Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is Naughty Dog’s most expansive and expensive game to date, says studio head

Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann has shared that the studio’s next major game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, will be its most expansive yet and equally as expensive.

The details:

• Speaking with Variety, Druckmann shared details about the current state of its upcoming sci-fi title Intergalactic following its announcement at The Game Awards last December, confirming that it's Naughty Dog’s most ambitious project ever. "I can tell you we're in the thick of it," he said. “We're firing on all cylinders. I've said this before, but I really mean it, I'm really feeling it right now: It's the most ambitious game we've ever made. It's the most expansive game we've ever made, maybe the most expensive, by the time we finish it."
• Druckmann stated that the short reveal trailer "doesn't even scratch the surface of what this game actually is," but fans should not expect more content anytime soon, despite the studio head's eagerness to talk about the title.
• While he couldn’t share much else about the project, he added that it builds on the gameplay of The Last of Us similarly to how that franchise built upon its previous major franchise, Uncharted. “You could look at our previous titles and see the evolution of going from ‘Uncharted,’ where we’re really cutting our teeth on a realistic character-action game, a third-person shooter, combined with emotional storytelling,” Druckmann explained. “With ‘The Last of Us,’ we added some RPG elements, and we started playing with wide linear layouts. Continue that trajectory forward, add sci-fi, and you start to get the sense of what we’re doing, and then we’ve gotten even more ambitious than that.”
• Druckmann also commented on the possibility of the game receiving a TV adaptation similar to The Last of Us’ critically acclaimed HBO series. Unsurprisingly, he didn’t rule out the idea but explained that there “needs to be a fantastic video game first, and then if that happens and we have the right partnership, those opportunities would be great.”

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