Naughty Dog's Intergalactic Was Inspired By Akira And Cowboy Bebop
Lan Pitts
12/13/2024
At The Game Awards, Naughty Dog announced Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a new game set in an alternative universe with advanced space travel being developed by 1986. The trailer showed a few seconds of gameplay in which the protagonist takes on a colossal cyborg with sci-fi-looking swords. It is the first original story for game director Neil Druckmann and his team in almost 15 years but has inspirational roots from anime classics like Akira and Cowboy Bebop.Talking to The New York Times about the project, Druckmann declined to share many details about Intergalactic but explained what the story is at its core, and how he's ready to finally lift the curtain for the game."The story is quite ambitious," Druckmann said, and focuses on "what happens when you put your faith in different institutions."Continue Reading at GameSpot...
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