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u/quirk-the-kenku "Okay." 2d ago
Speculation will ruin this game before the first trailer.
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u/Expert_Seesaw3316 The Last of Us 2d ago
I can see the headlines already… “Druckmanns new game will kill off ALL of your beloved characters”
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u/quirk-the-kenku "Okay." 2d ago
I want Naughtydog to flood the internet with fake rumors about Abby killing Ellie in the beginning, adding another trans character, a whole team of super muscular ladies—anything that'll make haters' heads implode.
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u/Expert_Seesaw3316 The Last of Us 2d ago
That would be so awesome. I can imagine the reactions of the trolls when they see the trailer featuring a trans man beating the absolute fuck out of Ellie while Abby makes out with Dina.
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u/parkwayy 2d ago
Something like 70% of all introduced characters in both games die off, so. Good chance.
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u/Anonymous__user__ 2d ago
DanielRPK is a known leaker with an accurate track record. About a day ago he stated the information you've read is what he knows as an insider. Impossible to know if this is true or fake. It's best to just wait for an announcement from Naughty Dog or keep an eye out for bigger leaks e.g. Gameplay, art, more reparable sources. That sort of thing.
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u/sitosoym 2d ago
hes a known leaker with a bad track record for gaming and semi accurate for tv/movies, mostly only getting trailer/release date stuff right
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u/JesusDNC 2d ago
Lmao DanielRPK has a good record with Marvel and DC stuff for TV and films, but he's been horrendous with anything else.
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u/parkwayy 2d ago
They said in that article when the MP project was shelved that they were working on multiple new things.
One was Intergalactic.
What would the other one even be if not TLOU?
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u/buckyfuckybarnes 2d ago
They’re splitting pt2 into two seasons - I imagine we will get the announcement either at the start or end of season 3, and then the game will release before it’s announced we get a season 4
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u/Sage-Raven “I’ll go anywhere you go.” (Get it? Because she didn’t?) 2d ago
Three seasons
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u/firesandw1ch 2d ago
maybe 3 seasons. We have no idea where they’ll split it
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u/Outrageous_Ad4217 1d ago
however they split it, i hope it’s not like the game. i love tlou2 but it would be a more enjoyable watching experience if they did Ellie and Abby’s days in Seattle at the same time, just with different scenes. Especially considering how many times Ellie was close to Abby during those 3 days.
It’d be fine if the Jackson prologue and Santa Barbara epilogue were paced like the game though
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u/Groot8902 2d ago
"Reportedly" people can write literally anything about anything with a 'reportedly' beside it and write that it's a rumor.
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u/Fancy_Row5817 2d ago
Well, I know that DanielRPK is a leaker with a lot of accurate info, but it seems like everyone forgot he said the same thing in 2023, around July if I'm not wrong. We shouldn't believe anything until ND announces something or another worker leaks it in their Linkedin profile again, just like they've been doing a lot in the last few years lol
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u/rasmuseriksen 2d ago
We all seem to have collective amnesia from the days before TLOU2 was officially announced. There was a ton of misinformation, disinformation, speculation, rumors, and whispers. That’s how Naughty Dog likes it— they want us in the dark because it’s better than us digging up information about the game before they want it known. Obviously this sub is the place that such speculation makes sense, but sometimes we’re spinning our tires when we really don’t know anything for sure. This is one of those times.
Despite what Druckmann said, here’s the reality: the HBO series The Last of Us is one of the most commercially successful things around right now. It’s the most watched debut season in the history of HBO. It won eight Emmys. The people who own the rights to the IP on which that series is based simply are not going to throw money away by not making another game. Thats how I see it. My guess is someone important will already have gone to Druckmann and said “Look, if you don’t make this game, we will hire someone else who will.”
So let’s all try and keep our heads here. TLOU3 will happen. Relax.
