Naughty Dog canceled its The Last of Us multiplayer game -Gudstory

Naughty Dog announced Thursday that it has canceled a multiplayer game it was developing the last of us Universe.

Studio says it’s in pre-production the last of us online even while working the last of us part ii, “We were excited about the direction we were going,” according to a blog post about the news.

However, “to issue and support the last of us online Naughty Dog says, we will have to put all of our studio resources into supporting post-launch content for years to come, which will have a serious impact on the development of future single-player games. “So, we were faced with two paths: become a fully live service game studio or continue to focus on the single-player narrative games that have defined Naughty Dog’s legacy.”

Clearly, Naughty Dog is choosing the latter path – it even says it has “more than one” big new single-player title.

the last of us online Development already seemed to be in some trouble, as Naughty Dog announced a delay to the game in May shortly after bloomberg It was reported that Sony was re-evaluating the direction of the game. (In the same delay announcement, Naughty Dog also revealed that it was working on a “brand-new single-player experience”.) Kotaku’s An October report about Naughty Dog laying off some contractors said the publication The Last of Us online “Was basically on ice.”

cancellation of the last of us online Sony’s live service ambitions have received widespread support. Instead of releasing 12 live service games by March 2026, the plan is to release only six now.

sony and naughty dogs The Last of Us Part II Remastered To be released on January 19, 2024. The second season of the hit HBO show is set to debut in 2025.