Gamers who had been hoping for The Last of Us Part 2 to add a multiplayer mode almost got that with a fan-made mod that was set to release soon, but Sony forced the developer to shut down the project. The Last of Us Part 2 is a single-player game at its core, but the series has dabbled in multiplayer gameplay before with Part 1's Factions mode. Factions gained a dedicated following, and many longtime The Last of Us fans have been hoping that Naughty Dog would eventually bring the mode back in some way.
To Naughty Dog's credit, the developer tried to bring a multiplayer game to life that was set in The Last of Us' bleak post-apocalyptic world. However, instead of another version of Factions, the studio was going to take multiplayer a step further with a standalone spin-off with The Last of Us Online. It was a surprising announcement when Neil Druckmann first made the reveal, and there were plenty of fans excited, or at least curious, about the project. Unfortunately, The Last of Us Online was canceled before Naughty Dog was even able to showcase any actual gameplay, and an anticipated fan-made mod has now met the same fate.
The person behind The Last of Us Part 2 multiplayer mod was known as Speclizer, and they recently took to Twitter to announce that after months of work, the project would not make it to launch. Speclizer claims that Sony sent a letter asking that the mod not be released. At this point, Speclizer's hands are tied, otherwise Sony could enact serious legal action against the modder.
کۆنسۆڵەکان بە ڕیزبەندی دروست دابنێ.
کۆنسۆڵە هەڵبژێردراوەکان لە نزمترینەوە بۆ بەرزترین ڕێکبخە.
Speclizer had been working on the mod since January of this year and had released gameplay sneak peeks online to help drum up hype for the project. With so many The Last of Us fans eager for a multiplayer mode, it didn't take long for gamers to get excited about the project. Even earlier this year, there was a petition to revive The Last of Us Online. This is something that a lot of fans have been begging for, and Sony canceling the fan-made project has made gamers even angrier at the company.
What makes The Last of Us Online's cancellation even more upsetting to so many fans is that game director Vinit Agarwal claimed that the game was already 80% complete before the plug was pulled.
Apart from the controversy that this mod cancellation has caused, Sony and PlayStation cutting ties with Hideo Kojima and his Physint project and announcing the end of physical disc production after January 2028 has got the company in hot water with many customers. The frustration doesn't stop there, though. Other decisions, like ending Destiny 2 support, and doubling down on live-service projects after many of them have ended up getting canceled have left fans worried about PlayStation's future.
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