Overview
- The former game director, Vinit Agarwal, said many ex‑colleagues still tell him the unreleased multiplayer was the best they had played and he vowed not to let future work stay unseen.
- Agarwal recently said the standalone online game was developed to about 80 percent completion when it was scrapped.
- He added that he learned of the cancellation only a day before it was announced and called the decision soul crushing.
- He said leadership faced a choice between finishing the multiplayer project or focusing on the next game directed by studio president Neil Druckmann.
- The project grew out of The Last of Us’ Factions concept into a separate release and was officially canceled in December 2023 as Sony recalibrated some live‑service plans.