The Last of Us: Outbreak Day and Alternate Ending

Posted by Neil Druckmann // Creative Director, Naughty Dog -

So today is September 26th, 2013. That’s a special date for us. It’s the day the Cordyceps outbreak hit critical mass in the world of The Last of Us.

We at Naughty Dog are celebrating by sharing some crazy tweets in regards to the outbreak. Join us in describing your experience (real or not) of how you’d survive the pandemic. Tweet with the hashtag #OutbreakDay. We’ll be retweeting the most creative tweets throughout the day.

[Thatguy-310]

Hilarious lol But really news for the dlc was said to drop yesterday but then Wednsday came and they tweeted a picture with today's date. Now today they're saying tomorrow? lol They're killing me now.

[Austin48]

Me too they are killing me with the wait

[xHeavYx]

Don't you guys get it? The DLC will be TLOU: The Musical ♫

[Maddens Raiders]

That was truly epic. Thanks for the lulz.

[Ezz2013]

The Les Misérables of Us XD

[thorstein]

Seriously though. Can you imagine: The Last of Us Musical.

Green Day did something amazing with the their American Idiot Album turning it into a musical.

Why not this?

They were incredible BTW!!!

[jsslifelike]

@xHeavYx

You mean "Once More With Feeling": The Video Game? XD

[Eonjay]

OMG Marlene and Joel are legend. Some of the most talented voice actors ever. Naughty Dog is legend.

[Joe913]

Isn’t Troy Baker Joel who voices Marlene?

[brodychet]

Troy baker is voiced by Nolan North who voices Marlene's Ellie. Drake. Bioshock. ??

[LetoAtreides82]

xHeavyX, I hope not.

[miyamoto]

Now that is Druckman's genius at work!

LOL! Look at Troy dancey dance time.

ND is the best game developer on the face of planet earth today.

[showtimefolks]

only ND can do this lol

any news on DLC yet?

[SeraphimBlade]

Wait, the outbreak starts today? Like, canonically?

... man, this is gonna be the worst birthday ever...

[Crazay]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, You now have the cordyceps and you're head will explode and you're going to die.

[Ezz2013]

well, if that was my last day on earth i would love to meet that Breast in your avatar ...err...i mean that girl

[SeraphimBlade]

Well, at least I can celebrate it with some FUNGUYS :D

[itBourne]

Well played lmao

[Crazay]

***groan***
lol

[Y_5150]

It's my birthday too...

[iamnsuperman]

Damn. I weirdly would have liked to have that scene.

The Last of Us m....(cough you know what I mean if you watch the video cough)

[1nsomniac]

Glad they didnt go with the camp version..

[iamnsuperman]

I didn't think it was "camp". It was actually quite powerful. Marlene signing, unexpectedly, was captivating and very powerful. It did tail of into ridiculousness with the bang bang bit. Musicals are not always "camp"

[1nsomniac]

What!?

If you don't think that was camp I would question what it is you do actually find camp.... There was absolutely nothing 'Powerful' about that at all.

It was a pathetic, camp, hipster, alternative, scene. That didn't work on any level. It was just cringe-worthy & horrible & I wish they just would of kept it a secret instead of ruining the game with it.

[trenso1]

"I wish they just would of kept it a secret instead of ruining the game with it."

how did seeing an alternate ending that didnt even make into the full retail game ruin the game for you? People just take things to the extreme for no reason at times.

[Thatguy-310]

Exactly it's called having fun. It's good that it's not all just about work. They get to mess around and stuff. The whole crew were just laughing their butts out in the background. Would have done the same.

[Neo-Axl]

Not very open minded are you, it was a funny blooper, nothing serious. Take the time to enjoy it for what it is.

[GryestOfBluSkies]

that was amazing. i cant believe they all kept a straight face!

[astar123456789]

just great!! I want the DLC now

[AKS]

That was awesome.

[Crazay]

I hated that video...seriously I absolutely hated it. Give me the GD DLC already and if you want to do a real alternate ending, I'll happily watch.

[1nsomniac]

Thank god there's at least 1 man left among us!

