For years, followers of The Final of Us have waited for Naughty Canine to launch a promised on-line multiplayer title, an extension of the unique video games Factions mode. Nevertheless, the developer formally confirmed immediately that The Final of Us On-line is now not in improvement. Based on the corporate’s announcement, this is because of a restricted period of time and assets, which the corporate is selecting to place in direction of different initiatives.
The announcement reads, “To launch and help The Final of Us On-line we’d need to put all our studio assets behind supporting put up launch content material for years to come back, severely impacting improvement on future single-player video games. So, we had two paths in entrance of us: grow to be a solely reside service video games studio or proceed to give attention to single-player narrative video games which have outlined Naughty Canine’s heritage.”
At 2022’s Summer season Sport Fest, Naughty Canine’s Neil Druckmann stated that its multiplayer title would have its personal story and could be as massive or greater than any of its single-player video games. The developer has additionally revealed a number of items of idea artwork for the title, together with the one above. It has by no means given a launch window nor proven gameplay for The Final of Us On-line. Rumors that the venture was in hassle began earlier this 12 months when Naughty Canine revealed that it was delaying its reveal, and Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported the crew growing the title had been scaled again.
Naughty Canine confirms that it has multiple single-player title in improvement, and that the TLOU On-line venture classes will “carry into how we develop our initiatives.” It plans to introduce a roguelike mode into the upcoming The Final of Us Half II Remastered, referred to as No Return.
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