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Development of a third entry in The Last of Us series is apparently beginning to ramp up — with motion capture looking to take place this year — according to Twitter profile ViewerAnon. Supposedly a reliable source in the movie sphere, the profile previously posted Neil Druckmann's next game is The Last of Us: Part III, and has now expanded on that claim.
They claim Naughty Dog is "rolling cameras and recording audio" for motion capture and "Ellie is at least as important in [The] Last of Us Part III as she was in Part II". Ellie was considered a lead character alongside Abby, with the campaign equally split between them. Therefore, the Twitter user is suggesting Ellie will play a pivotal role in the third instalment.
ViewerAnon's claims are unconfirmed, of course, but Naughty Dog has revealed it has "a brand new single-player experience" in the works alongside The Last of Us Multiplayer. It's not known whether the title is set in the world of The Last of Us or if it's a new IP, though. The news came as the developer announced it needs more time on the project, but a Bloomberg report revealed the online game is in trouble. While its overall quality and long-term viability are being assessed, employees have been reallocated to other projects.
"A small group remains on the project while the company re-evaluates the direction," Jason Schreier claimed. "While the game hasn’t been cancelled, many of its developers have been moved to other projects." It would be safe to assume the single player project is one of them, which ViewerAnon insists is The Last of Us: Part III. "All I can say is I’ve been very vocal for quite a while that The Last of Us Part III is in development and others are finally noticing. Major filming is happening this year," a follow-up tweet reads.
[source twitter.com]
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ND is my favourite studio ever but please give us a new IP before Part III! I want to see how Ellie's story finish but not before seeing a new IP from them.
Surely they'll release The Last of Us: Part II: Remastered first?
I can't wait for the MP to finally drop
Whilst I’m up for another Last of Us game, I’m eager to see something new from them.
I’m hopeful the talk of staff moving off the multiplayer game was described as moving to other ‘projects’ plural. Maybe some staff are starting to kick off 3 but most are plugging away at a new IP that’s only a year or two away 🤞
For me the expectations for the multiplayer are now very low..
Well, a few months back they (ND) mentioned they'd be getting back to a project they love.
Guess this is it then.
It also explains putting a pin into the multiplayer project for now - as I suspected since they announced that it "needed more time", it'll be coming as part of the 3rd game.... probably around 2025-2026, which will be putting it in line with the 3rd Season of the TV show.
The dots are aligning properly, so to speak (or... write).
Only one way they can work ellie into the story imo.
The last 3 years since this was released has flown by.
I feel so old haha and this game, if true they're doing motion capture for it, will probably be out when I am grey and old lol.
Time to kill Ellie off too.
Surely they will run out of characters to kill eventually.
Why people care about this series is beyond me.
I think I'm done with LoU, I'll take Fractions now.
@PixelDragon Meh... they are good, but not amazing. I much prefered Uncharted.
The fact they kill everyone off makes it difficult to feel invested.
Only interested if the game starts with Mrs Trunchball's daughter smashing in Abby's head with a tennis racket.
Cool.more the last of us is welcome.im down with the last of us part 3.word up son
I can't even begin to imagine what ND are capable of with a game built for PS5. Let them cook
Possible samage limitation option. Make 3 and include factions in the release - then there is less pressure for it to meet ND levels of perfection compared to if it launches as a standalone release.
I do want to see part 3 to finish the story, but do hope ND have been working on something else. A new ip is long overdue
I personally have no hype for The Last of Us Part III. It will be just another one like the other 2 but with better motion capture and new areas. I do not expect anything new from ND in terms of gameplay mechanics.
While Part II was a big disappointment for me story wise, I thought it was a great game from a gameplay perspective. While I have my doubts we'll get the holy grail of a high quality story like Part 1 and the gameplay of Part II with Druckmann at the helm, given how secretive Sony has been with games and their focus on multiplayer games, I'll take this as a positive whether the rumor is true or not. I'd prefer ND to make a different single player game too, but I know I'd play this, so it's more of a positive than a negative in the end.
@Exerion76 I agree. I used to occasionally let her get killed deliberately, she was so awful.
If Naughty Dog is behind it I'm going to play it no matter what it is so bring it on.
As much as I love Naughty Dog as my favourite for Uncharted and the first Last of Us, I’ve no excitement for a Part 3 after Part 2. Was a great game but Part 1 is just unbeatable imo. Part 2 only made me dislike Ellie a lot.
