Naughty Dog has actually shared an update on its long-in-the-works The Last of Us multiplayer title, stating it has actually “understood what is finest for the video game is to offer it more time”. It’s likewise teased a brand-new “new single-player experience” presently in the works.
Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us multiplayer task was at first prepared to be part of The Last of Us Part 2, however the studio revealed it was separating the two halves in 2019. Since then, updates on the standalone multiplayer video game have actually been sporadic, with Naughty Dog appearing to verify “we’re working on it” in 2021 and after that, in 2015, appealing more would be revealed about the task in 2023.
Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann repeated the studio’s intent to share more about the video game “later on this year” back in January, however a brand-new declaration from the designer recommends those prepare for a more significant reveal in 2023 might presently be on hold.
“We understand a lot of you have actually been anticipating hearing more about our The Last of Us multiplayer video game,” Naughty Dog composed in a statement shared on Twitter. “We’re extremely pleased with the job our studio has actually done so far, however as advancement has actually continued, we have actually understood what is finest for the video game is to offer it more time.”
“Our group will continue to deal with the task, along with our other video games in advancement,” it included, “consisting of a new single-player experience; we anticipate sharing more quickly.”
To date, Naughty Dog has actually said little about what it may be dealing with far from its The Last of Us multiplayer video game, however fans have actually hypothesized some mysterious, fantasy inspired artwork discovered on a wall in the studio’s The Last of Us Part 1 may provide hints to its next task. Only time will inform if this is the “single-player experience” the studio has actually now validated.
Today’s declaration from Naughty Dog follows the studio’s noticeable lack from Sony’s recent PlayStation Showcase, which – according to the business’s just recently acknowledged focus – was heavy on live service video games. As Eurogamer’s Tom Phillips argued after the program, an absence of huge players beyond Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man follow up produced a rather underwhelming show.