Followers of The Final of Us walked away from Wednesday’s PlayStation Showcase empty-handed after anticipating to listen to one thing a few multiplayer model of the franchise, which has been mentioned since 2018 and was anticipated to be proven someday this yr. On Friday, Naughty Canine roughly mentioned the thought, whereas nonetheless in growth, wants extra time and has no launch window in thoughts.
In a press release posted to Twitter, the studio didn’t say that The Final of Us’ multiplayer sport was indefinitely delayed, however nor did it say when or if this concept would possibly really come to PlayStation. “As growth has continued, we’ve realized what’s greatest for the sport is to offer it extra time,” the studio mentioned.
Based on a report from Bloomberg, which hit alongside Naughty Canine’s assertion (and seems to have prompted its publication), the group engaged on The Final of Us multiplayer spinoff has been “scaled again after a current analysis,” and that “lots of its builders have been moved to different initiatives.”
Naughty Canine mentioned growth of this multiplayer breakout from The Final of Us Half 2, which launched in 2020, will proceed. It’s additionally engaged on “different video games in growth, together with a brand new single-player expertise.” That’s intriguing, as again in January, studio co-president Neil Druckmann mentioned they had been done with the Uncharted franchise (regardless of intimations of a sequel there) and had been transferring on to new issues.
Followers thought they’d get some phrase about The Final of Us’ stand-alone, multiplayer adaptation at Wednesday’s PlayStation Showcase largely as a result of it’s been talked about for thus lengthy and, in fact, the sequence simply obtained an enormous star flip with a TV adaptation on HBO, which premiered in January and wrapped in March.
The unique The Final of Us featured an internet multiplayer element known as Factions, which featured a wide range of modes for as much as eight gamers on reworked parts of the sport’s marketing campaign maps.