I wasn’t crazy about part 2 so I’m no way near as hyped for part 3 but I’ll still play it.
@Nem
Man you would absolute hate Yoshiyuki Tomino’s various anime projects lol. Especially Space Runner Ideon and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
He’s called Kill ‘em All Tomino for a reason lol.
If they do make part III, I’m hoping for a focus on Lev, and maybe also Abby. I’m sure Ellie will be in there somewhere though… Either way, I’ll be excited if they make a part III. Part II was, for me personally, one of the greatest gaming experiences I’ve had in my 38 years on this planet, in both story and gameplay.
We won't be seeing this until 2027/28 I reckon. Hopefully we see Factions and a new IP before then but doubtful
@ear_wig Me too, I don't understand the hate. Maybe it's because I played 1 & 2 together but I just thought the story they told was one of the most brilliant, gritty realisations of a post apocalyptic word I've ever seen. The moral choices it raised were extremely deep and I still think about the story on a daily basis.
@elvisfan1 It’s a very bleak series, with characters making horrible, ugly choices throughout. Not everyone is into that sort of stuff, I think… With valued characters dying, bleak stories about the degradation of humanity, etc. I just watched Infinity Pool with my lady (check it out!), and she HATED it, and I LOVED it. To each’s own, I suppose!
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@Shad361 makes sense that you're still here.
@naruball barely. I pop in once in a while to see if Sony’s first party has announced anything interesting and unexpected but they never pull though. Night and day from what Nintendo is doing nowadays.
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I don’t think I’ve ever disliked a AAA game franchise more than TLOU. I don’t know why but I genuinely despise these games and wish they would disappear.
Obviously many people love them and all power to you and I also hope you can continue to enjoy them…but we can’t be friends lol
@Shad361 but every time you comment here, it's to bash Sony. I don't get it. If you don't like something so much, maybe you can focus on things that you do.
I didn't really need a part II. The first game ended perfectly well. There's nothing inherently wrong with II but it just feels like a developer trying to drag out something that could just as easily have been a one and done thing, like SOMA.
I agree with @PixelDragon and even if I love first party Nintendo games, I cannot agree with @Shad361 because Sony's exclusive games are amazing, even if we only get one per year sometimes.
With that said, he did not disrespect anyone and just explained himself answering to other replies, not completely off topic. No need to remove his comments just like that
Ok forget my last comment, I didn't see the full picture here... I was just bored and got into his last 30ish comments and as @naruball mentioned, he seems to only come here to bash Sony and praise Nintendo in every post he can.
Yes, it is tiring.
And that comes from someone who owns both Switch and PS5 and has a slight preference for the former's first party games.
@Diowine @naruball What should I praise Sony for? They have literally released nothing this year. Spider-Man 2 is coming and that’s it. Where are the games? Where is the variety? Easily the worst year of PS5 first party thus far and nobody wants to speak up, they just accept mediocrity.
PS3 was starting to swim in first party exclusives after 3 years. Games like Killzone 2,Infamous,and Uncharted 2 were coming out.
Damn, a lot of spoilers in this comment section for someone who has lou2 still in their backlog
@Shad361 No need to praise. From my side, related to my PS5 console, I probably will only be buying Armored Core this year, which is not even an exclusive, and playing PS Plus Extra Games that I missed when originally launched. Is it for me personally a weak year too? Yes.
But that is not the point, this is a Playstation site and if you only come here to constantly criticize the company in front of people that care for it and enjoy their games, it becomes really tiring.
If you want to be a specific console hater, go to a multiplatform page such as IGN and bash them there. If you are not a hater and just like Nintendo better, go to NintendoLife. But let people be happy with their games here.
With love
I really want something new from Naughty Dog . I'm kind of over TLOU at this point . Will I play this ? Of course. I think we all want something new and fresh at this point.
@PixelDragon Soon to be fixed, no doubt. 😂
After the second game, sitting this one out. In fact probably going to be just skipping ND games till Drukman leaves for his career with hbo and the studio gets knocked down a few pegs for its bioware level of ego and hubris.
@PixelDragon I agree too.
Great first party exclusive games from both companies. But as you mention, for both companies, among others, most of these games' titles end up with a number in recent times:
Spidey 2, TLOU 2/3, GOW2, BOTW 2 (TOTK), Pikmin4, Xenoblade3, etc, etc... And we could go on forever.
