The Last of Us Part 1 Unlock Time Has Been Confirmed and Australia Got Lucky

The Last of Us Part 1 comes out on Friday, September 9, on PS5. The iconic game has been rebuilt from the ground up to take advantage of the PS5’s advanced visuals, the immersive features of the DualSense controller and the sequel’s huge suite of accessibility features. Whether you’ve never played The Last of Us or you haven’t played since the PS3, Part 1 is the ultimate way to experience Joel and Ellie’s adventure.

A post on the PlayStation Blog explores some of the improvements: “From the art direction to the character models, the entire game has been rebuilt from the ground up to take advantage of a new generation of graphical capability, allowing this game to reach the visual fidelity that the studio aspired for when crafting this experience.”

In The Last of Us, hardened smuggler Joel is hired to escort 14-year-old Ellie out of a military quarantine zone 20 years after a viral outbreak ravaged society. What starts as a small job turns into an epic cross-country ordeal as Joel and Ellie learn to work together to survive.

When Does The Last of Us Part 1 Unlock In Australia?

The game will release at midnight in every time zone. That means New Zealand will be the first to play, closely followed by the east coast of Australia. Here’s when The Last of Us Part 1 releases in Australia in every time zone:

• AEST (ACT, NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS): Friday, September 2 at 12am
• ACST (NT, SA): Thursday, September 1 at 12am
• AWST (WA): Thursday, September 1 at 12am

Can You Pre-Load The Last of Us Part 1?

Yes! You can start pre-loading it now, in fact — it’s around 68GB.

If you want to start the adventure as soon as possible, there’s still time to pre-order The Last of Us Part 1. It’s $124.95 for the standard edition or $139.95 for the deluxe edition from the PlayStation Store. The cheapest copy is from Amazon, where it’s currently $98 for a physical copy.

The deluxe edition also gets you early access to a handful of skill and weapon upgrades, six weapon skins and a speedrun mode.

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