Unlike and games in the Uncharted series, The Last of Us Part II will be completely devoid of the online component. Developers about it in September, but shortly thereafter that they plan to release a standalone multiplayer mode for the upcoming action game. According to the recently discovered work on it has already begun. However, the announcement may refer to some other new project.
The developers posted a link to the vacancy of an online systems programmer in their . "Join us, - Naughty Dog lead game designer Vinit Agarwal, who retweeted this post. βWe have big ambitions and we need your help to make them a reality.β The team is looking for an individual who "loves online games" and is willing to work on "a variety of systems, including server technologies, the network component of the game, a matchmaking system, player data storage and micropayments in a virtual store."
It is not clear which project is being referred to. Given the intentions of the developers to add an online component to The Last of Us Part II (probably in the form of a standalone game or add-on), it can be assumed that the vacancy refers to it. It is also possible that the studio is working on some new project. Nathan Drake's story ended in , and at the event in honor of its premiere () director of game development Bruce Straley (Bruce Straley) said that this is "really the end", but gamers are still waiting for the new part of the series. Straley himself, who left the studio in 2017, would like to see it, as he recently in a conversation with GamesRadar.
One way or another, the mysterious multiplayer project will certainly appear on the PlayStation 5, like The Last of Us Part II. The original The Last of Us also came out ahead of the next-generation console launch in June 2013, and a little over a year after its release on the PlayStation 3, it moved to the PlayStation 4.
In October, Halley Gross, who serves as lead writer on The Last of Us Part II along with Neil Druckmann, about working on the characters in an interview for the December issue of PlayStation Official Magazine. According to her, the team wants to make Ellie "the most complex character in video games." βWe are trying to get Ellie to think about what she can grow up to be in such a hostile environment,β she said. βFor this to happen, unfortunately, you have to torture and test the characters, put them in difficult situations. We love Ellie and we love watching her grow up, but we're definitely not going to spoil her."
The Last of Us Part II will be released on May 29, 2020 exclusively for PlayStation 4. The game was originally scheduled for release in February, but the studio release to improve the overall quality of the project. Shortly thereafter, in October, Naughty Dog Experienced animator Jonathan Cooper, who has previously worked on games in the Uncharted, Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed series.
Source: 3dnews.ru