The Last Of Us Part 2 may have only recently released, but Naughty Dog is already working on new software for the PlayStation 5.
With The Last Of Us Part 2 releasing barely a month ago, and breaking sales records, you would think Naughty Dog would take some time out after working on one of the biggest games of not just the year but the generation.
However, it sounds as if Naughty Dog has already begun work on at least one new project, with the company out to hire new employees.
Some new job listings on Naughty Dog’s career website were recently discovered, with one for a Tools Programmer specifically mentioning ‘working on our next generation graphics analysis, profiling and debugging tool in conjunction with our sister technology groups.’
This suggests that Naughty Dog is making something for the PlayStation 5 console, which is hardly surprising given they’re owned by Sony.
At the moment, the only Naughty Dog project that we know about is the Last Of Us 2 multiplayer spin-off game, which the studio has implied it’s working on separately.
Another new job listing for a Level/Environment Designer explicitly states that the new hire will be working on a single-player game.
It seems too soon for Naughty Dog to be working on The Last Of Us 3, but it’s always possible that it plans on releasing an enhanced versions of The Last Of Us 2 on PlayStation 5. It would make sense considering how much of a sales success it has been on the PlayStation 4 and Naughty Dog released the first Last Of Us on both the PlayStation 3 and 4.
The Last Of Us 3 isn’t out of the question though as Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann has already said that their next major project is likely to be either a third The Last Of Us game or a new IP (where the multiplayer spin-off would fit in with that isn’t clear).
He also seemed to rule out a new Uncharted game, which isn’t surprising as Uncharted 4 very much felt like a definitive end to the series, or at least an end to Naughty Dog’s involvement with it.
Whatever the next gen project is, it sounds like it will be another action game of some kind as the third new job listing is for a Gameplay/Melee Animator whose work may include ‘helping shape the hand-to-hand combat system.’
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