List of accolades received by The Last of Us

For the accolades received by the TV series, see List of accolades received by The Last of Us (TV series).

Naughty Dog developers accepting Game of the Year at the Game Developers Choice Awards

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).
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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