Naughty Dog Has "Multiple" Single-Player Games In Development

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In an interview with the L.A. Times, Neil Druckmann assured fans that Naughty Dog won't be "The Last of Us studio forever."
Instead, Druckmann asserts that "multiple single-player projects" are currently in the works at Naughty Dog.
What those projects are remains to be seen, though a return to Jak and Daxter would be glorious.

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In all, Naughty Dog's last non-The Last of Us project was in 2017, though a bundled Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy did release in 2022. As a result, Naughty Dog has been viewed by fans as "The Last of Us Studio." But the studio's head, Neil Druckmann, wants gamers to know that Naughty Dog won't be focused on its post-apocalyptic narrative forever.

Naughty Dog Has "Multiple Single-Player Projects" In The Works

as part of , helping shape the iconic city, Druckmann shared that Naughty Dog won't always be working on The Last of Us.

“I promise you, we will not be ‘The Last of Us’ studio forever,” Druckmann said. Instead, Druckmann reassured fans that there are multiple projects in the pipeline, including “multiple single-player projects.” What those projects are remains to be seen, though they will seemingly be created with Druckmann's vision in mind.

“We create experiences t﷽hat are steeped in story and character, especially relationships,” Druckmann added. “The stories have some sort of philosophical core that everything is going to revolve around and 🃏feed into.”

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