Cancelled multiplayer spin-off of The Last of Us
A fan-made PvP multiplayer mod for The Last of Us Part 2 on PC has been cancelled after modder Speclizer received a legal request from Sony Interactive Entertainment not to release it. The project had been in development since January 2026 and was expected to launch this month with a Patreon payment component. This marks the second major multiplayer project set in the series to be shut down following Naughty Dog's cancellation of its official The Last of Us Online in late 2023.
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