With the finale of The Final of Us’ glorious TV adaptation behind us, we’re as soon as once more caught in that house of ethical uncertainty. However even for these of us who’ve performed The Final of Us’ recreation sequel and are greater than accustomed to its emotionally intense ups and downs, it’s onerous to not get excited over what’s to return. Whereas season two continues to be a methods away, that hasn’t stopped collection co-creator Neil Druckmann from teasing us all with some superior artwork that dates again to the promotion of the second recreation in 2020.
The selection to make use of this artwork is obvious: After hypothesis over who’s more likely to play the sequel’s alternate protagonist, Abby, there’s been a loud and clear name for the actor to mirror the character’s signature ripped muscle groups. It seems that Druckmann has, no less than, heard that decision.
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When The Final of Us was initially launched in 2013 for the PlayStation 3, its morally ambiguous ending on the time meant that, ought to there be a sequel, nearly something may occur. For a lot of who watched the conclusion for the primary time only a mere two weeks in the past, that feeling is more likely to be alive and nicely as soon as extra. Neil Druckmann, co-creator of the unique recreation and TV adaptation, has added gasoline to your fiery hypothesis with a stunning picture from artist Kevin Tong that was used to advertise the sport’s sequel again within the 2010s. In case you’ve performed the sequel, then precisely what’s happening right here, if not, nicely, strap in for the day you discover out simply what that’s all about.
Whose arm is that?
Final evening, Druckmann tweeted out a reminder that, given season one’s finale on March 12, there’d be no episode on Sunday evening, March 19. Teasing that “season [two] is already on its manner!” he ended the tweet with “endure and survive!” and an image of a notably “jacked forearm,” as one tweet reply put it, driving a hammer right into a burning automotive, with darkish, fittingly northwestern evergreen timber within the background.
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Whereas the artwork may need you pondering it’s selling season two of the present, and isn’t completely flawed spiritually, the genesis of it lies with artist Kevin Tong, who produced it and an identical mirror picture one in coordination with Naughty Canine to advertise the sport’s sequel.
The mirror picture switchblade (hmm, who would personal such a factor?) picture had first poked up round 2016, with a tweet from Tong celebrating #OutbreakDay2016.
After a variation on that very poster, and following the announcement of The Final of Us: Half II, the picture Druckmann tweeted out this previous Sunday appeared in 2017, displaying that very muscular arm.
Killer The Final of Us posters aren’t the one game-inspired artwork Kevin Tong has produced. Beforehand, he produced artwork in coordination with Legendary Photos for the Warcraft movie, that includes posters for each the Horde and Alliance.
He’s additionally created artwork within the Halo universe, that includes a fairly candy illustration of Captain James Cutter, simply among the best Halo characters that sadly by no means will get a lot display time outdoors of the 2 tie-in RTS Halo Wars video games. Much like The Final of Us photographs, narratively opposing sides face off in mirror photographs, with the Banished chief, Atriox, looming over his military.
For the reason that official announcement of season two, hypothesis over who is perhaps or ought to be forged as Abby has been all around the web, with followers of the present and the video games pouring over Neil Druckmann’s social media exercise to get a way of who he is perhaps eyeing for the position. One factor is obvious: Followers need a buff Abby; if Druckmann’s tweet is something to go by, they simply would possibly get their want.