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May 26, 2023

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Naughty Dog shared an update to the in-development The Last of Us multiplayer game, stating that it “realized that it’s best for the game to give it more time.” He also teased a new “brand new single player experience” that is currently in development.

It was originally planned that Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us multiplayer project would become part of The Last of Us Part 2, but in 2019 the studio announced a split into two parts. Since then, multiplayer updates have been infrequent. appears to confirm “we’re working on it” in 2021, and then last year promising that more will be revealed in 2023.

Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann confirmed the studio’s intention to reveal more about the game “later this year” back in January, but a new statement from the developer suggests its plans for more substantial disclosures in 2023 may be on hold for the time being.

“We know that many of you have been looking forward to hearing about our multiplayer game The Last of Us,” Naughty Dog wrote on their blog. Statement posted on Twitter. “We’re incredibly proud of the work our studio has done, but as development has progressed, we’ve realized that it’s best for the game to spend more time on it.”

“Our team will continue to work on the project as well as other games in development, including a brand new single player mode;

To date, Naughty Dog hasn’t revealed much about what they’re working on outside of their Last of Us multiplayer, but fans are speculating that some mysterious, fantasy-inspired artwork found on a wall in The Last of Us Part 1 studio could provide a clue. to unravel her next project. Only time will tell if this is the “single player” that the studio has confirmed.

Naughty Dog’s announcement today follows the studio’s notable absence from Sony’s recent PlayStation Showcase. As Eurogamer’s Tom Phillips argued after it aired, the lack of major hits outside of Insomniac’s Spider-Man sequel made the show rather disappointing.