Naughty Dog officially cancels The Last of Us Online multiplayer

For years, fans of The Last of Us have waited for Naughty Dog to release a promised online multiplayer title, an extension of the original games Factions mode. However, the developer officially confirmed today that The Last of Us Online is no longer in development. According to the company’s announcement, this is due to a limited amount of time and resources, which the company is choosing to put towards other projects.

The announcement reads, “To release and support The Last of Us Online we’d have to put all our studio resources behind supporting post launch content for years to come, severely impacting development on future single-player games. So, we had two paths in front of us: become a solely live service games studio or continue to focus on single-player narrative games that have defined Naughty Dog’s heritage.”