Is Naughty Dog working on Battle Pass for new Last of Us multiplayer?

developer Naughty Dog been working on one for a while multiplayer experience to the The Last of Us-Franchise. Official information about it was finally at Summer Game Fest 2022.

For this new multiplayer title is seemingly a Battle Pass planned, because the development studio recently had one Principal Monetization Designer set, which previously the strategy for the Battle Pass of EpicGames in Fortnite has ingeniously.

Naughty Dog thinks about monetization

Epic Games did it with “Fortnite” and brought it to perfection: The Battle Pass is as popular as ever in online multiplayer. They all want him, last has blizzard one such in Overwatch 2 implemented.

Proper monetization is in Free 2 Play titles more important than ever and Naughty Dog knows that too. The development team is currently working on one “very unique” Multiplayer experience that will be revealed in 2023. Previous job postings have indicated that the new game a Free 2 play titles shall be.

“What started as a multiplayer mode has evolved because of the team’s ambition. They really wanted to do something that we’ve never done at Naughty Dog, and we felt the only way to do that was to develop it as a standalone title.

They’ve been working on it for the past two years and the ambition has grown, but we’re not ready to reveal it just yet.”according to creative directors Neil Druckman about the project.

Is a Battle Pass coming to The Last of Us multiplayer?

Now that Naughty Dog is “Fortnite’s” former senior systems designer, Anders Howardas new Principal Monetization Designer brought on board, all indications are that the team is working on strategies to monetize the title.

Howard’s attitude may indicate that on a Battle Pass System and corresponding seasons towards what has become commonplace in online multiplayer in recent years.

Further official details about the multiplayer game in The Last of Us universe have not yet been announced. Hopefully it won’t be long before we learn more about it.