Tidigare chef för Last of Us Online lovar att framtida projekt ska nå marknaden efter nedläggningen

Vinit Agarwal, tidigare chef för Naughty Dogs nedlagda The Last of Us-multiplayer, lovade på sociala medier att inga av hans framtida projekt ska drabbas av nedläggning. Han lyfte fram den återkommande uppskattningen från tidigare teammedlemmar som kallat spelet deras bästa multiplayerupplevelse någonsin, och tackade The Last of Us-communityt för deras stöd.

Under helgen delade Agarwal med sig av sin beslutsamhet på sociala medier och påpekade att det är "galet" hur många tidigare Naughty Dog-kollegor som fortfarande hör av sig för att hylla spelets kvalitet. "Det är fortfarande det bästa multiplayerspel de någonsin spelat", skrev han och lovade: "Jag kommer aldrig låta något jag arbetar med förbli outgivet igen." Han uttryckte även tacksamhet mot The Last of Us-communityt för deras "stöd och tilltro" (Eurogamer.net). Detta följer på Agarwals tidigare avslöjanden i en podcast om spelets nedläggning—det var färdigställt till cirka 80 procent efter sju års utveckling och skrotades mitt i Naughty Dogs skifte mot enspelartitlar som Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Det fristående flerspelarläget, som utvecklades ur det ursprungliga Factions-läget efter The Last of Us Part II (2020), mötte förseningar och lades officiellt ner i december 2023.

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