Naughty Dog Leak Reveals The Last of Us Multiplayer, Sequel Plans

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A leak has revealed new details on the upcoming The Last of Us multiplayer game as well the series’ next sequel. It’s been almost two years since The Last of Us Part 2 was released and developer Naughty Dog still hasn’t launched the multiplayer mode it initially promised for the game. While the studio has since announced that the supposed multiplayer mode has evolved into a standalone multiplayer spin-off, fans are still finding remnants of The Last of Us 2’s multiplayer in the game’s files.

While The Last of Us 2 launched without a multiplayer mode, its predecessor’s Factions multiplayer mode was relatively popular. Factions lets players choose between two factions and then participate in several match types to collect points either to upgrade their own weapons and armor or to convert into supplies for their respective faction at the end of each match. Fans of the game mode most likely hoped that it would return in The Last of Us 2 but that ended up not being the case.

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In a series of Tweets, Oops Leaks claims that Naughty Dog was planning to make a The Last of Us battle royale game but eventually rebooted it for something that is supposedly a mix of Escape from Tarkov and Ubisoft’s The Division, with some elements being taken from The Last of Us’s Factions as well. The new online game will have a “single-player-like” experience, will be free-to-play, and will come to the PlayStation 5 as a flagship live service title. It will supposedly be the first of ten live service games that are planned for PlayStation. Oops Leaks also claims that the outline for The Last of Us Part 3’s script is ready but Naughty Dog is currently busy working on other