With The Last of Us Part I and Part II proving to be mega-hits for Sony, and The Last of Us HBO series making waves, one would think that The Last of Us Part III would be the next game in Naughty Dog’s plate. Well, it seems that’s not a certainty just yet.
In a Kinda Funny spoilercast for The Last of Us HBO TV show’s Season 1 finale, Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann went on air to talk about the episode as well as what the future holds for the studio in terms of game projects. Druckmann acknowledges the fan requests for The Last of Us 3, but adds in that the studio has already decided on their next project (after the The Last of Us multiplayer). While Druckmann didn’t confirm or deny it’s The Last of Us 3, he did state that the next game they’re working on is something the entire studio is excited for, though he can’t talk about it just yet,
So, I know the fans really want The Last of Us Part 3. I hear about it all the time. And all I could say is that, look, we’re already into our next project. So the decision has already been made. I can’t say what it is, but that’s the process we went through that there was a lot of consideration of different things and we picked the thing we were most excited for.
After that quote, Greg Miller (one of the spoilercast’s hosts) mentioned that Factions (which was what the multiplayer mode of The Last of Us 1 was called) is “somewhere in there” to which Druckmann replied that people will hear more about it “later this year.”
The Last of Us multiplayer game is our next big title, and you will hear much more about it later this year, and I’m stoked for it.
Well, there you have it! Naughty Dog is working on a next game that they’re excited for, and it might or might not be The Last of Us Part 3! At the very least, The Last of Us fans have the online multiplayer game to look forward to, and if past multiplayer games from Naughty Dog is anything to go by, it’s one worth keeping an eye out for.
As for TLOU3, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is indeed Naughty Dog’s next project. I mean, Druckmann himself has said before that there’s more story to tell about the game’s universe.
You can watch the bit about Druckmann talking about the studio’s next project in the video below (around the 33:25 mark).
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No way “already”??? Its only nearly 3 years later since TLOU Part 2 came out.
Less than 8 months after Uncharted 4 came out we already got debut gameplay/trailers for their next 2 releases Uncharted The Lost Legacy and TLOU2. And we are “already” getting only info on the late Multiplayer part of TLOU2 even though the last thing anyone wants is “info” like an Xbox E3 Showcase would only provide or something.
What the heck are they doing over there? Whatever they announce next better be up there with Jak 2 as a masterpiece in design open world adventure. Another linear game couldn’t be taking this long.