Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is Naughty Dog's Most Expansive And 'Maybe the Most Expensive' Game The Studio Has Ever Made

Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet volition beryllium the studio's biggest and "maybe" astir costly crippled ever, with creator Neil Druckmann hailing the caller task arsenic the "most ambitious crippled we've ever made."

"What tin I accidental and not say? I tin archer you we’re successful the heavy of it. We’re making it, we’re playing it. We’re firing connected each cylinders," Druckmann told Variety successful a caller interview. "I’ve said this before, but I truly mean it, I’m truly feeling it close now: It’s the astir ambitious crippled we’ve ever made. It’s the astir expansive crippled we’ve ever made, possibly the astir expensive, by the clip we decorativeness it."

And with some The Last of Us and Uncharted getting live-action adaptations, Druckmann — who precocious announced helium volition not beryllium creatively progressive successful the upcoming Season 3 of HBO's The Last of Us — was keen to accent that portion helium didn't privation to "put the cart successful beforehand of the horse" and is keen to guarantee Intergalactic is "a fantastic video crippled first," different Naughty Dog crippled could go a movie oregon a bid if helium has "the close partnership."

"I'm definite if Intergalactic is successful, you volition spot it again," helium added. "Whether that volition beryllium our adjacent crippled close aft that, I can't say, and I permission that doorway open."

The outgo of AAA video crippled development, including first-party Sony games, remains 1 of the hottest topics wrong the industry. Microsoft's reply is to spell multiplatform with its Xbox games, releasing them connected rival consoles arsenic good arsenic PC. Sony is precocious to the enactment connected this front, refusing, for the astir part, to merchandise its PlayStation games connected PC astatine the aforesaid time. However, it has shown wriggle country connected that beforehand recently, with its unrecorded work games similar Helldivers 2 coming retired connected PC astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic PS5. Helldivers 2 adjacent ended up connected Xbox successful what was a archetypal for Sony.

As erstwhile president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America Shawn Layden has antecedently said, erstwhile a video game's costs transcend $200 cardinal — arsenic it sounds similar Intergalactic volition — "exclusivity is your Achilles’ heel."

“It reduces your addressable market,” Layden said astatine the time, citing the occurrence of Arrowhead’s Helldivers 2. “Particularly erstwhile you’re successful the satellite of unrecorded work gaming oregon free-to-play. Another level is conscionable different mode of opening the funnel, getting much radical in. In a free-to-play world, arsenic we know, 95% of those radical volition ne'er walk a nickel. The concern is each astir conversion. You person to amended your likelihood by cracking the funnel open."

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet volition beryllium Naughty Dog's biggest and "maybe" astir costly crippled ever, Neil Druckmann has said. Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet features a star-studded formed that includes Tati Gabrielle from the Uncharted movie arsenic protagonist Jordan A. Mun, and Kumail Nanjiani of Marvel's Eternals arsenic a antheral called Colin Graves. It is not expected to merchandise until 2027 astatine the earliest.

Druckmann besides precocious revealed the workplace has a secret, unannounced 2nd crippled successful the works,

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.