“Don’t Bet On” There Being A Last Of Us: Part 3, Neil Druckmann Says

Regardless of beforehand hinting at a possible The Final of Us: Half III, recreation collection inventive director and co-writer Neil Druckmann is telling followers “to not wager” on one other chapter within the franchise.

Talking with Selection forward of the second season of HBO’s The Final of Us present, Druckmann gave a not precisely reassuring replace to followers eagerly awaiting information a couple of third recreation within the collection.

“I suppose the one factor I’d say is do not wager on there being extra of ‘Final of Us,'” Druckmann stated when requested a couple of potential third entry. “This may very well be it.”

It is a fairly totally different reply from one Druckmann gave a yr in the past within the Grounded II: Making The Final of Us: Half II documentary. In it, Druckmann made The Final of Us: Half 3 sound seemingly. He stated on the time there may be in all probability “another chapter to this story,” and that for years he had been unable to discover a idea for a 3rd recreation within the collection. Nevertheless, that had just lately modified, with an concept that Druckmann stated would “be its personal factor” but function a “throughline” that will probably join all three video games.

“I haven’t got a narrative,” Druckmann stated within the documentary. “However I do have an idea that’s, to me, as thrilling as [Part] 1, thrilling as 2.

Following the cancelation of The Final of Us multiplayer recreation in December 2023, Naughty Canine confirmed it was engaged on two single-player tasks. A type of video games, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, was revealed throughout The Sport Awards final yr. Whereas many followers had assumed The Final of Us: Half III was one of many two video games Naughty Canine was engaged on, that may not be the case.

Even when The Final of Us: Half III does not come to fruition, there’ll nonetheless be new features to the story for followers to find as a part of the HBO adaptation of Half II. Within the Selection interview, Druckmann stated there will probably be a lot of modifications in comparison with the sport, calling it a “totally different model” of the story.

“I really like the modifications that we have made,” he stated. “It is a totally different model of that story, however its DNA is in there. Perhaps greater than excited, I am actually curious what their [fans] response will probably be.

Druckmann beforehand stated that even when the present ought to final for a number of extra seasons, it is not going to transcend the occasions of the video games.

The Final of Us Season 2 debuts April 17 on HBO and can encompass seven episodes whole, with the story selecting up 5 years later as Joel and Ellie discover themselves rising aside following the occasions of Season 1. A remastered model of The Final of Us: Half II will launch on PC April 3.