Again in June 2022, when Naughty Canine lastly confirmed that The Final of Us was coming to PC, it additionally introduced {that a} new, standalone multiplayer game primarily based on The Final of Us was in growth too. It was initially meant to be an growth for The Final of Us 2, however Naughty Canine’s Neil Druckmann stated on the time that it had “developed past the group’s ambition,” and so the choice was made to show it right into a standalone recreation as a substitute. Platforms weren’t introduced on the time, though we speculated that the dwell service facets of the sport would make it a great candidate for a PC launch.
Extra info was promised for 2023, and at this time we acquired it, nevertheless it’s most likely not what any TLOU fan hoped for. Naughty Canine introduced Friday that the sport is not able to be proven but, and apparently will not be for some time to come back.
“We all know a lot of you’ve been trying ahead to listening to extra about our The Final of Us multiplayer recreation,” the studio stated. “We’re extremely pleased with the job our studio has performed to date, however as growth continued, we have realized what’s greatest for the sport is to provide it extra time.
“Our group will proceed to work on the challenge, in addition to our different video games in growth, together with a brand-new singleplayer expertise; we look ahead to sharing extra quickly.”
Based on a Bloomberg report, Naughty Canine guardian firm Sony has truly slowed growth of the challenge and diminished the variety of individuals engaged on it whereas it reassesses its high quality and viability. That is not an awesome signal for a recreation that is been in growth for 3 years already.
Curiously, the Bloomberg report says the choice to pump the brakes on Naughty Canine’s multiplayer recreation was prompted by a distinct Sony studio: Bungie, the developer of Future 2. Sony reportedly requested Bungie to try all its dwell service video games (presumably as a result of Bungie makes a speciality of that kind of factor) and it apparently had some doubts in regards to the long-term viability of The Final of Us multiplayer.
The sting of The Final of Us multiplayer’s slowdown is blunted considerably by the announcement of an all-new singleplayer recreation, which has lengthy been the place Naughty Canine excels. Sadly, it would seemingly be a very long time earlier than it involves PC: PlayStation boss Jim Ryan stated final week that whereas Sony desires to proceed bringing video games to PC, it additionally stays dedicated to “rising the variety of PS5-exclusive titles and staggering the release of the PC version.”
