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For over a decade, practically each single new sport Naughty Dog has developed has been an unabashed masterpiece in its personal proper, and the studio has solely been rising more and more masterful in its craft as time goes on. It’s no shock, then, that there’s all the time eyes on Naughty Dog and what it’ll be doing next- and it appears we might have been given a very tiny glimpse of what that can be.
The Last of Us Part 1Â launched final week for the PS5, and apparently, it appears gamers have found clues pointing to a new Naughty Dog IP. As reported by @NaughtyNDC on Twitter, gamers have discovered posters hanging on the partitions in the remake bearing some attention-grabbing artwork, exhibiting a feminine warrior and a quantity of fantasy parts, with hypothesis that the developer may be dropping hints for its subsequent IP gathering steam. Check out the pictures beneath.
Of course, you don’t have to forged your thoughts again too far to know that Naughty Dog has pulled one thing like this in the previous. Prior to its announcement, the unique The Last of Us was teased with an not easily seen teaser discovered in Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.
Whether or not there actually is a new IP is one thing we will solely guess at at this level. For what it’s value, across the time The Last of Us Part 2 launched, artistic director and Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann mentioned that the studio may transfer on to a new IP subsequent. A narrative define for The Last of Us Part 3 is prepared although, in order that’s a probably candidate as nicely.
Either approach, Druckmann confirmed in June that his subsequent venture as artistic director, no matter that seems to be, is in improvement– although on the time, he mentioned it was nonetheless too early to speak about it.
Of course, earlier this yr, it was confirmed that Naughty Dog has a quantity of new video games in improvement. At the time, The Last of Us Part 1 was included in that, whereas the studio’s large-scale standalone multiplayer The Last of Us title can also be in the works.
Fans are speculating that artwork in TLOU1 are indicative of Naughty Dog’s new IP. Seemingly would be a fantasy setting.
what do you assume? pic.twitter.com/IV9tZZqULW
— Naughty Dog Central (@NaughtyNDC) September 5, 2022