Crouching tiger, hidden dragon...

The Last of Us Part 1 lone released a fewer days agone for the PlayStation 5, but fans are already dissecting, and by hold discussing, each inch of its world.

One specified treatment taking spot focuses connected a imaginable caller IP from Naughty Dog, that galore judge volition person a phantasy theme. This each started aft respective posters with fantasy-like elements were spotted adorning the game's walls.

The posters successful question, which tin beryllium seen below, amusement images of a Pegasus-like horse, a dragon, and a pistillate warrior:

It's not much, but capable to get tongues wagging astir what the aboriginal whitethorn clasp for the Last of Us' developer.

"A Naughty Dog phantasy crippled connected PS5 is specified a dream. Inject that close into my veins baby," wrote 1 enthusiastic follower connected seeing these images.

"Open satellite phantasy crippled (something similar Witcher 3) from ND?? That would beryllium [a] imagination travel true," added another.

Over connected Reddit, immoderate pointed retired that The Last of Us was likewise teased successful Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, truthful a determination specified arsenic this is not antithetic for Naughty Dog.

Fans antecedently speculated that Naughty Dog's aboriginal projects could person a phantasy taxable to them aft the team's elder conception creator Hyoung Nam uploaded 3 caller pieces of enactment to their ArtStation relationship successful aboriginal 2021.

This bid was titled "The Women of North", with the archetypal of these images showing a warrior, sitting atop a slain dragon.

However, erstwhile rumours astir a caller Naughty Dog phantasy IP started making headlines, Nam rapidly stated that the images were meant to beryllium an homage to Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, and had thing to bash with thing happening astatine the developers. They past went connected to update the images' descriptions.

That being said, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla does not person immoderate dragons successful it, leaving galore to presume this mentation was successful information a bluff from the Naughty Dog artist.

Concept creation by Naughty Dog's Hyoung Nam.