The director behind the standalone multiplayer recreation for The Last of Us says he’s nonetheless engaged on the mission regardless of earlier reviews claiming that it had been stalled or “placed on ice.” Naughty Dog recreation director Vinit Agarwal gave followers a optimistic replace and said that work continues to be progressing on The Last of Us‘ deliberate multiplayer mission.
Previous reviews claimed that the multiplayer mission was “placed on ice” after Naughty Dog underwent an organization restructure and potential layoffs (it’s price noting that these layoffs had been by no means outright confirmed by the developer or PlayStation). As reported by GamesRadar, Agarwal confirmed that he’s nonetheless engaged on the standalone multiplayer The Last of Us recreation, merely stating, “Yes, I’m nonetheless engaged on that recreation.”
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Now that we’ve heard it instantly from the sport’s director, we’re left questioning if there’s one thing happening behind the scenes that followers aren’t clued in on. Last month, a brand new report said that PlayStation was apparently reversing its live-service video games push – a mandate that promised at the very least 10 video games as a service titles would launch by 2026. That hasn’t been going effectively for Sony up to now, although.
With PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan retiring early subsequent 12 months, it’s believed that a number of first-party studios have reorganised its multiplayer initiatives in favour of sticking to narrative-driven single-player video games which PlayStation is understood for. It’s unknown what the state of a number of of those deliberate live-service initiatives are in the meanwhile.
Despite all of those conflicting accounts of what’s truly occurring with The Last of Us multiplayer, it’s claimed that Naughty Dog is engaged on The Last of Us Part III alongside a potential new IP.
In different information, a brand new report states that Sony Pictures is shifting forward with a live-action Bloodborne film beneath PlayStation Productions – certainly one of a number of deliberate diversifications that Sony is at present engaged on.
Source: GamesRadar