[noisemedia]

To be honest I wasnt into it either...the intro came up and I was like "oh cool, something different...alright!" and then?

Well, I dont know, it was kind of embarrassing.

[brave27heart]

Seriously you "men" need to lighten up a bit. Its intense doing a powerful scene over and over, so having a bit of fun at the end is a great way to end the shoot.

Your partners must feel so lucky they have such fun loving happy people to share their lives with.

[Kingdom Come]

This shows Troy's acting capabilities to great effect. His improvisation, his maintenance of a serious composure. Brilliant...

[superbhoy]

I think he kind of expected something after neill d repeatedly told him to carry on no matter what

[Eonjay]

OMG... That was legend.

[Convas]

Pavarotti mode when he was shooting had me in stitches.

I would've been deceased if after the entire game, they threw this in at the end. Greatest ending ever.

[Conzul]

They should have thrown it in during the credits like they did with his bit in Bioshock Infinite.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

would have been nice if they released some extra content for today :/ i'm still waiting for a co-op mode of some kind~

[Grave]

So will they have another announcement tomorrow telling us that there will be an announcement next week. omgwtfbbq!

[CrossingEden]

Lol, Troy Baker is an amazing actor. That was hilarious.

[DeletedAcc]

made my day

[matrixman92]

wtf...they clearly said the dlc would be announced today. This is getting almost as ridiculous as the Bioshock dlc announcement was

[PFFT]

Hmmm...

[PSnation4]

gta V --> the last of us --> bioshock infinite

[macethedon]

All 3 of them are completely different games.

[NarooN]

What are you trying to get at here? Why is GTA V pointing at The Last of Us? Did TLoU steal his lunch money?

[Hazmat13]

les misérables the video game!

[spok22]

epic haha

[solidjun5]

The DLC is a full fledge musical expansion with the cast of Cats.

[I_AM_ CANADIAN_1989]

You do realize If they give an alternate ending they ruin the epic plot of the next game. So ask your spoiled ass this before you whine some more.... Do you want some dlc that lasts like 25 minutes or do you want a drama filled angry 15 year old Ellie finding out the truth all in a FULL GAME on the ps4?

Without spoilers I already have tons of plot ideas for a sequel, only can imagine what naughty dog has planned.

[rdgneoz3]

The easiest way to do another game in that universe is to use the time gap in the beginning of the game. They could fill in so much back.story to how all the characters met, betrayals, and how they got to where the game picks up after the intro.

[megamanX2]

yawn.... another uncharted game.

[Ravenor]

I can tell you've played The Last of Us.

[e-p-ayeaH]

the performances were amazing its soo hilariously bad xD

[R3DRAIN89]

I would like to see the reaction of joels brother camp and what happens there,and running errands for him and what not. Or maybe even adding a horde mode offline/online.

[90Supra]

im glad they didn't go that route...haha

[serratos27]

Sitting in class and I've had to stop from bursting out with laughter haha the improvision was great. TLoU Musical. Coming to theatres Summer 2014

[WitWolfy]

I dont want there to be an alt ending! I'm scared it will ruin the awesome irony of the ending we already have.

[Midgus]

such great improvisation, i adore this game, was kinda cool seeing that scene haha. i'm glad dlc details are slowly emerging now, it's been too long!

[Y_5150]

Man that was so unexpecting. I didn't think it was funny but it was fun to watch if that made sense. We all know by seing that seen what the actual alt ending would have been like. It's good that they surprised us with this unusual improvisation instead! :D

[Ashunderfire86]

You didn't think the part where he said, "Die..Die..Dieeeeeeeee!!! !" was funny? LOL their acting was great and they did not laugh at all, they kept on going. I thought it was really funny,and it was so unexpected like you said.

[Y_5150]

After watching it two more times that part was especially funny!

[Edvin1984]

I had a blast playing this game, and still am love that single player. Right now playing on survivor, and its just so good can't put the controller down. I am not a DLC type of guy, but if it is more single player story extension of a side story I am all in for that. Can't wait.

[thelaughingwiseman]

This should have been a secret ending for beating the game on insanity +. A musical made of the ending