Naughty Dog very well might be joining Santa Monica Studio in stepping out of their comfort zone with a new job ad indicating its next game could be first-person.
Up until December 2023, by all accounts, The Last of Us Online was still in development, it just hitting some roadblocks along the way, mostly spurred on by Bungie.
Animator Lee Davis has returned to Naughty Dog after working at Microsoft’s The Initiative and PlayStation’s defunct Deviation Games.
While we’re sure many would be relieved if Naughty Dog took a step back from The Last of Us to make something different, we’re sure not everyone is happy that Uncharted is working with a live action film and no new game since 2017’s The Lost Legacy.
Studio head Neil Druckmann has asserted that Naughty Dog won’t be “The Last of Us studio forever,” as the game series tallies six total releases since debuting in 2013.
Sony has pulled its Neil Druckmann interview after scrutiny from the developer for taking a question out of context, asserting that the next game will “redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming.”