Developer Naughty Canine has introduced that the beforehand introduced on-line The Final of Us multiplayer recreation, The final of Us On-line has been canceled. This implies growth on the title has been stopped for the foreseeable future. In a current assertion, Naughty Canine stated it’s was “wanting ahead to placing it in your fingers,” however “to launch and assist The Final of Us On-line we’d must put all our studio sources behind supporting post-launch content material for years to return, severely impacting growth on future single-player video games.” Lastly, the developer additionally said that it has “multiple formidable, model new single participant recreation” that its engaged on. Naughty Canine lately introduced The Final of Us Half II Remastered for PlayStation 5. The remaster will launch on January 19, 2024.
The total message concerning the cancellation:
We understand lots of you’ve got been anticipating information across the undertaking that we’ve been calling The Final of Us On-line. There’s no simple option to say this: We’ve made the extremely tough determination to cease growth on that recreation.
We all know this information might be powerful for a lot of, particularly our devoted The Final of Us Factions neighborhood, who’ve been following our multiplayer ambitions ardently. We’re equally crushed on the studio as we have been wanting ahead to placing it in your fingers. We wished to share with you some background of how we got here to this determination.
The multiplayer crew has been in pre-production with this recreation since we have been engaged on The Final of Us Half II—crafting an expertise we felt was distinctive and had great potential. Because the multiplayer crew iterated on their idea for The Final of Us On-line throughout this time, their imaginative and prescient crystalized, the gameplay obtained extra refined and satisfying, and we have been enthusiastic in regards to the path through which we have been headed.
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 must put all our studio sources behind supporting post-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: change into a solely dwell service video games studio or proceed to give attention to single-player narrative video games which have outlined Naughty Canine’s heritage.
We’re immensely happy with everybody on the studio that touched this undertaking. The learnings and investments in expertise from this recreation will carry into how we develop our initiatives and might be invaluable within the path we’re headed as a studio. We’ve multiple formidable, model new single participant recreation that we’re engaged on right here at Naughty Canine, and we can’t wait to share extra about what comes subsequent once we’re prepared.
Till then, we’re extremely grateful to our neighborhood in your assist all through the years.
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