Neil Druckmann, the Naughty Dog veteran best known for his work on the Uncharted and The Last of Us franchises, has teased that there might be more The Last of Us to come.
In a post on Instagram, Druckmann said he came across his original sketches from 2003 for the game that would become The Last of Us, and remarked that it’s been a “wild journey.” Then he went on to tease that he might not be finished with the series.
“Grateful for every part of it, especially the few stops that remain on the road ahead,” he said.
Druckmann could be referring to HBO’s The Last of Us series, which is coming back in 2027 for its third and potentially final season. He’s not involved with Season 3, however.
He might also be referring to a new entry in The Last of Us game series. After all, Druckmann has heavily teased that a third game might be on the way. We also know that Naughty Dog has had at least two games in development since 2023, one of which is Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet–the other is a mystery.
Naughty Dog was working on a live-service The Last of Us game called The Last of Us Online, and the studio said it was the team’s most ambitious game ever. It was canceled in 2023.
Druckmann said he left HBO’s The Last of Us ahead of its third season so he could focus on “all the various Last of Us things I’m working on” beyond the TV series, and many fans took that as a tease for future The Last of Us games. Despite the ambiguity of it, his latest statement certainly won’t dispel that speculation.