Among the most notable omissions from this week’s PlayStation Display was anything from Naughty Canine. Many (including yours truly) anticipated the studio to reveal more details about its Last of United States multiplayer video game, but we’ll need to wait a little longer to get more information about that title.
In a declaration published on Twitter, Naughty Dog stated “we’re extremely pleased with the task our studio has actually done thus far, however as advancement has actually continued, we’ve understood what is best for the video game is to provide it more time.” It now seems not likely that we’ll hear much about the video game during Summer Game Fest (where Naughty Dog offered a first peek at principle art from the job last year) on June 8th or on June 14th, which is the 10th anniversary of The Last Of United States arriving on PS3.
In a post in January, studio co-president and The Last of United States co-creator Neil Druckmann said the studio would “start to provide you some details on our enthusiastic The Last of United States multiplayer video game” at some point this year. That suggests the studio wasn’t preparing to release the title in 2023. In any case, it’s most likely an advantage that Naughty Dog is taking its time to get things right. The studio will not wish to remain in a position where it’s releasing a video game that absolutely might have used more time in the oven, as held true with the buggy launching of The Last of United States Part 1 on PC.
Soon after Naughty Dog launched its declaration on Twitter, Bloomberg released a report citing several unnamed sources who stated the studio is reassessing the practicality of the multiplayer task. The report claims that the task has actually not been cancelled, however a lot of the developers working on it have been reassigned to other tasks. Presently, a “little group” remains on the project as Naughty Dog examines what comes next.
Sony also supposedly asked another of its studies, Bungie, to examine the work that Naughty Dog had done on its unnamed Last of Us multiplayer game. Bungie apparently said it had doubts about whether the game might keep players engaged over an extended period of time. Provided Bungie’s success at that with the Destiny franchise, it makes some sense that the studio was hired for a viewpoint, though it’s likewise fair to say Destiny and The Last of Us are wildly different video games.
On a positive note, Naughty Dog says it has other games (plural) in development, “including a brand name brand-new single-player experience.” It’s been known for a while that the studio had at least another video game in the works, but it’s unclear whether this single-player title will continue the primary story of The Last of Us. Naughty Dog stated it anticipates “sharing more soon.”
” I know the fans actually desire Last of United States Part 3. I become aware of everything of the time and all I can say is that we’re currently into our next task, so the decision has actually already been made,” Druckmann told Kinda Funny in March. “I can’t state what it is, but that’s the procedure we went through, that there was a great deal of factor to consider of different things, and we picked the thing we were most excited for.”