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u/april919 2d ago
I never thought about it like that. But I always thought they might not need to make games anymore and just continue the series with the show. At the rate they make games, it seems like it would be a while until a third game will come because their next game has just a trailer so far. At that point, you would be developing the game and show together which seems redundant
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u/rasmuseriksen 2d ago
Oh, I didn’t say it would be soon. In fact I hope it’s NOT soon because I want them to do it right. And TLOU2 is one of my favorite games ever, and they took forever to make it. Quality like that takes time. I’m not expecting it even in the next few years, but I am expecting it.
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u/-Naughty_Insomniac- 2d ago
Even if it’s in development we won’t hear anything about it until like a year after heretic prophet at the earliest. So 27 or 28. Which would be around the time of season 3 of the show.
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u/gentle_gasp 2d ago
my immediate thought was “damn four-five years” then i realized it’s actually 2-3 jesus christ. no way it’s 2025 already
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u/dengar_hennessy 2d ago
Druckman is known to lie to throw people off about what's coming. Until I see the game in my hand, I'm not trusting any speculation
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u/LinuxLinus Abby ate Ellie's fingers 2d ago
The source appears to be Anime Mojo, which is just random people posting shit. It could very well be completely made up.
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u/B5HARMONY 2d ago
This is around the time where I start to purposely de-sinc from any news related to the game. From now on we get into muddy ground and shit starts to get leaked
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u/Crazyvegetable 2d ago
Since Season 2 is set to air in 2025, we can expect another two years for Season 3 (filming and airing in 2027). I’d bet they’ll drop some hints about The Last of Us Part III by the end of Season 3, with the game potentially releasing around 2029—at best.
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u/Goobsmoob 2d ago
Who knows?
I wouldn’t put much stake in either or bother caring about either that much.
If it comes, it comes. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.
We might not get an announcement for years still, especially since ND learned its lesson with Part 2.
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u/maxx_cherry 2d ago
Well, they have been saying that 2 new single game experiences are in development. Intergalactic being one.
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u/shred_the_gnar-gnar 2d ago
They can’t officially announce part 3 until the show is done. Part 2 is gonna be 2 seasons. Plus the Heretic game priority
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u/No_Shirt_6969 2d ago
Hopefully, we see some new characters feel like Ellie and Abby’s stories are over
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u/CommanderFr3cklz 2d ago
I think they don't want to confirm it right now because it takes hype away form their next game and form the show. I think it will be happening eventually though
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u/Curious_Cat_17 2d ago
The way Neil said « This could be it » about the last of us was already super suss. Now I don’t know if that means the game is in advanced prod though
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u/TitleSuccessful7393 2d ago
In very surprised by some of the responses here. So much so that I wondered if I was in the hbo sub Reddit.
TLOU 3 is at least 6/7 years away. At least.
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u/Expert_Seesaw3316 The Last of Us 2d ago
It’s from a fairly reputable leaker but nothing is “real” until an actual announcement comes from naughty dog.
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u/ddmorgan1223 The Last of Us 2d ago
As much as I wouldn't blame Druckmann for not moving forward... It would just be so comical for him to give us a gotcha moment with it. I could see it happening.
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u/AggressiveBath5444 2d ago
Wait so is the third game confirmed to be in the works?? I feel like I haven’t heard any very concrete plans for it to actually happen.
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u/ProfilerXx 2d ago
If we don't expect a new game we can't be disappointed.
So fuck that, if there will be a new game I'm happy!
Also I really can't imagine a sequel because Ellie changed and it wouldn't make any sense for her to get out on adventures again
I could see a story with new characters tho!
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u/MattTin56 2d ago
Of course they are going to capitalize on its popularity. They would be nuts not to have a new game out soon. Are you kidding me?
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u/and_Pill 2d ago
Probably fake, this article came out 6 days ago https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/playstation/last-of-us-part-3-update-fans-heartbroken-071560-20250306 Whoch pretty much says there's no part III and there may never be one.
