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'The Last of Us' Co-Director Rejects Generative AI in Games, Says Creativity Can't Be Automated

Bruce Straley explains why he rejects generative AI in game development, arguing it can only imitate, not think or create like human designers.

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Former The Last of Us director is happy to be making his own weird game and "not something that you need to do a remaster of in the next 4 years because the tech has already outgrown it"

I wonder what he could possibly mean by that

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The Last of Us director left Naughty Dog after the studio settled into a "paradigm" of how to make a specific type of game: "I just don't have it in me. I would make a lot more money if I did!"

"My brain isn't good with that type of repetition"

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Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is reportedly still years away from release, will be a no-show at The Game Awards and won't launch in 2026

Sources claim Naughty Dog's next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, won't be released in 2026 and is still years away.

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The run-up to Marathon's release has been such a train wreck that it's easy to forget that the game might still be really good

Opinion | But are players still willing to even give Bungie the benefit of the doubt?

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The Last of Us Part 2 is still bold, bleak, and the best stealth game on PS5

Now Playing | The Last of Us Part 2 is a true PlayStation 5 must-play thanks to a gritty story and tense encounters that never let up

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I don't care if Intergalactic blasts past 2026, a new Naughty Dog cinematic action-adventure is reason enough to be excited

Opinion | Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet could be a post-The Last of Us Naughty Dog's return to its brighter blockbuster era

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The Last of Us' David actor Nolan North wishes he could have played his character in the HBO show, but no one reached out: "It would've been so great to have brought him to life"

North would've liked to share the screen with Troy Baker

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Five years later, PS5 is in the best place it's ever been, but after 8 years covering PlayStation, I've never seen a console generation like it

Opinion | PlayStation's strong points have never been better across a lineup of thrilling adventures, all while it struggles to shift gears – but does the publisher really need to?

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The Last of Us lead Troy Baker says he's still butting heads with Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann on new project Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, despite not being the lead: "It's our vibe"

Baker noted that other cast members are like, "Our mom and dad are fighting, are we still going to Disneyland?"

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After trying live service with the canceled Last of Us 2 Factions, Naughty Dog commits to making more "story-driven, character-based games"

"That is the core of our craft, is authenticity"

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Netflix’s Crash Bandicoot show could be Naughty Dog’s next big adaptation – if it doesn’t get canceled again

A Netflix Crash Bandicoot animation could be the next Naughty Dog game to be adapted – I just hope it doesn’t get canceled like the last attempt.

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Ex PlayStation lead was "a little concerned" when Naughty Dog first ditched Uncharted for The Last of Us: "We may be going too niche"

Uncharted was "a summer blockbuster movie for a very broad audience"

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After Sony rejected a Horizon Zero Dawn collab, Tencent tried to pitch a new The Last of Us game instead: "I was confused"

Apparently both Horizon and The Last of Us licenses were on the table

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Magic: The Gathering’s next collab is full of PlayStation all-stars like Kratos, Nathan Drake, and more

MTG loves a good collab, and PlayStation has the characters for it.

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7 things we want to see from the next PlayStation State of Play

It's Sony's turn to show what it's cooking.

Total Film

Neil Druckmann says his hope for The Last of Us season 3 is "to make sure it's as deeply faithful as season 1"

"I'm trying to just shepherd it."

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The Last of Us season 3 will see Neil Druckmann retaining a ‘high level’ role – here’s why this is very good news for the HBO series

A new interview with Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann has confirmed he'll still be helping out with The Last of Us season 3.

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'The Last of Us 3' Teased by Neil Druckmann: Naughty Dog Has New Ideas to Explore For the Game

Neil Druckmann's latest interview shares a teaser of the potential development of The Last of Us Part III.

Total Film

The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann says he left season 3 of the HBO show because it didn’t "serve all" his responsibilities: "That was a good time to reassess"

Neil Druckmann is opening up about his return to focusing on games after leaving the HBO Max streaming adaptation of The Last of Us season 3

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Neil Druckmann says Naughty Dog is "firing on all cylinders" with new project Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and the reveal trailer "doesn't even scratch the surface of what this game actually is"

"I'm so antsy to show it and talk about it"

Destructoid

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will probably be Naughty Dog’s most ‘expensive’ game yet, Neil Druckmann says

Druckmann shares some new information about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

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Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us 2 dev's new Japan-based studio aims to make a multiplayer game with Naughty Dog-level cinematic action and a Breaking Bad-style story, and it's already playable

Former Naughty Dog game director Vinit Agarwal was inspired by FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki

Inverse

5 Years Ago, PlayStation's Most Divisive Game Changed Everything

‘The Last of Us Part II’ subverted its audience to set a new bar for storytelling.

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Former The Last of Us artist says "ultra realism slows everything down" when it comes to game development, and "chasing" it has "negatively affected many"

Makes sense when you look at how long Naughty Dog games are taking

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