Days Gone and Last of Us 2: the video games predicting the end of the world

Who knows what could possibly be driving this, but post-apocalyptic video games are having a moment. In the past year we've already seen Fallout 76, Anthem and Metro Exodus, while an open beta for Ubisoft's online shooter The Division 2, set in a ruined Washington DC, started on 1 March. Arguably, however, the two most anticipated genre pieces are still to come on PlayStation 4: Days Gone and The Last of Us 2. Both set after most of the population has been wiped out by a pandemic, their different approaches tell us a lot about what it takes to stand out from the shambling, undead crowd. Days Gone, out April 26 from Sony Bend Studios, takes an open-world approach. Set after a virus has turned most of humanity (and a lot of animals) into bloodthirsty monsters, you play as roving bounty hunter and motorcycle fanatic Deacon St John.