Naughty Dog is working on a standalone The Last of Us multiplayer game

Sony PlayStation studio Naughty Dog is working on a multiplayer game set in The Last of Us universe. That will be a separate game, with its own story and new characters. According to the studio, the game is the same size as previous The Last of Us games.

Sony only shows for now a concept image of the multiplayer game. Naughty Dog CEO Neil Druckmann says in a interview during the Summer Game Fest presentation that the studio can show more of the game next year. He emphasizes that it is a large multiplayer game and that the studio is therefore expanding.

The multiplayer game is set in a different part of the United States and is separate from The Last of Us Part I and Part II in terms of story. The first part of the series already had a multiplayer mode called Factions. Part two was supposed to get that too, but it was scrapped. The multiplayer game will be aimed at both fans of the existing games and new players.

It is not yet known which platforms the game will come to. It is obvious that it is a PlayStation game. However, Sony is also bringing The Last of Us Part I, the upcoming remake of the first part, to PC.

Naughty Dog also announces that The Last of Us Part II has now been released has been sold more than ten million times. That game appeared in 2020 for the PlayStation 4. Last year, the game received an update that increases the frame rate on the PlayStation 5 from 30 to 60fps.

Concept art for The Last of Us multiplayer game