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Former Xbox exec thinks Naughty Dog's decision to cancel the 80% completed The Last of Us Online 'was the right call', but it shouldn't have greenlit it in the first place — 'The ambition was there, but the realistic upfront planning wasn't', she says

Former Microsoft Game Studios executive producer Laura Fryer thinks the decision to cancel The Last of Us Online was the right decision on Naughty Dog's part and greenlighting the project was the "real mistake".

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Did The Last of Us Part 3 just get teased for real?

The game we've all been waiting for could be coming at long last

A fanmade Jak and Daxter 3 PC port is now in beta, finally making Naughty Dog's most underrated trilogy fully available on PC

Well, aside from Jak X: Combat Racing

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The most hardcore Jak & Daxter heads in the world have finished their native PC ports of the entire trilogy

Aughts excellence.

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Canceled The Last of Us multiplayer game failed as a product of the COVID-19 pandemic, former director says

What could have been.

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After 7 years of development, The Last of Us Online was 80% complete and was scrapped to make room for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

"They had to pick the game that was kind of the whole bread and butter of the studio"

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The Last of Us Online director reveals Naughty Dog had to choose between canceling the '80%' completed game and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet — 'It was soul crushing. To find out that it was getting canceled 24 hours before it was announced' publicly

The director of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Online has revealed that the multiplayer spin-off was almost finished before it was canceled.

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The Last of Us Part 3 hopium will never die as former Naughty Dog lead confirms the studio's secret game besides Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet has been in the works for at least 3 years

He directed it for one of those years

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The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann teases a 'few stops that remain on the road ahead' of the beloved Naughty Dog series

Naughty Dog head and The Last of Us director Neil Druckman has seemingly teased the future of the PlayStation series alongside a throwback post.

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The Last of Us Part 3 hopefuls are convinced Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann is hinting at another sequel as he teases "the few stops that remain on the road ahead"

Ellie might be returning once again

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New AAA games could cost $300 million or "much more" to make, insider says, which might help "explain the current state of the industry" amid layoffs and studio closures

Modern games are only getting pricier to ship

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Jak and Daxter fans, look away – a remake concept made in the hope of PlayStation greenlighting the project resurfaces years later, and it looks absolutely perfect

The PS2 icon gets a PS5 appropriate look

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Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet's been away from the spotlight, but Neil Druckmann's teasing the return of a The Last of Us actor in the sci-fi game

A Half-Life and HBO actor might be returning to work with Naughty Dog

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The Last of Us sparked "internal fight" at Naughty Dog, says veteran designer: "We had to tell the team 'it's not just another zombie game'"

"'It's going to have heart, emotion, and character. That's what this thing's all about'"

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PS5 State of Play February 2026 live updates — God of War Remake, MGS Collection Vol. 2 and every game announced

State of Play for February 2026 was packed with exciting new PS5 announcements, reveals and trailers. Here's a full recap of the show.

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Split Fiction director Josef Fares praises Nintendo, Rockstar and Naughty Dog for 'pushing the envelope of innovation with a AAA budget'

Split Fiction and It Takes Two director Josef Fares has commented on other AAA developers, saying that big-budget experiences can still be used to push innovation forward.

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Rockstar, Naughty Dog, and Nintendo are "pushing the envelope of innovation with a AAA budget," says Split Fiction director: "You can do a big AAA title but also take innovative risks"

"People are more scared. It's understandable. But it's proven that you can do it"

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Behold, the glorious and "very broken" Last of Us 2 multiplayer mod that modders built in a cave with a box of scraps after Naughty Dog canceled Factions plans

Co-op only, for now, though

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The Last of Us 2 multiplayer might still be possible thanks to modding efforts 2 years after Naughty Dog officially canceled its online spin-off

It's not much, but it's a start

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25 years since Jak and Daxter challenged Naughty Dog to find "the most beautiful thing we could pull off" on PS2, its writer "still misses" the action duo's world

Interview | Exploring the PS2 classic with Naughty Dog alum Dan Arey

PC Gamer

Naughty Dog developers reportedly hit with mandatory overtime to finish an internal demo for its upcoming sci-fi game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

Crunch is back, baby.

GamesRadar

Naughty Dog devs reportedly in mandatory overtime to complete Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet internal demo by December

No more Mr. Nice Dog

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'The Last of Us' Co-Director Rejects Generative AI in Games, Says Creativity Can't Be Automated

Bruce Straley explains why he rejects generative AI in game development, arguing it can only imitate, not think or create like human designers.

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Former The Last of Us director is happy to be making his own weird game and "not something that you need to do a remaster of in the next 4 years because the tech has already outgrown it"

I wonder what he could possibly mean by that

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The Last of Us director left Naughty Dog after the studio settled into a "paradigm" of how to make a specific type of game: "I just don't have it in me. I would make a lot more money if I did!"

"My brain isn't good with that type of repetition"

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