A PvP multiplayer mod for The Final of Us Half 2 on PC is now not going to be launched after the mod maker says it was contacted by Sony Interactive Leisure and requested to not launch the venture to the general public.
“Hey everybody, as you all know, the TLOU 2 Multiplayer mod that has been in improvement since January was speculated to [be released] this month,” wrote modder Speclizer by way of social media. “Sadly I lately acquired a letter on behalf of Sony Interactive Leisure requesting for the mod to not be launched. Extraordinarily unhappy that this by no means acquired to see the sunshine of day however I hope you’ll proceed to observe me onto the subsequent venture, this time one thing of my very own.”
Speclizer uploaded 25 minutes of gameplay for the mod again in June, with clarification the venture started in January 2026 and was anticipated to be prepared by this month. Improvement on the mod included a cost element by way of Patreon, which is unlikely to have helped it fly below the radar.
The information might come as a disappointment to agency followers of The Final of Us multiplayer, contemplating Naughty Canine cancelled its personal official multiplayer venture set on the planet of The Final of Us again in late 2023. The studio mentioned, if it had launched the sport as deliberate, it will have wanted to place all of its sources into post-launch content material for years to come back, harming its potential to develop future single-player video games. Within the aftermath of the cancellation, former Sony Interactive Leisure govt Shuhei Yoshida famous that he had performed The Final of Us On-line and thought it was “nice.” The Final of Us On-line director Vinit Agarwal additionally maintains former colleagues nonetheless message him to say it was “the most effective multiplayer recreation they’ve ever performed.”
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