Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, the next game from The Last of Us and Uncharted developer Naughty Dog, is now playable and in its final stage of production, according to studio head Neil Druckmann.
Druckmann, the game's director and writer, gave the update during an appearance at Comic Creators Block Party 2026, where host Patton Oswalt asked how the project was going. He was careful not to reveal much, but did describe where development stands.
"It's our venture into sci-fi, and we've only teased it so I can't say too much about it," Druckmann said. "But we're kind of at the last stage of production, where we can play it, and we're refining and polishing it, and I can't wait to show it to the world."
A mix of three Naughty Dog series
Druckmann said the studio had spent two decades on The Last of Us and Uncharted, both of which he called "relatively grounded IPs" set on Earth. Naughty Dog had been "really hungry" to return to sci-fi, a genre it had not touched since its Jak and Daxter series.
He said the team wanted to combine the sci-fi and fantasy of Jak and Daxter, the pulp action adventure of Uncharted and the more serious drama of The Last of Us. "And we really wanted to expand our deep gameplay system," he added. "Like, can we sustain the cinematic storytelling we're used to doing, and go even deeper with gameplay systems?"
What's next for Intergalactic
In September, Druckmann said Naughty Dog would stay quiet on the game for the rest of the year before giving it a full reveal in 2027. He described the project at the time as "shaping up to be Naughty Dog's most ambitious game yet" and said the studio needed "to cook for just a little bit longer".
Naughty Dog has not given a release date or window for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Druckmann also confirmed in September that work had started on new The Last of Us projects.
