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Breaking it down: HBO’s boss says ‘it seems’ The Last of Us will end with Season 3 It certainly seems that way: Season 3 of The Last of Us could be its last, HBO boss hints HBOs boss says it seems The Last of Us will end with Season 3 Video Game News 31st Jan 2026 / 12:13 pm Posted by Andy Robinson The live-action The Last of Us show could conclude with its upcoming third season, HBO boss Casey Bloys has hinted.

The future of The Last of Us has been unclear following mixed feedback to Season 2, and the departure of game creator Neil Druckmann from future production. But, it was thought that the show would last at least two more seasons. (let that sink in)

The first season of the show covered the events of the first game, but The Last of Us is a substantially shorter game than The Last of Us Part 2 .

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Before, showrunner Craig Mazin had suggested that the HBO show would last for at least four seasons, telling Collider last year that there was no way to complete this narrative in a third season. “I think there’s a decent chance that Season 3 will be longer than Season 2, just because the manner of that narrative and the opportunities it affords us are a little different,” he dropped.

But, it appears that Mazin might not get his chance. Speaking to Deadline , HBO boss Bloys was asked if The Last of Us’s next season would be its last.

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“It certainly seems that way,” he replied, “but on decisions like that, we will defer to the showrunners. ” Commenting on his decision to step away from creative involvement with the HBO show last year, Neil Druckmann dropped he felt it was the “right time for me to transition my complete focus to Naughty Dog and its future projects, including writing and directing our exciting next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, along with my responsibilities as Studio Head and Head of Creative.

This is the kind of news that gets gamers talking across social media.