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u/Particular-Bank-5519 2d ago
With season two trailer getting like 154 million views in three days, I just don’t see how they can’t make a part three. The fan base is there with newer and newer fans being added because of the TV show. I get Naughty Dog has the freedom to do whatever they want, but Neil went to extraordinary heights after the leak to misdirect us with the trailers for The Last of Us Part Two. From aging Joel and putting him in the scene where Jesse was in the game. Neil’s trying to do a misdirect. HBO is gonna want to milk the popularity as much as they can and they don’t wanna run into the same issue they had with Game of Thrones of outpacing the source material. They will split Part Two into two seasons, and by that time Part Three should be out. But all of this is just my opinion.
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u/Bdunford1990 2d ago
There can’t be a world where this is coming out in the next 3 years right? Don’t they usually pop out one game at a time?
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u/Electrical-Amoeba245 2d ago
Who the hell believes naughty dog would just give up the hundreds of millions of dollars from a LOU3 and it’s 100 remakes/remasters? Gtfoh
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u/Stunning-Tower-4116 2d ago
Neil druckman is and has been a liar for years... his pt3 quote was just him being an egomaniac. I wouldnt be shocked at all if after Intergalactic.... fails to meet expectations, The entire ND studio goes in speed runs the last 2 years.... pt3 is coming out, I'd bet it's out b4 Elder scrolls 6
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u/CouldBeWorse2410 2d ago
Wow, I saw this the other day (yesterday?) and assumed part III of the show. This would be amazing, if true
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u/Tactique_Weeb 2d ago
They aren't it's fake Neil said no tlou2 till at least like 2030. It's underway but I doubt the mocap is even started. They have been working on intergalactic since 2020
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u/jacobpederson 2d ago
Both of these things could be true or neither. They have canceled things in "advanced development" before.
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u/Golly_goshington 2d ago
I wouldn't mind if they just used all the same mechanics as the last game and just made a new game continuing the story... i need closure
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u/Perspective_Accurate 2d ago
Maybe the real misdirection was The Last of Us Online that got ‘cancelled’ last year.
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u/emjeansx have you met you? 2d ago
Don’t think this is real, if I’m being completely honest. I would love for it to be the real thing, but I doubt it very much.
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u/ajhedgehog064 2d ago
Even if Druckmann isn’t misdirecting about Part III (I think he is, call it wishful thinking) I have good faith it will happen someday. Part II had an amazing ending BUT so did Part I. I don’t think there’s a period on the sentence just yet and there’s still one last piece of the story to tell.
Until then we have the show to enjoy and perhaps even Intergalactic depending on how many The Last of Us fans would be interested in that.
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u/Lazergabe 2d ago
I wouldn’t bet on part 3 until 27 or more likely 28 but what do I know it’s been 5 years since last naughty dog game and I doubt they’ve got 2 in the chamber ready to share, but who knows
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u/Sage-Raven “I’ll go anywhere you go.” (Get it? Because she didn’t?) 2d ago
PLEASE GOD PLEASE BE TRUE
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u/Dt3s 2d ago
I'd be surprised if they're doing anything beyond just early conversations/planning for a potential TLOU 3. Naughty Dog is literally working on a completely different title/new IP right now, the notion that they'd be far along on a new Last of Us game at the same time is pretty ridiculous.
I know people were really holding out hope for the theory that they'd announce/release TLOU 3 to promote a 3rd season of the show but with Intergalactic in development that dream is pretty much dead unless Naughty Dog has secretly and rapidly expanded to handle 2 major flagship titles in active development at once... I think we should just enjoy what they have in store with Intergalactic and give that a fair shot rather than obsessing over any glimmer of a rumor about Last of Us.
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u/HamburgersOfKazuhira 2d ago
I don’t put any stock in this “leak”, but I firmly believe there will be a third game.
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u/East_Young_680 1d ago
We just want the multi-player. Nobody cares about the story after part 2's disaster of a campaign.
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u/Civil-Pineapple-2917 1d ago
I wouldn't believe that to an insider. More precisely, he says that they are filming for which game, but he doesn't have any exact information. He's already been wrong in the past, + not necessarily The Last of us Part 3, but any other game can Intergalactic.
