Naughty Dog’s new launch
Naughty Dog released Intergalactic, a third‑person action game that had been in development since The Last of Us Part II era and officially launched this week (x.com). The announcement arrived alongside wider chatter about major releases and platform lineups across consoles (x.com). Early social posts show players and commentators treating the title as the studio’s next big single‑player entry after years of high‑profile projects (x.com).
Naughty Dog’s next original game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, is still in development for PlayStation 5, with no official release date announced as of April 15, 2026. (naughtydog.com) (playstation.com) Neil Druckmann announced the project on December 12, 2024 and said Naughty Dog had been working on it since 2020. Sony’s official game page still lists the release date as “to be confirmed.” (naughtydog.com) (playstation.com) The game is a third-person action-adventure set thousands of years in the future. Players control Jordan A. Mun, a bounty hunter stranded on the planet Sempiria, which has been cut off from the wider universe for centuries. (playstation.com) (naughtydog.com) Druckmann said Jordan is trying to become the first person in more than 600 years to leave Sempiria’s orbit. He also said the studio is aiming for “the deepest gameplay” in Naughty Dog’s history, though it has not published a full gameplay breakdown. (naughtydog.com) (playstation.com) The project marks Naughty Dog’s first new franchise since The Last of Us debuted in 2013. Since The Last of Us Part II launched in June 2020, the studio’s shipped releases have centered on remasters, ports, and collections rather than a new series. (naughtydog.com 1) (naughtydog.com 2) That makes Intergalactic the clearest sign yet of where one of Sony’s biggest first-party studios is heading after years dominated by Uncharted and The Last of Us. Sony has positioned it as a PlayStation 5 title, and its official page does not list any other platform. (playstation.com) (naughtydog.com) The game also follows a major reset inside the studio. Naughty Dog said in December 2023 that it had canceled The Last of Us Online because supporting a live service game for years would have forced the studio to put development of future single-player games “on the back burner.” (naughtydog.com) Intergalactic’s reveal closed The Game Awards 2024, giving Sony and Naughty Dog a high-profile stage after that cancellation and after a long stretch without a brand-new release from the studio. Industry reports in November 2025 said the game was not expected in 2026, but Sony and Naughty Dog have not announced any launch window themselves. (youtube.com) (videogameschronicle.com) (playstation.com) Naughty Dog has confirmed one major cast member and one major music credit so far. Tati Gabrielle plays Jordan, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are scoring the game. (naughtydog.com) (playstation.com) So the current state of the story is narrower than the online chatter suggests: Intergalactic is real, it has been in development since 2020, it is planned for PlayStation 5, and Naughty Dog still has not said when players will get it. (naughtydog.com) (playstation.com)
