Naughty Dog has shared caller conception creation from The Last of Us multiplayer crippled and promised it volition merchandise much accusation aboriginal this year, perchance connected the archetypal game's 10th anniversary.

Studio co-president Neil Druckmann said successful a blog post that, portion the crippled evidently is simply a multiplayer acquisition and truthful antithetic to what Naughty Dog is known for, it volition inactive beryllium a communicative and quality affluent game.

"We’re looking up to The Last of Us’ 10th day successful June, and we’re truthful excited to stock much with you astir the aboriginal of this franchise," said Druckmann. "We’ll person immoderate amusive surprises for you on the way, but aboriginal this twelvemonth we volition statesman to connection you immoderate details connected our ambitious The Last of Us multiplayer game."

The Last of Us Multiplayer crippled gets its archetypal conception creation (Image: Naughty Dog)

He continued: "With a squad led by Vinit Agarwal, Joe Pettinati, and Anthony Newman, the task is shaping up to beryllium a fresh, caller acquisition from our studio, but 1 rooted successful Naughty Dog’s passionateness for delivering unthinkable stories, characters, and gameplay."

The conception creation matches what fans person travel to expect from The Last of Us, showing an abandoned thoroughfare with a rusty cruise vessel casually sitting astatine the road's end. Adding a further tidbit, Druckmann besides shared that the franchise has sold much than 37 cardinal copies worldwide arsenic of December 2022.

With the Last of Us TV amusement airing connected January 15 connected HBO, Naughty Dog volition besides supply behind-the-scenes accusation astir the archetypal crippled for PlayStation 3 and the Part 1 remake for PlayStation 5 arsenic the amusement progresses.

In IGN’s The Last of Us Part 1 review, we said: "A gorgeous and well-honed remake of 1 of the biggest boppers successful the PlayStation pantheon, The Last of Us Part 1 is the champion mode to play – oregon replay – Naughty Dog’s esteemed endurance classic."

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