New The Final Of Us Tasks Are In The Works At Naughty Canine

In celebration of The Final of Us Day 2026, director and studio head of developer Naughty Canine, Neil Druckmann, shared that a number of initiatives within the franchise are within the works, however are thought of to be very early in improvement.

The information comes straight from Naughty Canine, the place Druckmann drops the large replace for followers in honor of the big day.

Druckmann shares that he believes these new initiatives will “broaden on the canon of The Final Of Us past Half I and Half II.” This strongly suggests {that a} prequel or spin-off sport is deliberate alongside with what’s going to most likely be The Final Of Us Half III.

Naughty Canine additionally celebrated The Final of Us Day by releasing an animated PS5 background together with free avatars that anybody can declare.

Druckmann could be very close-lipped on any particulars surrounding these subsequent initiatives within the franchise, however that is sensible, given no matter these video games develop into are solely simply beginning improvement.

Naughty Canine is at the moment targeted on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet as their subsequent mainline sport. Nonetheless, one would definitely anticipate these subsequent initiatives for The Final of Us might be up subsequent.

There’s a ton of potential for narrative instructions that Naughty Canine can take with these new initiatives. The apparent one we might anticipate is a 3rd installment, however a second undertaking might be a prequel targeted on Joel and Tommy of their years previous to the outbreak, or comply with different unexplained storylines right into a full-fledged spin-off sport.

It stays to be seen precisely what these initiatives intend to be, however followers of the collection ought to be excited, even when the discharge date of those initiatives might be years away. The latest sport within the collection was again in 2020, so a brand new installment is much-needed for this franchise.