{"id":379037,"date":"2026-09-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=379037"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:45:36","slug":"the-last-of-us-part-3-fans-think-abby-and-lev-could-lead-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-last-of-us-part-3-fans-think-abby-and-lev-could-lead-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last of Us Part 3: fans think Abby and Lev could lead it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late 2026, and Naughty Dog still hasn\u2019t announced The Last of Us Part 3<\/strong>, a possible third main entry in The Last of Us series. That hasn\u2019t slowed the sequel talk. The argument keeps coming back to the same question: should Abby and Lev, the breakout pair from The Last of Us Part II<\/a>, lead it?<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s easy to see why people keep landing there. Fans still treat Joel and Ellie<\/strong> as the heart of the series, but Part II clearly echoes that relationship through Abby and Lev. At the same time, Abby and Ellie are often read as distorted reflections of each other: both lose father figures, both get consumed by grief, and both slide into revenge.<\/p>\n\n

Neil Druckmann, who heads Naughty Dog, has said there\u2019s a concept in place. He\u2019s also told fans not to count<\/strong> on The Last of Us Part 3 happening, even while mentioning several Last of Us-related projects.<\/p>\n\n

Part II\u2019s ending leaves the door wide open. Ellie walks away from revenge, but she\u2019s emotionally unmoored, while Abby gets out with Lev in one of the few<\/strong> genuinely hopeful beats this world allows.<\/p>\n\n

If you\u2019ve been following the fan debate, there\u2019s a Reddit<\/a> thread worth reading, with nearly 400<\/strong> comments split between people who want more Abby and Lev, people who think Abby and Lev\u2019s story should stay untouched, and people who argue Ellie feels less finished and makes the stronger lead.<\/p>\n\n

There are also the usual unverified rumors about new scavenger protagonists. Meanwhile, HBO\u2019s Season 2<\/strong> casting of Abby, Dina, and Jesse keeps this stretch of the story in view.<\/p>\n\n

For now, The Last of Us Part II<\/a> is available on PlayStation while everyone waits for something official<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Late 2026, and Naughty Dog still hasn\u2019t announced The Last of Us Part 3, a possible third main entry in The Last of Us series. That hasn\u2019t slowed the sequel talk. The argument keeps coming back to the same question: should Abby and Lev, the breakout pair from The Last of Us Part II, lead … Continue reading “The Last of Us Part 3: fans think Abby and Lev could lead it”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":379036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-379037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379038,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379037\/revisions\/379038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379037"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=379037"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=379037"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=379037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}