The Last of Us Online Director vows to avoid future cancellations
The former director of Naughty Dog‘s canceled The Last of Us multiplayer sport has vowed he won’t ever let one thing he works on “not see the light of day again.”
Over the weekend, Vinit Agarwal stated it was “wild” what number of of his former Naughty Dog workforce nonetheless get involved with him to say “how amazing” The Last of Us Online was going to be.
It’s “still the best multiplayer game they’ve ever played”, Agarwal wrote on social mediaearlier than including: “Never going to let what I work on not see the light of day again.” The former Naughty Dog director closed by thanking the Last of Us neighborhood for his or her “support and confidence.”
Earlier this month, Agarwal claimed The Last of Us’ online project was roughly “80 percent” finished when it was canceled. At this time, he revealed he discovered about its cancellation simply 24 hours earlier than the general public announcement. “It was soul crushing,” Agarwal stated. “It was just unfortunate and they had to do that because they have to control the messaging.”
Following the discharge of The Last of Us Part 2 in 2020, developer Naughty Dog had plans to launch a standalone multiplayer sport. Prior to the bottom sport’s PS4 debut, the developer confirmed this multiplayer facet wouldn’t be launched alongside Part 2, as had been anticipated. Back in 2019Naughty Dog defined its efforts to evolve The Last of Us Part 1’s multiplayer Factions mode for the sequel “grew beyond an additional mode that could be included with our enormous single player campaign” and subsequently it will be launched individually.
The challenge then hit a quantity of obstacles, with Naughty Dog stating more time was required in May 2023. But, regardless of this, the studio maintained the sport was developing till December 2023, when The Last of Us’ standalone multiplayer project was ultimately canceled.
Elsewhere in Naughty Dog information, The Last of Us actor Troy Baker recently suggested we will see Joel again“whether that be Naughty Dog or someone else.”