Naughty Dog Sets 2027 Reveal for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

Naughty Dog will fully reveal Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in 2027 and will be quiet for the rest of 2026, studio head Neil Druckmann wrote in a September 28, 2026 studio update closing out The Last of Us Day. Druckmann also confirmed two projects in very early stages that will expand the canon of The Last of Us beyond Part I and Part II.

Druckmann framed the update as an opportunity to answer two questions he said many fans have been asking: whether there will be more stories in The Last of Us, and when players will see Intergalactic again after the studio debuted it almost two years earlier.

A Quiet 2026 Before a 2027 Reveal

On Intergalactic, Druckmann wrote that the team is fully absorbed in what he described as Naughty Dog’s most ambitious game to date. He said the pieces of the project are coming together and that the studio is excited to finally unveil it, but that the team needs a little more time before it is ready to show the game properly.

“So we want to set expectations: we’re going to be quiet for the rest of this year. In 2027, that changes,” Druckmann wrote.

He said the 2027 showing will give players a proper look at the science-fiction adventure of Jordan, the game’s protagonist. Druckmann acknowledged it had been a long time since the studio had much to share, writing that the team does not take players’ continued support for granted and is working to make something worthy of their patience.

Two Early-Stage The Last of Us Projects Confirmed

On the first question, Druckmann confirmed that Naughty Dog has what he called a couple of very exciting new projects in very early stages, and said the studio cannot say much about them at this point. Both projects, he wrote, will expand the canon of The Last of Us beyond Part I and Part II.

He wrote that since Grounded II, the studio had talked about the possibility of telling more stories in the world of The Last of Us. The world of the series means a great deal to the team, he wrote, and the studio would not return to it unless it had something meaningful to say. He added that the studio believes these stories are worth telling.

The Last of Us Day 2026

The update accompanied The Last of Us Day 2026, a franchise celebration Naughty Dog has marked since 2013. The 2026 edition included the debut of official The Last of Us social accounts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, which the studio said will carry future updates directly from the studio and highlight fan creations, merchandise and collaborations.

As part of the day, the studio hosted a charity livestream in support of AbleGamers at 2 p.m. PDT on its Twitch and YouTube channels, playing through No Return, the roguelike survival mode in The Last of Us Part II Remastered. Ross Minor, an award-winning blind accessibility professional, played the mode while highlighting the accessibility features built into it, with Jonathon Dornbush hosting. Viewers could influence the run by choosing which No Return path Minor took.

In his update, Druckmann thanked everyone who donated during the stream and said the community raised $11,000 and counting for AbleGamers.

The festivities also included a Clicker-inspired armor created with Sucker Punch for Ghost of Yōtei, which releases October 1, 2026 in that game’s Most Wanted mode. Once unlocked, the armor can be worn in the original game and in the Echoes of Sekigahara DLC.

Other items released for the day included a limited-edition Bloody Clicker figure created with Youtooz, the first The Last of Us-themed background for the PlayStation Welcome Hub, four new PlayStation avatars featuring symbols of the Seraphites, the W.L.F. and Ellie’s space pin, and new animated Steam avatars for Part I and Part II featuring the Fireflies, the W.L.F. and Ellie’s moth tattoo.

Steam and the Epic Games Store are also hosting a sale tied to the celebration. Through 10 a.m. PDT on October 1, Part I is available at 50% off and Part II at 33% off.

Intergalactic’s December 2024 Announcement

Naughty Dog first announced Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet on December 12, 2024, as a new franchise in development for PlayStation 5, with work on the game under way since 2020.

The game stars Jordan A. Mun, a bounty hunter who ends up stranded on Sempiria, a distant planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago. According to the announcement, anyone who has flown to Sempiria hoping to unravel its mysterious past was never heard from again, and Jordan must use all her skills and wits if she hopes to be the first person in over 600 years to leave its orbit. Tati Gabrielle plays Jordan, leading an ensemble the studio said it will reveal more of down the line, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are scoring the game.

At the announcement, Druckmann said the game would live up to the studio’s tradition of emotional, character-driven journeys and that the team’s narrative goals were matched only by its gameplay ambitions. “This will be the deepest gameplay in Naughty Dog’s history,” he wrote, adding that the studio was applying lessons from its previous franchises to go further than it had ever gone before.