Naughty Dog's Intergalactic Unlikely to Release on PS5 Until 2027 1

It’s been a rough generation for Sony’s flagship first-party studio Naughty Dog.

While its survival horror series The Last of Us is more popular than ever, thanks to HBO Max’s superb live action adaptation of the franchise, it hasn’t actually released a new game since 2020.

However, those hoping it’s all-new endeavour, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, could be out as early as 2026 are going to be disappointed: Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier, writing on the ResetEra forum, has hinted the game won’t be ready next year, meaning we’re looking at a 2027 launch date at the earliest.

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That means it’ll be at least seven years between Naughty Dog games – a far cry from the PS3 era, when the Uncharted trilogy and The Last of Us all launched within a single generation. Of course, the complexity of games has increased since then, and the pandemic also disrupted the early part of this generation.

The Californian developer also lost a lot of time working on a multiplayer version of The Last of Us, which sounded wildly ambitious. It ultimately decided to cancel the project, explaining that the resources it would have taken to support it would have prevented it from making more single player games.

While it’s all understandable, it’s hard to shake the feeling that this generation may end up a wasted one. We’re sure Intergalactic will be incredible when it eventually launches, but if it’s still more than two years away, it means we’ll probably only get one new game from Naughty Dog on the PS5.

[source resetera.com]