The Last of Us Part 2 has been out for over two years now, and Naughty Dog followers are more and more questioning what tasks the studio is perhaps engaged on subsequent. Wait, tasks? Yes, in response to TloU 2 director Neil Druckmann, Naughty Dog is at present engaged on “multiple games”However, it’s nonetheless fully unclear what precisely this might imply. However, there are many hints and rumors about Naughty Dog’s future games. And Pointmmo summarizes them right here for you.
Last replace, December 15, 2022: There is a brand new rumor about The Last of Us 3 that ought to give followers hope.
An overview of all rumored games:
The Last of Us Part 3
Will The Last of Us Part 2 get a sequel? This query might be crucial for followers in the intervening time.
Director Neil Druckmann and author Halley Gross have confirmed in May 2021 that the story define of The Last of Us Part 3 is already written, that’s: The tough outlines of the story of the third a part of the sequence are fastened. According to Druckmann, The Last of Us Part 3 is explicitly not in growth, at the least that was the official place in May 2021.
Update, December 15: According to a rumor, nevertheless, TloU3 is now in growth at Naughty Dog in any case. This is the declare of a well known leaker, who has already been right together with his statements about The Last of Us sequence, for instance, he predicted that Ashley Johnson will take over the position of Ellie’s mom within the HBO present. So there might be some reality to the rumor.
How doubtless is Part 3? After the massive successes of The Last of Us and Part 2, a 3rd half may be very conceivable anyway, however we must be ready for a protracted wait right here. After all, the studio labored on Part 2 for six years.
The Last of Us Part 2 – Director’s Cut
However, the leaker shouldn’t be in a position to say what precisely is within the Director’s Cut model. It’s most likely much like the Director’s Cut for Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima, and we will count on some modifications and perhaps even some smaller new content material.
Standalone multiplayer for The Last of Us 2
Update, June 22: Sony and Naughty Dog have lastly revealed the primary data on the multiplayer of The Last of Us 2 throughout Summer Game Fest 2022. The announcement didn’t affirm whether or not it’ll actually be “Factions 2”, however it did present different data.
Standalone gameYou will have the ability to play the multiplayer even when you do not personal The Last of Us 2. Instead, it will likely be set in a San Francisco that’s bigger than Seattle in the principle game. The game is meant to have considerably extra story components than anything in the identical style. However, it’s not but identified precisely how this may play out.
When will the multiplayer game be launched? Neil Druckmann did not need to touch upon this but. But we will assume that it will likely be 2023 on the earliest. Until then, The Last of Us Remake shall be launched in September.
New Uncharted
In the identical Bloomberg report from April 2021, journalist Jason Schreier claims {that a} new sequence installment is now within the works at Naughty Dog. However, Schreier doesn’t reveal any concrete details about it.
How doubtless is a brand new Uncharted? The Uncharted sequence is definitely thought of full – at the least with the daredevil and treasure hunter Nathan Drake within the lead position. That a brand new half with a brand new foremost character might comply with, nevertheless, shouldn’t be out of the query.
Naughty Dog has already confirmed with the spin-off The Lost Legacy that the Uncharted system works with out Drake. The treasure hunter’s journey could also be over, however his retirement paves the best way for different heroes and heroines from the Uncharted universe.
Last however not least, Naughty Dog itself has raised hopes for additional Uncharted games with out Nathan Drake a number of occasions previously: In June 2017, for instance, Shaun Escayg (the inventive director of The Lost Legacy) hinted that there might be additional tales within the Uncharted universe. At the start of 2020, Neil Druckmann himself teased a sequel to the sequence in a video.
New IP – Stray’s Cross, Savage Starlight or one thing else?
The Last of Us and Uncharted or not – how a couple of fully new model as well as? Rumors and hints a couple of new Naughty Dog IP already surfaced some time in the past.
For one, there’s Stray’s Cross. That’s the alleged codename for a game Naughty Dog is alleged to be engaged on, in response to an worker. As Gamesradar writes, it’s supposedly a primary individual motion journey game in a steampunk setting that options two foremost characters: a former scientist and a needed felony man.
The first hints of this got here up again in 2018: As Pointmmo reported on the time, Naughty Dog had been searching for an actor for a 40 to 60-year-old man in the middle of a casting name, amongst different issues. A job that might be associated to Stray’s Cross.
On the opposite hand, there may be Savage Starlight, though a video game adaptation of The Last of Us comedian is unlikely by now. The rumor of a Savage Starlight game arose again in 2013, when the primary TloU was launched. Many followers felt that the comics within the game weren’t simply collectibles, however might additionally antecede a Savage Starlight game. However, Naughty Dog’s president on the time, Christophe Balestra, quashed this rumor on Twitter in the identical yr (by way of VG 24/7).
How doubtless is a brand new IP? Naughty Dog will most likely not relaxation on The Last of Us and Uncharted for all eternity and can absolutely launch a brand new IP ultimately, the one query is when? The pandemic and the accompanying house workplace state of affairs are prone to make the event of a totally new game model troublesome, so well timed data is unlikely to be forthcoming.
What are your needs for Naughty Dog? What game would you prefer to see the studio make subsequent and why?