Recently announced the launch of the PlayStation 5 platformThe Last of Us Part II RemasteredLater, Naughty Dog confirmed earlier that its long-delayed multiplayer online game based on The Last of Us would be released.Development will be cancelled.
According to Naughty Dog, in the original plan, the development team hoped to make "The Last of Us" series more complete through multiplayer online game content, but when they actually started the development process, they found that it would take up too many team development resources and might affect the development of subsequent plans.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Naughty Dog decided to terminate the development of the multiplayer online game based on "The Last of Us" and transfer the manpower originally invested in the development of this game to other projects, while also considering the feasibility of other content.
Naughty Dog first demonstrated the concept design of this multiplayer online game in 2022, but has not released any updates since then. It only continued to explain the adjustments to the development progress to the outside world. At that time, there were also many rumors that Naughty Dog had different opinions on this multiplayer online game, which led to the direction of game development being constantly adjusted.
After announcing the termination of the development of the multiplayer online game based on "The Last of Us", Naughty Dog also stated that it is currently working on more than one new stand-alone game, which is expected to be announced at the appropriate time.
