As the HBO show continues to set new records, Xbox exec Phil Spencer addresses Halo and The Last of Us show comparisons. The former marked an adaptation of 343 Industries' action video game franchise revolving around engineered supersoldier Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 as he and other Spartan soldiers in the United Nations Space Command take the fight to the alien alliance known as the Covenant seeking to wipe out humanity. The Last of Us, meanwhile, is an adaptation of Naughty Dog's game of the same name following smuggler Joel and teenager Ellie as they venture through a post-apocalyptic United States with the potential cure for the zombie-like pandemic that ruined the world.

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