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And now something completely different. Naughty Dog is moving from post-apocalyptic fungal drama to interstellar sci-fi bounty hunting with its new game, Intergalactic: the heretic prophet. The studio revealed its new title with a cinematic trailer at The Game Awards on Thursday.
Intergalactic: the heretic prophet takes place thousands of years in the future and stars bounty hunter Jordan A. Mun, played by Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Actress Tati Gabrielle. Jordan finds herself stranded on the planet Sempiria, isolated from the rest of the universe for over 600 years. You’re on a mission to escape Sempiria, but it looks like some vicious robots will stand in your way.
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The reveal trailer is gorgeous, even if it’s just gameplay cutscenes. It shows bright galaxies and Jordan being sassy with her superiors in a Porsche spaceship, all to lo-fi droning tones and upbeat ’80s tunes. Once the camera reaches planet level, there’s a huge, multi-armed robot with a bright red sword. Jordan pulls out his own gun and the fight begins.
This is the start of a new IP for Naughty Dog – it’s the studio’s first game that isn’t Uncharted or The Last of Us since 2005. Naughty Dog game director and studio head Neil Druckmann shared a little more information about the history of the game in the PlayStation Blog:
“What we can tell you is that this game lives up to Naughty Dog’s tradition of creating an emotional, character-driven journey. Our narrative goals are rivaled only by our gameplay ambitions. This will be the deepest game in history.” from Naughty Dog. taking our learnings from our previous franchises and taking them beyond anything we’ve done before.”
The soundtrack for Intergalactic: the heretic prophet is directed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (at least when it’s not literally just Pet Shop Boys).
Intergalactic: the heretic prophet is in development for PlayStation 5 and does not have a release window yet.
