Naughty Dog has been especially quiet on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet since its original announcement in late 2024. We learned in August this year that mo-cap filming had wrapped, but even then the Last of Us studio was especially tight-lipped about when we might hear anything new about the sci-fi game. Rumors were there that Intergalactic was aiming for a 2027 release, with unfortunate reports that Naughty Dog employees were being crunched yet again to achieve this, but it’s not until now that these seems more concrete. Speaking to Patton Oswalt during an interview at Comic Creators Block Party 2026 (thanks PushSquare), Druckmann revealed that the game is in the “last stage of production,” and is already fully playable.
During a livestream from Revenge Of TV on November 7, Patton Oswalt attempted to get Neil Druckmann to spill some new information about the forthcoming science fiction bounty hunting game, the first new IP from Naughty Dog in something like 300,000 years. Druckmann remained mostly resolutely on-message, refusing to divulge any actual information about what happens in the game beyond naming the actors we already know are in it.
“We’ve only teased it, so I can’t talk too much about it,” Druckmann told Oswalt, “but we’re kind of like at the last stages of production, where we can play it, and we’re refining it and polishing it, and I can’t wait to show it to the world.”
Neil Druckmann habla sobre #Intergalactic 👀
🎙️ “Estamos en la última etapa de producción”
🎙️ “Lo estamos perfeccionando y puliendo”
🎙️ “Es una combinación de las franquicias de Jak, Uncharted y TLOU”.
🎙️ “Enseñaremos GAMEPLAY e HISTORIA en 2027” pic.twitter.com/NPpqVHtUd2— Intergalactic™ ES (@IntergalacticES) November 11, 2026
The intention for Naughty Dog has long been to keep schtum about Intergalactic until next year, but this suggested the beginning of a long promotional campaign, rather than an imminent release. Toss that theory out, because if the game is already in polish, we might even be talking about a March or April 2027 release, rather than something closer to the end of the year. Then again, that might be the team’s absolute intention, before discovering a big issue that requires a months-long push. Who knows!
“We’re going to show a lot next year,” Druckmann continued. “We’re gonna show gameplay, more of the story- I think we’re going to really surprise people with what they think the game is and what it actually is.” He then adds that the game “has a really big cast,” but that Naughty Dog wants people to learn who’s in the game by playing, rather than from earlier reveals.