Naughty Dog has a second project in pre-production
Game Informersat down with Naughty Dog co-presidents Christophe Balestra and Evan Wells to chat about the state of the company, the nextUncharted, and another project in early production.
Departures at the studio, including formerUnchartedseries creative director and writer Amy Hennig,have led to speculationabout what’s going on with the PlayStation 4 game. “You often have to find many wrong paths before you find the right one, and that’s all helping the ultimate quality of the product,” said Wells, before noting thatThe Last of Uscreative director Bruce Straley and game director Neil Druckmann have been asked to lead the project.
“They are excited as veterans of theUnchartedfranchise to take the responsibility and they’re doing great,” continued Wells. ForUncharted 2, Straley was game director and Druckmann was lead designer; the pair also worked on the original game. “They’ll make the changes that they think are right,” said Balestra. “They’re going to have to adjust what they’ve got and make it what they think is right for this game. There are some changes, obviously, that they will be making.”
Naughty Doghas another game“on the scale ofUnchartedin very early pre-production stages,” according to Wells, though “it’s got a long runway in front of it.” So all we’re going to get, for now, is that Straley and Druckmann’s move won’t “impact” the project, whatever it is. Will it be a sequel toThe Last of Usor a new intellectual property? Hoping for the latter, personally.
A Candid Interview With Evan Wells And Christophe Balestra[Game Informer]
