Naughty Dog's new game Intergalactic getting close to launch suggests job ad
There was plenty of excitement for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet when it was announced at The Game Awards last year, mostly because it's the first entirely new game out of Naughty Dog since 2020.
At the time, it was said the game had been in development for several, which hopefully means it'll be out for the PlayStation 5 in either 2026 or 2027, with a new job listing suggesting it will be sooner rather than later.
Sony has said nothing about the release date, but Naughty Dog is hiring for someone to help put together promotional material for its games. And you don't do that unless they're going to be out at least relatively soon.
The job listing for a gameplay capture artist was spotted on Naughty Dog's careers website. It shows the studio is in need of someone for 'creating fresh, unique, and exciting video and still-image assets for use in public-facing campaigns by capturing them directly from Naughty Dog's entire catalogue of games.'
Admittedly, the position covers all of Naughty Dog's games, but if there's anything closer to release than Intergalactic they've given no clue as to its existence.
It does have at least one other game in development, but it hasn't been properly announced yet. Past rumours and theories have pointed to it being a fantasy game but officially nothing is known about it.
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The odds of it being The Last Of Us 3 are low, since series creator Neil Druckmann is only in a producer role, and we have to imagine Naughty Dog is running out of ideas for more updates to The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered, following the inclusion of a chronological story mode.
If anything, it'd make sense to ease off The Last Of Us for the time being, since the second season of the TV show has ended so there's no cross-promotion opportunities, at least until season three starts in 2027.
Druckmann has also chosen to leave his position as co-showrunner so he can focus on directing Intergalactic, again suggesting that this new game is the studio's priority.
So, assuming Naughty Dog's gearing up to promote Intergalactic with a new trailer and screenshots the game, or at least parts of it, are in a state the studio is happy to show off to the public.
As for when any new trailer could be shown, the next possible time would be during a new State of Play. While Sony had a meaty State of Play just a couple of months ago (followed by a Ghost Of Yōtei-centric one in July), it has traditionally held a general showcase every September since 2019, so we are due another one next month. More Trending
It'd make sense since once Ghost Of Yōtei launches in October, Sony's first party release schedule is looking awfully slim, with only Returnal follow-up Soras and Arc System Works' Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls confirmed for next year.
Alternatively, Sony and Naughty Dog could simply wait for this year's The Game Awards, which they have used in the past.
Just for comparison's sake, the June 2025 State of Play garnered over three million views on the PlayStation YouTube channel while last year's The Game Awards livestream was watched by roughly 14 million people.
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