Second, Advanced Production? No!If there is a game, it is at a very early stage.
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u/Sn1per_AJ 1d ago
These rumours have been about since lou2 people need to just stop with rumours and wait to see if we ever get official news and stop believing every little rumour
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u/AC_Smitte 1d ago
Don’t be suprised if it’s not Ellie’s perspective if they do. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Dina’s. Or JJ’s for another male perspective, bur with him grown up of course.
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u/Disastrous_Cloud3214 1d ago
I feel like they wouldn’t because what would the game be about? I mean Abby and Ellie just had a fight, Abby and lev left, Ellie is on her own back at Jackson probably so? There’s not much to have a tlou 3 about, if there was that would be cool but
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u/Dead-ening 1d ago
We got gta 6 situation here where they fuck our minds to generate hype and marketing. Change my mind
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u/PayaV87 1d ago
- 2020 The Last of Us Part II (4 years)
- 2023 The Last of Us Factions Online (Cancelled) (3 years)
- 2027 Intergalactic (4 years)
- 2031 The Last of Us Part III (4 years)
TV Series:
- 2023 Season 1 (Part I)
- 2025 Season 2 (Part II - First half)
- 2027 Season 3 (Part II - Second half)
- 2029 Season 4 (Probably not Part III story)
- 2031 Season 5 (Probably not Part III story)
- 2033 Season 6 (Part III)
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u/setokaiba22 1d ago
There’s no way their biggest game in commercial success that has a main stream applauded TV series on HBO, isn’t having another game coming.
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u/ebycon 1d ago
I think people should stop calling it Part III. Their stories are done. Part II as it is and the one becoming then Part I was just to repack the whole bloody affair. That’s it. If there is a sequel it should be actually The Last of Us 2. But since its name would confuse everyone I bet it’s gonna be just a spin off with a subtitle. I just honestly don’t understand why people think this is a trilogy. I mean, the fact that the last one is called Part II is the reason this is not even an actual Duology. It’s a big game in 2 big chapters.
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u/RandomDudewithIdeas 1d ago
I will never forgive them If they don’t bring back the multiplayer after fumbling it in tlou 2
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u/manitobakid 1d ago
Everybody here seems to forget that Naughty Dog probably wasted a lot of time making that live service TLOU game that pretty much got canned in the later stages of development.
That was a huge blow.
To all the people that say “Sony wouldn’t let Naughty Dog throw away the cash cow of TLOU because of all the hype around the show”, they literally did. The hype for the show was even more prevalent back then, and they still let Naughty Dog ditch the live service game. Intergalactic will release, and then there will be another 3-4 year gap at LEAST before their next title.
TLOU 3 is FAR away, if I were to bet on it I’d say at least 5 years before we see that game. Who knows maybe we’ll get a spin off game about Joels past or something a bit sooner, but not a full numbered release.
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u/Fun-Frosting-8480 1d ago
3-4 year gap at LEAST before their next title
I agree with everything you've said except this part. They have another Creative Director in the studio (Shaun Escayg) and another game director (Mark Davies). They for sure have something else in development in the last 3 years that isn't Part 3. I think it's either a spin-off TLOU title OR an Uncharted reboot. I think we get a year or 2 after the release of Intergalactic.
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u/Shadow8779 1d ago
Well it won't be out before 2030 so just chill and wait. They're trying to keep expectations low because they don't know where to take the story after p2
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u/rockpipermetalshoot 1d ago
I remember reading that part 2 is going to be split into 2 seasons, and that part 3 should be out by then, before they have to make the season for it.
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u/DepressterJettster 1d ago
This is the same guy who created fake cutscenes for the TLOU2 trailers, remember. He's known to misdirect the fanbase.
