The Final of Us got here with a reasonably enjoyable and distinctive multiplayer mode within the type of Factions, and when The Final of Us Half II launched, a lot of the participant base was excited to see how Naughty Canine would iterate on an current formulation. We’d gotten a number of updates over the previous couple years, however as of immediately, the studio has formally determined to cease growth on The Final of Us On-line.
Primarily, whereas Naughty Canine was proud of the best way issues had been progressing with the sport, the imaginative and prescient for The Final of Us On-line had turn out to be so massively formidable that might require plenty of time and sources for the years to return. Issues had gotten to some extent the place the corporate needed to resolve to both proceed focusing their efforts on creating single-player video games, or turn out to be a stay service studio that targeted on The Final of Us On-line.
“In ramping as much as full manufacturing, the huge scope of our ambition turned clear. To launch and assist The Final of Us On-line we’d should put all our studio sources behind supporting publish launch content material for years to return, severely impacting growth on future single-player video games. So, we had two paths in entrance of us: turn out to be a solely stay service video games studio or proceed to deal with single-player narrative video games which have outlined Naughty Canine’s heritage.”
As a result of Naughty Canine has at all times been identified for placing out high quality, narrative-driven, single-player experiences, the choice was made to cancel The Final of Us On-line.
It’s undoubtedly a disgrace, as Factions 2.0 was one thing that the TLOU neighborhood had been wanting ahead to, however possibly subsequent time.
The Final of Us Half II is now out there on PlayStation.