Naughty Dog hasn’t confirmed a third game, but there have been clues.
Will we ever get The Last of Us: Part III?
That is taking up all of our time," he said.
“I am treating these projects like it’s the last thing I will ever work on.
So my assumption is that there will be no more [The Last of Us games].
If the stars align, and everything comes into place, who knows?”
But the game was a big success and Druckmann came back for The Last of Us: Part II.
It was a good enough idea to spend years on it.
We worked on the story and felt like, ‘OK, that story has come full circle.
The definitive ending for this moment in time,'" he said.
“I’ve been thinking–is there a concept there [for The Last of Us III]?
For now years, I haven’t been able to find that concept.
But recently that’s changed.
I don’t have a story.
“As its own thing, and yet has this throughline for all three.
So it does feel like there’s probably one more chapter to this story.”
“I had the last bite of the apple.
The story is done.
“It’s a very privileged position to be in,” he said.
“We have written a story that takes place after The Last of Us 2.
With The Last of Us already renewed for a third season, that tracks.
“I am not going to go past the game.
I’ll just say that flat out.
“I’m basically setting a decade of my rapidly dwindling life on fire to tell this story.
The show is so hard to make.
It has to have an end.
So I’m not going to go past.
Who knows me, there might be aDunk and EggThe Last of Us show that happens that somebody does.
If this can happen all in one more season, great.
If we feel like it makes sense to break it into two, then we will do that.”
One has been revealed to be Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, but the other remains a mystery.
Many people assume that it’s The Last of Us: Part III.
Reporter Daniel Richtman said in July 2023 thatThe Last of Us: Part III was in production.
When will The Last of Us: Part III be released?
A third Last of Us game would likely come later, if it does at all.
Who’s developing The Last of Us: Part III?
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