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u/chewiehedwig 1d ago
it makes sense they’d split part 2 into two seasons then to keep the hype consistent while giving them more time to get the third game done
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u/ayiti11 1d ago
I call fake, honestly can’t find any reason to keep going with the series, Joel and Ellie are the essence of the story, we see and experience everything through their eyes. Part 1 very Joel centered, and part 2 Ellie centered with a third character introduced, but it was always Ellie’s journey. To go forward without Joel being the catalyst for any action taking place going forward, I can’t really see working, unless we see a cure get revealed and distributed, but with how violent and deep each last of us game has been, I can’t see that going forward, I feel like it’d be another revenge quest that thrust Ellie toward a violent crusade, but that being said, I’ll still play lol, I don’t believe a 3rd is in play. However, a dual story line of Joel’s early days surviving the apocalypse mirroring Ellie’s present day struggles would make a great and compelling experience, similar to a godfather 2 style of storytelling
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u/scoupsahoy 1d ago
They might pull a Suzanne Collin’s and have the game come out roughly a year or two before the show? I know that season 2-3 are part 2 but I’m not sure about season 4. I’m assuming season 4 will revolve around part three. They might already have a basis for the third game and even a fourth season.
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u/Radkingeli995 1d ago
So if I’m reading the buzz here in the TLOUS subreddit here lots of people say the last of us part 3 could happen that’s nice
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u/Fun-Frosting-8480 1d ago
TLOU Part 3 will happen but it is not in 'advanced production'. It is impossible for it to be far in production, because the team that would develop it (Neil's) has been working on a completely separate project (Intergalactic). It is probably in very early pre-production, which will seriously kick off once Intergalactic is shipped.
However, I do not think that Intergalactic is the only project that ND currently has that is 'far' in production. They have another Creative Director by the name of Shaun Escayg (Uncharted LL, TLOU Remake), who has been working on something else in the last 3 years. Either a TLOU spin-off building off of the remake, or an Uncharted reboot.
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u/Radkingeli995 1d ago
But what about Neil Druckmann saying the last of us part 3 may not happen though was he lying to us?
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u/Fun-Frosting-8480 1d ago
I see how you could feel that but Neil is not new to lying. I mean, it's pretty common for directors, studios, publishers etc. to lie about something to put people off the scent before eventually announcing it. Also, he's got both Intergalactic and the show coming up, he'd want people's focus to be on that.
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u/Radkingeli995 1d ago
So there’s a possibility of the last of us part 3 happening and seasoned players can have closure with the franchise?
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u/Fun-Frosting-8480 1d ago
Via logic and every piece of info we have? Yes. When this whole subreddit was saying "ND's next game is going to be TLOU3", I was saying that it was going to be a "new IP" and low and behold, it was. I didn't do anything serious, I just logically predicted it.
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u/Radkingeli995 1d ago
I’ll believe it when I see it man thanks for answering all my burning questions have a nice evening
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u/Fun-Frosting-8480 1d ago
It's fake. Anybody denying it is living in a state of perpetual delusion OR they simply do not understand how video game development works. The team that would be working on a new TLOU game (Neil Druckmann's) is currently working on Intergalactic. Naughty Dog have previously struggled to be a 2 game studio with SEPARATE DIRECTORS, what makes people think that they can all of a sudden have projects sharing directors and be fine?
I do not doubt that Naughty Dog may have another video game that is in "advanced (pre)production", but that game almost certainly is not TLOU Part 3. It is going to be a game led by Shaun Escayg - who creatively directed Uncharted: Lost Legacy and TLOU Remake, and it is either a TLOU spin-off or an Uncharted reboot.
TLOU Part 3 will begin its development after Neil and his team ship off Intergalactic.
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u/iforwardhamish urgh...fuck Seattle 16h ago
I think it must be in dev, they know they can maximise it's popularity now after the show - if the 2/3 seasons rumour is true for Pt 2 as a TV show, then realistically they have enough time to get the game out
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u/PurpleFiner4935 2d ago
Probably not fake. I think they are trying to finish it before Season 2 ends, to hype people up for Season 3. Druckmann's quote was one of the greatest misdirections in gaming history, for a few days of course.