Jason Schreier: Witcher 4 and Intergalactic Will Not Release in 2026
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vivftp
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Quoting myself from the Era thread:
It's interesting watching folks be reactionary when tidbits like this come out. It's a cycle seen so many times in so many threads. The trick is not to be reactionary whenever some new morsel of information comes across your way. Take it in stride, be patient and await official information.
It's interesting watching folks be reactionary when tidbits like this come out. It's a cycle seen so many times in so many threads. The trick is not to be reactionary whenever some new morsel of information comes across your way. Take it in stride, be patient and await official information.
LordOcidax
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Someone was expecting that? 
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Someone was expecting that?
Witcher 4, no, but I thought Intergalactic would be a '26 game.
Started development in 2020, reportedly.
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Gamer_By_Proxy
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I always doubt anyone having info on 2 completely different devs that use different publishers, etc.
Mibu no ookami
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With Sony looking to drop Wolverine, Saros, are we surprised that Intergalactic wouldn't drop in 2026? Also more reason to believe the PS6 isn't coming in 2027.
Angry_Megalodon
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Intergalactic will be an intergen game.
If Neil Druckman messes up, he's done.
If Neil Druckman messes up, he's done.
kazuyamishima
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The Last of Us series is possibly approaching the 50m. units sold mark, WTH are you talking about?
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Naughty Dog's output has slowed down to almost nothing.
PS1: 4 games
PS2: 4 games
PS3: 4 games (5 if you count Left Behind as a separate title)
PS4: 3 games
PS5: 1 game in 2027
And maybe TLoU3 as a cross gen game for PS5/PS6 in 2028/29? Or will that game skip PS5 entirely?
Angry_Megalodon
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I'm talking about a top of the line studio making only 1 game per gen, so it needs to sell like crazy to justify its existence after burning hundred of millions in cancelled projects that looked beautiful in its director's head.
Personally I could not care for TLOU3, but would be surprised to see it before 2030.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
1 - You really think Neil Druckmann was the creative director on The Last of Us Online - a multiplayer game - while also writing and directing Intergalctic?
2 - You really think Sony is going to shut down Naughty Dog?
balls of snow
Gold Member
No shit at Witcher 4.
Surprised ND are pretty much skipping an entire gen.
Surprised ND are pretty much skipping an entire gen.
nikos
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Have they permabanned you for calling Schreier an idiot yet?
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ChorizoPicozo
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i just searched. damn. did Neil got demoted?
He was VP and Co-Persident. Now it says that he is Head of Creative.
if they keep fucking up (just like any super expensive studio) anything is possible. But Sony shutting down ND is not realistic...yet.
Tiago Rodrigues
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That happens when a game already almost done is cancelled in a time development cycles take up to over 5 years.
Intergalactic is either releasing in 2028 right at the end of PS5's life or releasing as a cross-gen game between PS5 and PS6.
The game probably entered full production last year or whenever Factions got canceled.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You think Intergalactic (and TW4) are cross-gen games?
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Naughty Dog has had two internal teams since 2011. One team developed Uncharted 4, the other team did The Last of Us 2. I'd assume that LoU2 team also worked on the standalone multiplayer Factions game. In that case the Uncharted team must have been working on Intergalactic. Or perhaps both teams were working on Factions for a while before Intergalactic got green lit and development started for real.
Tiago Rodrigues
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That's...not true at all? You just need to watch the documentary on TLOU2. At least back then that wasn't the case.
Kacho
Member
TW4 for sure. No need to rush that.
Who knows what Sony has planned. New hardware could drop in 2027 + this generation is kind of a wash for them with their GAAS push not materializing.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Well, that was true for it's predecessor according to Wikipedia.
The Last of Us - Wikipedia
Naughty Dog Officially Split Into Two Teams - IGN
Naughty Dog, the Sony-owned studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us, has been split into two internal teams working on separate projects.
I'd assume the Uncharted 3 team went on to make Uncharted 4 and the TLoU team made the sequel.
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Punished Miku
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No one expected Witcher 4 at all.
Its like he's trying to soften the blow to PS fans. What a shitshow.
Its like he's trying to soften the blow to PS fans. What a shitshow.
TheAmazingSpiderMan
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At this trajectory naughty dog will probably miss shipping a game on PS6. 
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
He was co-studio head when Evan Wells was in the process of retiring. I assume to get him used to running a studio. After wells retired they simplified their leadership team.
He's now the sole studio head, head of creative, and I think president as well.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
It's definitely a concerning issue. I hope this was largely the result of Factions failing to take off and not having done much legwork on the new IP.
7 year dev cycle is simply absurd.
I want to embrace ambitious games, new IP, etc. But they need to have that gestating in the background for a 7 year period potentially WHILE they have some "safer" releases in between. Similar to how Insomniac operates.
