We know that work is still underway on The Last of Us: Part II’s long-awaited multiplayer spin-off: Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann admitted more or less as much on Twitter last week, pleading for patience from fans. Although it is unclear how close the succession of the factions is to the release, we know that the developer is still expanding its ranks with a number of rentals aimed at more than one player.
One such role it is currently advertising, as seen by GameSpot, is the position of an economics designer. The blurb should give you a good idea of what kind of tasks the candidate will be responsible for: ‘We are looking for a passionate multiplayer economics designer who can help us create opportunities for our players and robust life for us players. games, and give our players great rewards to pursue. ”
The job description continues that recruitments will be needed to ‘design and set up game economy and progression’ and ‘collaborate extensively with [the live operations team] to optimize the economy and respond to the needs of the players ”. It’s all pretty vanilla-good, but we can draw some conclusions based on what the future of The Last of Us’ multiplayer will look like.
Effectively, it sounds like Naughty Dog wants to build a very “tough” kind of experience, with regular updates, as we see with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War or Fortnite. Clearly, the franchise has its own distinctive style of play, but we would not be shocked to see the developer double the support after the release here.
Obviously, the word “economy” will lead readers directly to microtransactions, and while we expect this title to have all the outfits of a modern multiplayer game – for example, a Battle Pass feels nailed down – it’s notable that it looks a lot like refer here to economies in play; this post is advertised because Naughty Dog ‘wants to give our players a great reward to strive for’.
Hopefully we can see what it has boiled down to in the not too distant future.