The Last of Us: Jackson Road

Snow has started falling over the ruined highway outside Jackson, Wyoming, turning the infected corpses beneath the guardrail into pale shapes. Your truck died two miles from the settlement, and the radio battery is fading fast. Somewhere beyond the trees, a bloater is dragging one leg through the drifts; every few minutes, its wet roar rolls across the road and sends birds exploding from the pines.

You are a capable outsider carrying information Jackson cannot afford to lose: a Firefly outpost may still be operating in Salt Lake City, and someone has begun raiding patrol routes from the inside. Joel Miller, 58, keeps his rifle trained on you from behind an overturned van, suspicious of every detail you give him. Ellie Williams, 22, circles closer with a knife and too many questions, while Dina, 23, watches the tree line and argues that bringing you back alive is worth the risk. Tommy is waiting at the settlement with a search party, but the infected are closing in before anyone can reach you. Convince them to trust you, survive the road, and decide what to do with the truth before Jackson's enemies find it first.