Naughty Dog Releases New Job Posting, Could It Be a Hint at The Last of Us 3?

Published 09/11/2023, 4:47 AM EDT

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Naughty Dog‘s magnum opus The Last of Us is a famous name among gamers. In fact, the HBO series based on the game’s narrative offered tremendous potential to the audience. Now with two successful video game titles, developers are likely in the mood for making another one in the Last of Us franchise.

Since the developers shared a recent job posting, there has been a serious rumor among fans. Now following the job description, they are almost sure about an upcoming The Last of Us title to entertain them shortly. 

Naughty Dog is in search talented Senior Character and Lead Environment Concept Artists

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Naughty Dog’s post regarding ‘The Last of Us’ surely ignited the spark among fans about the possibilities of an upcoming title in the franchise. Shared 3 days ago, this job application mentioned the recruitment of senior character concept artists and lead environment concept artists. Both the posts were for the Santa Monica unit of their studio. In this post, developers mentioned talented professionals knowledgeable about creating characters, creatures, and production-related designs. Candidates also need to know vision and visual concepts.

Additionally, for a Lead Environment Concept Artist, Naughty Dog mentioned about strong design skills with the knowledge of rendering realistic creature behaviors. Furthermore, recruiters asked about the candidate’s additional knowledge about human anatomy and clothing-related sculpting work. They also addressed that the knowledge of character’s topology might appear as additional bonus.

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Apart from these, developers also wanted candidates applying for Senior Character Concept Artist to have the idea of creating prototype creature models based on available concepts. This particular part of the job application started the rumor among fans. Since this famous survival horror video game offered many creatures, fans were quick to relate it to The Last of Us’s upcoming development.

A glimpse of the cinematic world of The Last of Us

Written and directed by Craig Mazin for HBO, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us series is equally popular on the big screen. In fact, this series scored almost a fortune in the box office. Starring Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie, it was critically acclaimed for keeping the video game’s theme intact. Following the massive success of the first season, fans were excited for a second season. However, the strike of The Writers Guild of the United States halted the production work for quite some time.

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Taking inspiration from The Last of US II, this second season is almost ready to embark on the big screen. In fact, video game’s Abigail Anderson aka Abby will likely play an essential character. She will be connecting with Ellie through the circles of violence in their lives. Following the rumors of Florence Pugh’s casting as Abby, fans cannot keep calm but wait for the second season’s release. Are you interested about The Last of Us’s second season? 

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