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Industry Snoop Says Naughty Dog’s Shaun Escayg Is Not Working on The Last of Us
Industry leaker NateTheHate2 says Naughty Dog creative director Shaun Escayg is not working on a project related to The Last of Us. That leaves open the possibility that he is leading a new Uncharted game, though the article stresses that this is speculation based on limited clues.
Escayg directed Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and returned to Naughty Dog after working on Marvel’s Avengers at Square Enix. Earlier this year, he posted a photo of a location in Trinidad and Tobago captioned “research”, which fans saw as suggestive of Uncharted. Naughty Dog has confirmed two The Last of Us projects alongside Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, due for a full reveal in 2027; NateTheHate2 says he has heard only minor details about Escayg’s project and is not ready to share them.
In short
- Escayg’s project is reportedly not related to The Last of Us.
- A new Uncharted is possible, but unconfirmed.
- Naughty Dog has two other The Last of Us projects in development.
Explained simply
Naughty Dog is a major video game studio developing two new games in The Last of Us franchise and another title called Intergalactic. Shaun Escayg is a creative director at the studio who previously led development of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
Because Naughty Dog produces high-profile games that attract significant industry attention, understanding which creative leaders oversee which projects is of interest to players and observers. The style and direction of a game is often shaped significantly by its creative director.
An industry insider has reported that Escayg is not currently working on a forthcoming The Last of Us game. Some have speculated he could instead be directing a new Uncharted game, partly based on a photograph he posted from Trinidad and Tobago captioned "research".
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