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Naughty Canine has teased it may make The Last of Us: Half III. Co-writer and co-director of the primary two video games, Neil Druckmann, stated in a brand new documentary that he thinks there may be “most likely yet another chapter to this story.”
“I have been thinking–is there an idea there [for The Last of Us 3]? For, now years, I have never been capable of finding that idea. However not too long ago that is modified. I haven’t got a narrative. However I do have that idea that’s, to me, as thrilling as 1, as thrilling as 2,” he stated. “As its personal factor, and but has this throughline for all three. So it does really feel like there’s most likely yet another chapter to this story.”
Of word, this documentary was seemingly filmed a while in the past. It is an official manufacturing made in partnership with Naughty Canine. As such, presumably it contains solely the data that was deemed acceptable to share publicly, together with Druckmann’s feedback on a possible new Last of Us recreation.
But when Naughty Canine by no means makes a 3rd entry within the collection, Druckmann stated The Last of Us: Half II is a “positive ending level.”
“I had the final chew of the apple. The story is finished. The beauty of working at Naughty Canine is that we do not have to [make The Last of Us 3]. We might love one other Last of Us,” he stated, cautioning, although, that if the staff desires to make one thing else, they will make one thing else as a substitute.
“It is a very privileged place to be in,” he stated.
Additionally within the interview, Druckmann clarified his feedback from 2021 when he recommended he already had an overview for The Last of Us 3. That is not true, he stated. What he was referring to on the time was an overview for a narrative specializing in the character Tommy.
“We now have written a narrative that takes place after The Last of Us 2. It stars Tommy. And I hope in the future we get to make it,” Druckmann stated, including that this was by no means conceived as a full recreation however as a substitute a smaller, extra centered story.
Naughty Canine didn’t make this Tommy recreation as a result of the studio had “greater priorities” on the time, together with bettering the corporate’s growth pipeline and addressing the corporate’s work/life stability points that made headlines.
Druckmann went on to say he is hopeful the Tommy story can “see the sunshine of day” sometime, whether or not it is advised via a recreation, a present, or one thing else. “TBD,” he stated.
Naughty Canine not too long ago canceled its Last of Us multiplayer recreation and is now shifting its focus squarely on the 2 single-player video games it has within the works. These stay unannounced, and lots of expect one in all them to be The Last of Us 3. The different could possibly be a brand new IP.
Naughty Canine has stated it’s achieved with the Uncharted collection, regardless of that franchise’s large industrial success. A distinct studio may are available to make Uncharted 5, although.
In different information, HBO’s The Last of Us TV collection returns in 2025, and it only in the near past added one other large title to its forged.