

The Last of Us was Naughty Dog’s first new intellectual property of the PlayStation 3 era. Sony Computer Entertainment published it, which sometimes causes confusion: Sony was the publisher and platform owner, but Naughty Dog was the developer. Other Sony studios, including Santa Monica Studio, Sucker Punch Productions, and Insomniac Games, are associated with major PlayStation titles but did not develop the original game.

Naughty Dog later created The Last of Us Part II and led development of The Last of Us Part I, a remake released for PlayStation 5 in 2022 and Windows in 2023.