All great sequels apparently, but would love to also see new IPs from all too.
Happy to see a Part III but I do hope that is truly the end for the series in terms of single player games. Happy for this multiplayer malarkey to have its place and be an ongoing service but we really need those dudes at Naughty Dog bringing us a new IP pretty soon.
@PixelDragon @PixelDragon Wouldn't mind seeing what all the hate is about at least
@KAIRU i am hoping they do. I love the PS5 part 1. I’ve beaten it twice already and would love a native PS5 version of Part 2. Then Part 3 on PS5 ground up should really blow the doors off graphics wise. Can’t wait to see what they do with it. This is my favorite I.P on PlayStation. God of war used to be but GOWR wasn’t as good or fun as i had hoped. Still great, but not the 10/10 i was hoping for.
@Nem walking dead was one of the biggest TV shows ever. A case could be made Walking dead was one of the biggest comic book series ever. That show was known for someone important was going to get killed off. It added to the suspense of the show. Even if it happened to one of your favorite characters. This is why Last of Us is so great. The game has suspense like no other. It’s my favorite IP on PS at the moment, i felt GOWR wasn’t as good as i had hoped.
I am all in on TLOU3, but I really want a new IP as well. A western from Naughty Dog would be a dream.
@IamJT “A western from Naughty Dog would be a dream”
Did you and me just become best friends? 🤠
After the absolute bait and switch that Part II was....this is a hard pass.
@SJR You mean that Factions mode that according to Bungie is in a very poor state and needs major reworks?
That's just an empty promise at this point.
TLOU2 MP should have been PS5's killer app. The idea that it was killed because it wasn't live servicey enough is deeply disturbing.
I forced myself to play the second game, I’m not usually a fan of games with heavy exposition. It was good, and fairly amazing on a technical level.
I just can’t get excited about this kind of game.
I feel like I’m the only one, sometimes.
@Kelrics90 Why do you care so much about always playing as one character? TV shows do what Naughty Dog did all the damn time. Shouldn’t the game itself as a whole be the most important thing?
@IamJT
I would love to see them tell a war story.
Set it in the Vietnam War.
@OrtadragoonX how about we compromise and do a western war story during the Civil War.
@IamJT
I’m down for that.
@KAIRU You can do both I think the studio is big enough for that. We al can get annoyed about it but I think if part 1 sold enough for them to make money why wouldn't they do it again. With development costing 200 million plus I can understand they want to get the most out of every release possible.
@Nem they only killed (spoiler alert) joel, tommy, ellie and abby are all alive by the end, so not sure what you mean, you must be one of those that enjoy talking sh**t about a game you haven't even played XD
@elvisfan1 yep Last of us 2 story is brilliant, but it was too much for the simpleminded people that wanted a cliche story where everybody sings kumbaya at the end and live a happy life, ho and they love to ignore joel did a lot of fuc**ed up ***** to survive, does that make him a "bad guy"? not sure, but was he an innocent person that didn't deserved what happened to him at the end??? HELL NO
@BlaizeV k
@naruball bc they're miserable and angry with life and this is the only way they can vent a little bit
@LordBakemono
Are you serious? For example the first game. Almost everyone died.
Not only all the ones you killed. The fireflies all died. People on the settlement died in droves. All secondary characters died. Honestly... literally no one survived and they had to create a new cast to kill off in the sequel.
Perhaps you stop speaking s**t and respect the opinions of others. Even if you don't, you don't have to reply.
Very sorry i offended your sensibilities by criticising a game you like. It's alright. You don't have to agree.
@LordBakemono Spot on
@KAIRU Cope all you want, but TLoU Part 1 was absolutely appreciated by both those who've played the original, and those who never got around to playing the first release.
@PixelDragon Idk why people state their opinions matter-of-factly, like it's the end-all, be-all lol.
@ArashiKageTaro I enjoyed Part I when I played the remaster on PS4. It’s undoubtedly one of the best games that’s been available on Sony’s consoles for the last decade.
I don’t think I’m the person you need to be telling to “cope”.
@Arnna What are you talking about. The game as a whole was mediocre at best. A polished turd is still a turd.
A game that's meant to have a great narrative and story and doesn't is a failure as a game. It divided the fan base and probably harmed ND's reputation overall with older fans. Sure, the graphics, level design, sound, and gameplay are all amazing, but it stands upon a broken foundation.
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