The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Steam port already cracked by video game pirates

The Last of Us Part 2 made its computer debut just yesterday, but the title has already been cracked.

As noted by The Gamer, game hackers have discovered a way to acquire the game from Steam—its official PC outlet—for torrenting, less than 24 hours after its launch. Social media posts indicate that the game is accessible from unofficial sources.

This suggests that while The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered currently shows 15,885 players on Steam at the time of this writing, there are likely additional players elsewhere due to its unofficial PC existence—even though it’s challenging to determine how significantly piracy has influenced sales thus far.

The Last of Us 2 Remastered currently boasts a simultaneous player peak of 23,350 on Valve’s platform. In contrast, The Last of Us Part 1—which was launched on PC in 2023, in a less than desirable state—has a Steam concurrent player peak of 36,496.

Digital Foundry tested The Last of Us Part 2 on PC prior to its release. “It’s a superior game at launch compared to Part 1, yet it features some frustrating aspects and a buggy feel that’s hard to overlook,” Alex Battaglia commented after his experience with The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered on PC.

“Beyond the disappointingly high GPU demands, the primary concern here are the frame-time spikes that occur even on high-end setups, which seems inconsistent with the game’s cinematic quality.”

Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem like any of Part 2’s issues will become memed in the same way The Last of Us Part 1 did with its PC launch.

In other franchise news, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered’s recent 2.0 update is reportedly resetting character upgrades.

Meanwhile, the second season of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us is set to premiere later this month, with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey reprising their roles as Joel and Ellie. Earlier this week, The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin responded to criticism regarding Ramsey not appearing older as Ellie in the upcoming second season of the show.