Written by Moanis Hawass Sunday, December 17, 2023 03:00 AM
Naughty Dog, the studio that developed the game, announced the announcement The Last of Usthat he decided to stop the development of The Last of Us Online, and said in a statement, “We realize that many of you were expecting news about the project that we called The Last of Us Online. There is no easy way to say it: We have made a very difficult decision to stop development.” That game.
The studio had previously described the multiplayer game as a “fresh, fresh experience” rooted in their passion for delivering amazing stories, characters, and gameplay. The Last of Us developers say the team was “excited about the direction we were heading,” and had a clear vision for the project. Already improving the gameplay, however, when they started to speed up production, it became clear that they had bitten off more than they could chew.
In 2022, the studio shared some concept art from its upcoming project, but they have not provided any significant updates since then. However, a year later, there has been no update, and after the PlayStation Showcase in May, the studio admitted that they need more… Time to work on it and they couldn’t provide details yet.
Shortly after, Bloomberg reported that the studio had reassigned developers who had been working on the project to other teams and was reconsidering its feasibility, and the company realized that “to release and support The Last of Us Online, we will have to put all of our studio resources into supporting post-launch content for years to come.” “So, we had two paths: become a live-service-only game studio or continue to focus on the narrative single-player games that defined Naughty Dog’s legacy,” he chose the latter.
Game development company Naughty Dog released “The Last of Us” in 2013 exclusively for the PlayStation 3, and a sequel to “The Last of Us Part II” was released in 2020, and now “The Last of Us” “Part II Remastered” is scheduled for the PS5. Released in January 2024.
The studio says it is working on more than one new single-player title and will share more details later.
