Naughty Dog, the event studio behind vastly profitable PlayStation console exclusives like Uncharted and The Final of Us, has revealed that it’s at present laborious at work on “multiple game projects”.
This news comes from the studio’s co-president Neil Druckmann, who made an look in Sony’s CES 2022 press convention. In the course of the presentation, Druckmann touches on the studio’s pleasure in regards to the upcoming Uncharted film in addition to HBO’s adaptation of The Final of Us for TV. Druckmann closes out his section by saying that the staff at Naughty Dog is “dying to share” the “multiple game projects” they've within the works. This isn’t the primary time Druckmann has teased that there’s loads occurring at Naughty Dog following the discharge of The Final of Us 2. Again in March 2021, Druckmann tweeted to say that whereas he wasn’t capable of speak about future tasks, the studio had “several cool things” to share, including that as quickly as they might share them, they might.
Whether or not or not all of those tasks are full steam forward all on the identical time is one other matter. Naughty Dog co-president, Evan Wells, has beforehand mentioned in a 2021 episode of the Sport Maker’s Pocket book podcast (by way of VGC) that whereas the studio “definitely” has a number of tasks, there’s “only one that is getting the lion’s share of focus at any time.”
“We don’t have two projects that have several hundred people on them,” he defined. “We have one [project] and then some that are in pre-production, or maybe just creeping out of pre-production, but will have to wait until the main focus has completed before we move everybody off of that project.”
Evaluation: What may Naughty Dog be engaged on?
So, what may Naughty Dog be engaged on? Effectively, there have been loads of experiences round that during the last yr. One factor we do know that’s taking place is a standalone multiplayer for The Final of Us. Naughty Dog revealed it might sit individually to The Final of Us 2 again in 2019, explaining that “the vision of the team grew beyond an additional mode.” In September 2021, the studio confirmed that the undertaking was nonetheless in improvement and that it was in “full swing of hiring for MP-related positions.” As but, the multiplayer doesn’t have a launch date. As for what else could possibly be within the works, there are many rumors and no official confirmations. In April 2021, as an illustration, a report emerged that Naughty Dog could possibly be engaged on a PS5 remake of the unique The Final of Us that might have a “similar look and feel” to The Final of Us 2. Then there’s Neil Druckmann’s revelation in April 2021 that he and co-writer Halley Gross have written an overview for The Final of Us 3, although he did at that they weren’t making it however merely hoped it might “one day it will see the light of day”. No matter specifics, it appears like Naughty Dog is difficult at work and we’re hoping we’ll discover out more about its a number of tasks as we get additional into 2022.
