Naughty Dog have started the year with a blog post about The Last of Us tenth anniversary which will be this June.
“The Last of Us turns 10 this coming June, and though that decade feels like it flew by, we have treasured every moment of your support and love for this series since it debuted,” writes Naughty Dog’s co-president Neil Druckmann.
“The beautiful fan art, the incredibly detailed cosplay, the letters of support about what these games have meant to you, and everything else that has poured in over this last decade: thank you! Thank you for supporting this story our studio believes in so deeply. Our team could never have imagined over a decade ago that the kernel of what was The Last of Us would have such a profound impact on our lives, and the lives of so many of you out there.”
As part of the post he also shared a piece of concept art for the new The Last of Us multiplayer game that has seemingly been development since the dawn of time.
“Later this year we will begin to offer you some details on our ambitious The Last of Us multiplayer game,” says Neil. “With a team led by Vinit Agarwal, Joe Pettinati, and Anthony Newman, the project is shaping up to be a fresh, new experience from our studio, but one rooted in Naughty Dog’s passion for delivering incredible stories, characters, and gameplay.”
Now you may have noticed that for a multiplayer game there very few characters in that concept art. The first piece of art which you can see below and that was released last year also has only two characters. Given that Neil has said the multiplayer game has “stories” it seems like this will not be a straight fire fight, like the original Factions multiplayer game that shipped with The Last of Us Part 1.
Could we looking at something more like Day Z in which players are spread across a huge map and have to survive, with gunfights only being a small part of the game? We will find out later this year.
Source: Naughty Dog