I mean, wouldn't it be awesome if they had a team working on a 25 hour Uncharted 5 type game that wasn't necessarily re-inventing the wheel? Have that come out in 2024, and then release Intergalactic in 2027 while both games were being worked on simultaneously?
Makoto-Yuki
Banned
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
Yeah. They had a cadence issue that was further messed up with certain studios that had no business making a live service game making live service games.
I can appreciate ambition, but Bluepoint had no business making a live service God or War game. We'll see what Guerilla sacrificed for theirs.
ShadyAcshuns
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No kidding. Most of the newest of the game announcements will be for next gen.
ZehDon
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Witcher 4 makes sense; CDPR are only behind Rockstar in terms of sheer ambition with their projects, so they'll need years to build it.
But I figured Intergalactic was a 2026 title being it's pretty similar fidelity to TLOU2/TLOUP1, and both Sony and Naughty Dog have commented that they don't wanna show stuff too early any more. Showing something two or three years before it launches gives me pause; Factions 2 being cancelled must have hurt a lot financially, perhaps they're trying to build the long hype to push the title hard?
But I figured Intergalactic was a 2026 title being it's pretty similar fidelity to TLOU2/TLOUP1, and both Sony and Naughty Dog have commented that they don't wanna show stuff too early any more. Showing something two or three years before it launches gives me pause; Factions 2 being cancelled must have hurt a lot financially, perhaps they're trying to build the long hype to push the title hard?
That structure was effectively abandoned after TLOU released; if memory serves, TLOU team kept cannibalizing the U3 team as it's production ramped up, which frustrated the U3 managers. Naughty Dog went back to an overlapping structure with U4, which was effectively a unified team on the main project with an incubator team putting together U4: Lost Legacy and TLOU2's pre-prod so the rest of the company could move over to U4: Lost Legacy and then TLOU2 once U4 wrapped up. I believe they tried two teams again with Factions 2, which was cancelled and the team folded back in. Not sure what their current structure is; Druckmann's commented before they're trying to get two teams happening, so maybe they're still trying to make it happen.Well, that was true for it's predecessor according to Wikipedia.
The Last of Us - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Naughty Dog Officially Split Into Two Teams - IGN
Naughty Dog, the Sony-owned studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us, has been split into two internal teams working on separate projects.www.ign.com
I'd assume the Uncharted 3 team went on to make Uncharted 4 and the TLoU team made the sequel.
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Represent.
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what the fuck
Bojji
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I think it's mismanagement for many western devs.
Yakuza studio has 300+ people and this is their output:
vs. naughty dog with 400+ people:
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Johnny Concrete
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Let me predict their release date.
Intergalactic: October 2027
Witcher 4: December 2028
Intergalactic: October 2027
Witcher 4: December 2028
cormack12
Gold Member
Naughty Dog can't afford to be a one game per generation studio. Especially when it's output is generally single player, narrative heavy third person action.
Of course we will get this in the last year of the PS5, there will be a update for £15/£20 on PS6. Then there will be the remaster for PS6 and PC release which will add some legs. But I held off buying TLoU 2 on PS4 Pro and think I'll be doing the same here.
But I'm not all that fussed really, we haven't seen too much up to now. We've had a slew of space games in the last 3 years or so and I'm approaching saturation without a break. The tease didn't grab me like Uncharted or TLoU so it's just a point of frustration that were not seeing the power houses flex on the dominant platform.
I'll probably lose hours of my life to GTA 6 anyway and I have a backlog so long.....
Of course we will get this in the last year of the PS5, there will be a update for £15/£20 on PS6. Then there will be the remaster for PS6 and PC release which will add some legs. But I held off buying TLoU 2 on PS4 Pro and think I'll be doing the same here.
But I'm not all that fussed really, we haven't seen too much up to now. We've had a slew of space games in the last 3 years or so and I'm approaching saturation without a break. The tease didn't grab me like Uncharted or TLoU so it's just a point of frustration that were not seeing the power houses flex on the dominant platform.
I'll probably lose hours of my life to GTA 6 anyway and I have a backlog so long.....
Insanemaelstrom
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Honestly expected intergalactic to release next year. Hope this does not mean that Sony goes back to announcing games years in advance( ala wolverine or how it was for most of ps4 gen)
Bojji
Member
Especially when story in the game is probably driven by woke agenda. Game started development in 2020 when it was "popular" (among publishers at least, lol), revealed in 2024 when it was already "old" and now it will release in 2027...
N0S
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Imagine those 70m have to decide to move on to ps6? that makes it a hard sell for bunch those folks. I think the Ps6 will be treated like the 5090 from Nvidia, for content creators, hobbiests, former master race dudes.
Cakeboxer
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Don't be absurd. A remaster studio is not experienced in new games. That will take some time.