Naughty Dog reveals new game at The Game Awards 2024

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Naughty Dog is announcing its new sci-fi game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, at The Game Awards 2024.
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is a brand new IP set in space and promises Naughty Dog's “wildest, most creative story yet” with a star-studded cast.
In addition to being an “emotional, character-driven journey”, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet also has the “deepest gameplay” of any Naughty Dog game.

Naughty Dog has officially unveiled its next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophetat The Game Awards 2024. Not many details have been announced about Naughty Dog's brand new sci-fi adventure, but the studio is promising its “wildest, most creative story” yet for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

Ever since then The last of us part 2 Launched in 2020, Naughty Dog fans have been wondering what the award-winning PlayStation studio has in store for the future. Rumors of a new sci-fi IP from Naughty Dog have been swirling for years, as have rumors around The Last of Us 3. The cancellation of The last of us online Live service projects in late 2023 cast some doubt on Naughty Dog's release pipeline, but after a long period of radio silence, the studio has finally announced its long-awaited next game as the show closer for The Game Awards 2024.

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Naughty Dog has long been rumored to be developing a sci-fi IP, but the project could lead to an unfortunate overlap with another PlayStation studio.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is Naughty Dog's brand new sci-fi IPcurrently in development exclusively for PS5. The four and a half minute announcement trailer for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is rendered entirely in Naughty Dog's proprietary game engine and reveals a stunning cosmic environment, complete with a huge red star, glowing blue horizon lines and a shattered moon. The rest of the trailer focuses on a new protagonist named Jordan, who will be played by actress Tati Gabrielle. Interestingly, a recent rumor claimed that Naughty Dog's next project is codenamed Jordanwhich has now been validated.

Naughty Dog reveals brand new sci-fi game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

Apart from Tati Gabrielle's Jordan, characters played by other well-known actors like Tony Dalton and Kumail Nanjiani can also be briefly seen in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophets teaser trailer. Gamers can expect prolific voice actor Troy Baker to also make an appearance in Naughty Dog's upcoming sci-fi adventure. On the PlayStation Blog, Naughty Dog outlined some preliminary story details about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Story Details

According to Naughty Dog's president Neil Druckmann, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet takes place on a mysterious remote planet called Sempiria that has had no communication with the wider universe for hundreds of years. Apparently, every explorer who heads to Sempiria to decipher its “mysterious past” is never heard from again. “Dangerous bounty hunter” Jordan A. Mun finds himself stranded on Sempiria and will have to use all his “skills and wits” to be the first person to escape the planet in over 600 years. Much like Naughty Dog's previous games, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet proclaims an “emotional, character-driven epic journey.”

Rather exciting, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is also said to feature Naughty Dog's deepest and most innovative gameplay to date. Further details on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophetsuch as its release window, has yet to be revealed. This may be announced in 2025, but for now, Naughty Dog fans are excited to finally know more about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

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