Despite reports that The Last of Us multiplayer development has stalled, director says he’s still working on it

Factions 2 trailer screenshot.
(Image credit: Naughty Dog)

A standalone multiplayer The Last of Us game, known as Factions 2, has been in and out of the limelight of recent, with layoffs and other obstacles making it seem as though the game would never come to fruition. Thankfully, we now have confirmation from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naughty Dog game director Vinit Agarwal that .

It's a bit of a strange reveal, couched in a post celebrating Agarwal's success in cဣlearing all the Special World couꩲrses in Super Mario World.

"Yes, I’m still working on that game" the post says after a little nod to all the fallen Marios that got him where he is today. There's little doubt that he's referencing the frequently asked question of whether Factions 2 is still underway. Essentially, he's trying to mitigate the fact that anything he posts now would inevitably become inundated with fans of the original The Last of Us game's multiplayer mode begging for a standalone game. And when the game is apparently "澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:much bigger than a mode", I can understand their desperation.

Earlier this year, Naughty Dog diverted resources away from the Factions 2 multiplayer project following a bad internal review from Bungie. And with the game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reportedly "on ice" at this point,𝕴 there's been littl꧟e hope for the project's revival.

Well, now we have heard it from the director himself - something's going on behind the scenes. Whether that means actual work ༺is being done to get ꦑthe game finished, or simply that the odd secret meeting is being held, in the dark places where Bungie can't hurt them, is another matter.

"Tell Bungie they need to fix t👍heir own game before putting yours on ice" one commenter says, encouragingly. 

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Katie Wickens
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