List of accolades received by The Last of Us

List of accolades received by The Last of Us

Game director Bruce Straley (left) and creative director Neil Druckmann (right) were awarded for their work on the game.
Accolades Award Won Nominated Annie Awards 1 1 Ars Technica 0 1 The A.V. Club 1 1 British Academy Video Games Awards 7 12 Canada.com 0 1 Cheat Code Central 8 11 cnet 0 1 Daily Mirror 1 1 Destructoid 6 12 DICE Awards 10 13 Digital Spy 0 1 Edge 1 3 Electronic Gaming Monthly 3 5 The Electric Playground 1 1 Entertainment Weekly 0 1 The Escapist 3 3 Forbes 1 1 Games 1 1 GameSpot 4 6 GamesRadar 1 1 GameTrailers 4 6 The Game Awards 0 2 Game Critics Awards 5 5 Game Developers Choice Awards 3 5 Game Informer 6 6 Game Revolution 3 3 Giant Bomb 4 5 Golden Joystick Awards 5 8 Good Game 1 2 The Guardian 0 1 Hardcore Gamer 11 16 IGN 10 13 IGN Australia 2 2 Inside Gaming Awards 3 7 International Business Times 1 1 Joystiq 1 1 Kotaku 2 2 Metacritic 1 1 The New Zealand Herald 0 1 PlayStation Universe 1 1 Polygon 0 1 Slant Magazine 0 1 Spike Video Game Awards 0 1 Spike VGX 4 7 SXSW Gaming Awards 6 10 Telegraph 4 11 Time 0 1 VG247 1 1 VideoGamer.com 1 1 Wired 0 1 Writers Guild of America Awards 2 2
Total number of awards and nominations
Totals	122	195
Footnotes

The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video 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.^[1] The game was officially announced on December 10, 2011,^[2] and was widely anticipated. It was awarded Most Anticipated Game from PlayStation Universe^[3] and Cheat Code Central,^[4] receiving a nomination at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards.^[5]

Following its previews at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the game won numerous awards, including Best of Show from several gaming publications.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} It was released worldwide on June 14, 2013 for the PlayStation 3.^{[lower-alpha 1]} Review aggregator Metacritic assigned the game a normalized score of 95 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 98 reviews.^[12] GameRankings, another review aggregator, assigned it an average review score of 95% based on 68 reviews.^[13] Within three weeks of its release, The Last of Us sold approximately 3.4 million copies,^[14] and seven million by July 2014, becoming one of the best-selling PlayStation 3 games.^[15]

The Last of Us garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its story, sound and music, graphical and artistic design, and the acting of its cast. It ultimately became one of the most awarded games in history, winning over 240 awards.^[16] At the 10th British Academy Video Games Awards, the game received ten nominations and went on to win five awards: Best Game, Action & Adventure, Audio Achievement, Performer and Story.^[17] The game earned thirteen nominations at the 17th Annual DICE Awards, winning ten, including Game of the Year.^[18] At IGN's Best of 2013, the game garnered thirteen nominations and went on to win ten awards, including Game of the Year,^[19] Best Overall Action-Adventure Game^[20] and Best Overall Sound.^[21]

At the 14th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, The Last of Us won Game of the Year, Best Design and Best Narrative.^[22] The game received seven nominations at the Spike VGX, with Troy Baker winning the award for Best Voice Actor and Ashley Johnson winning the award for Best Voice Actress.^[23] The game also appeared on several year-end lists of the best games of 2013, receiving Game of the Year wins from the The Daily Telegraph,^[24] Good Game,^[25] Kotaku,^[26][27] and VideoGamer.com,^[28] among many others.^{[29][30][31][32]}

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