{"id":2169091,"date":"2026-09-29T08:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2169091"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:36:23","slug":"naughty-dog-confirms-two-more-the-last-of-us-projects-are-in-the-works-wont-show-off-intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-until-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2169091","title":{"rendered":"Naughty Dog confirms two more The Last of Us projects are in the works, won&#8217;t show off Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet until 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" 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\/>\n  <a class=\"button outline wide preferred_source_button\" data-component=\"preferred-source-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eurogamer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"logo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\nPrioritise us on Google  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/naughty-dog\">Naughty Dog<\/a> fans, pick up your ears &#8211; it&#8217;s been a busy night for fans of the PlayStation studio. First of all, in a letter celebrating The Last of Us Day 2026, studio head Neil Druckmann confirmed that two new projects within The Last of Us universe are in the &#8220;very early stages&#8221; of development at Naughty Dog.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since [The Last of Us Part 2 documentary] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/grounded-2\">Grounded 2<\/a>, we&#8217;ve talked about the possibility of telling more stories in the world of The Last of Us,&#8221; Druckmann said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naughtydog.com\/blog\/neil-druckmann-closes-the-last-of-us-day\">a message<\/a>. &#8220;We have a couple of very exciting new projects in very early stages\u2014so we can&#8217;t say much about them at this point. I will tell you that both projects will expand the canon of The Last of Us beyond [The Last of Us Part 1] and [The Last of Us Part 2].<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o7TVPoxwi74?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/o7TVPoxwi74\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o7TVPoxwi74\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The world of The Last of Us means a great deal to us, and we wouldn&#8217;t return to it unless we had something meaningful to say. We believe these stories are worth telling.&#8221; It&#8217;s worth noting that Druckmann never outlines whether these projects are games or not &#8211; this could be anything then; more TV, a film, an animation. We&#8217;ll update you as we learn more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the studio shed some light on what&#8217;s going on with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet\">Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet<\/a>. The game, which apparently &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-naughty-dog-different-side\">shows off a different side of Naughty Dog<\/a>&#8216; was initially shown off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/naughty-dog-announces-all-new-ip-intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet\">back in 2024<\/a>, and we&#8217;ve heard precious little from the title since then. And it seems that isn&#8217;t going to change any time soon.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet concept art, featuring Jordan staring up into a mysterious forest\" height=\"2701\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tlou-day-92826.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.3502406516105148\" width=\"6348\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet concept art, featuring Jordan staring up into a mysterious forest\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"tlou-day-92826.png\" height=\"2701\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.3502406516105148\" width=\"6348\"><figcaption>Can&#8217;t see the intergalactic wood for the extraterrestrial trees. | <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Naughty Dog<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s an electricity around the studio right now as all the pieces come together, and we&#8217;re stoked to finally unveil Intergalactic in all its glory,&#8221; Druckmann later on in the note. &#8220;But\u2026 we need to cook for just a little bit longer. So we want to set expectations: we&#8217;re going to be quiet for the rest of this year. In 2027, that changes. We&#8217;ll fully reveal Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and give you a proper look at Jordan&#8217;s wild sci-fi adventure. We know it&#8217;s been a long time since we&#8217;ve had much to share with you. We don&#8217;t take your continued support for granted. We&#8217;re working incredibly hard to make something worthy of your patience.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>At least we got some moody, new art to tide us over (above). It shows protagonist Jordan, with her trademark sword, looking into a large wooded area that has been taken over by some kind of red alien matter. I hope that&#8217;s enough to tide you over until we see whatever it is that Naughty Dog has been cooking next year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/naughty-dog\">Naughty Dog<\/a> fans, pick up your ears &#8211; it&#8217;s been a busy night for fans of the PlayStation studio. First of all, in a letter celebrating The Last of Us Day 2026, studio head Neil Druckmann confirmed that two new projects within The Last of Us universe are in the &#8220;very early stages&#8221; of development at Naughty Dog.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since [The Last of Us Part 2 documentary] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/grounded-2\">Grounded 2<\/a>, we&#8217;ve talked about the possibility of telling more stories in the world of The Last of Us,&#8221; Druckmann said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naughtydog.com\/blog\/neil-druckmann-closes-the-last-of-us-day\">a message<\/a>. &#8220;We have a couple of very exciting new projects in very early stages\u2014so we can&#8217;t say much about them at this point. I will tell you that both projects will expand the canon of The Last of Us beyond [The Last of Us Part 1] and [The Last of Us Part 2].<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o7TVPoxwi74?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/o7TVPoxwi74\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o7TVPoxwi74\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The world of The Last of Us means a great deal to us, and we wouldn&#8217;t return to it unless we had something meaningful to say. We believe these stories are worth telling.&#8221; It&#8217;s worth noting that Druckmann never outlines whether these projects are games or not &#8211; this could be anything then; more TV, a film, an animation. We&#8217;ll update you as we learn more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the studio shed some light on what&#8217;s going on with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet\">Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet<\/a>. The game, which apparently &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-naughty-dog-different-side\">shows off a different side of Naughty Dog<\/a>&#8216; was initially shown off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/naughty-dog-announces-all-new-ip-intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet\">back in 2024<\/a>, and we&#8217;ve heard precious little from the title since then. And it seems that isn&#8217;t going to change any time soon.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet concept art, featuring Jordan staring up into a mysterious forest\" height=\"2701\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tlou-day-92826.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.3502406516105148\" width=\"6348\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet concept art, featuring Jordan staring up into a mysterious forest\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"tlou-day-92826.png\" height=\"2701\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.3502406516105148\" width=\"6348\"><figcaption>Can&#8217;t see the intergalactic wood for the extraterrestrial trees. | <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Naughty Dog<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s an electricity around the studio right now as all the pieces come together, and we&#8217;re stoked to finally unveil Intergalactic in all its glory,&#8221; Druckmann later on in the note. &#8220;But\u2026 we need to cook for just a little bit longer. So we want to set expectations: we&#8217;re going to be quiet for the rest of this year. In 2027, that changes. We&#8217;ll fully reveal Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and give you a proper look at Jordan&#8217;s wild sci-fi adventure. We know it&#8217;s been a long time since we&#8217;ve had much to share with you. We don&#8217;t take your continued support for granted. We&#8217;re working incredibly hard to make something worthy of your patience.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>At least we got some moody, new art to tide us over (above). It shows protagonist Jordan, with her trademark sword, looking into a large wooded area that has been taken over by some kind of red alien matter. I hope that&#8217;s enough to tide you over until we see whatever it is that Naughty Dog has been cooking next year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Naughty Dog confirms two more The Last of Us projects are in the works, won&#8217;t show off Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet until 2027 &#8220;We need to cook for just a little bit longer.&#8221; Image credit: Eurogamer News by Dom Peppiatt Deputy Editorial Director Published on Sept. 29, 2026, 8:36 a.m. 18 comments Follow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2169091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2169091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2169091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2169091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2169091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}