The Last Of Us Outbreak DLC Teased, Likely To Be A Prequel

As we mentioned a couple of days ago, DLC for Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us is on the way, and it seems that today’s the all important day.

Those who’ve played the game (if you haven’t, shame on you) will know the story revolves around the the near-future spread of a horrific, and for the most part unexplained, cordyceps infection. Today, September 26th, is that day, Outbreak Day.

Once again, Naughty Dog’s Creative Director Neil Druckmann is the source of our DLC announcement outbreak, posting the following to twitter last night:

It’s almost here. What are you doing to prepare? #OutbreakDay pic.twitter.com/zm7bqt85al

— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) September 25, 2013

Troy Baker, the voice of Joel in the game, also tweeted something similar at the same time, promising that “Tomorrow, @Naughty_Dog will tell us how we can survive.”

Both tweets contained the same image – an in-game newspaper dated September 26th 2013, running reports of the mysterious infection taking hold.

It’s a given at this point that today’s DLC will be single player content; that, alongside these new tweets and Naughty Dog’s previous denial of a sequel – claiming Joel and Ellie’s story to be “complete” – all point towards a prequel of sorts when the DLC is officially announced later today.

Perhaps we’ll see more of Joel and Tess’ story in the early days, or, more likely perhaps, Joel and his brother Tommy, as they come to terms with those tragic events from the game’s prologue.

All is expected to be revealed later today.