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The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Has Been Cancelled, Naughty Dog Confirms

The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Has Been Cancelled, Naughty Dog Confirms 67v3j

Naughty Dog had to choose between being a live-service studio or working on more single-player narrative experiences — it picked the latter. 2qq24

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 15 December 2023 12:22 IST

The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Has Been Cancelled, Naughty Dog Confirms

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The Last of Us multiplayer game was originally conceived as a game mode for TLOU 2

Highlights

Naughty Dog would have to spend years on live service post-launch content
The studio has more single-player narrative games in development
The Last of Us multiplayer was put ‘on ice’ for a while

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laying off of 25 employees. One can't simply release a live-service game into the wild and expect it to thrive. It desperately needs post-launch content for years to come, indirectly impacting a studio which is otherwise known for creating memorable single-player narratives.

“The multiplayer team has been in pre-production with this game since we were working on The Last of Us Part III.

An Update on The Last of Us Online: https://t.co/nMUm7TmH9h pic.twitter.com/fmuXCLzDMB
— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) December 14, 2023

This change in gears goes in line with a The Last of Us Part 2 but was then separated to flourish as its own thing with high ambitions.

Last month, roguelite mode pitting you into randomised encounters against desperate survivors and the infected, as you play as familiar characters from the franchise, including Joel, Ellie, and Abby.

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The Last of Us Part II 4t2v55

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Story subverts expectations
Background score and sound design
Kills feel personal
Semblance of open world
Accessibility options

Bad
Might be too morbid for some
Skill tree reset is too game-y
Might need to buy again for PS5

Read detailed Sony The Last of Us Part II review

Genre Action-Adventure

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4)

Modes Single-player

Series The Last of Us

PEGI Rating 18+

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