Fungus spores. In HBO’s post-apocalyptic zombie thriller The Last of Us, a mutated version of a real-world fungus has infected humans and turned them into zombielike beings covered in mushrooms.

Even in the world of video games and television, a zombie plague carried by a deadly fungus sounds almost too far-fetched. But as HBO finally confirms the release date of The Last of Us season two ...

A talented gamer makes an awesome PlayStation controller that takes inspiration from the Cordyceps fungus found in The Last ...

In 2023, HBO turned the narrative-driven video game "The Last of Us" into one of the year's biggest ... takes place 20 years after the cordyceps fungus evolves to infect humans, generating hordes ...

The adaptation of the game became HBO's second-largest debut, surpassing only House of Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel, in terms of viewership. The show was such a word-of-mouth hit that it also ...