On Wednesday, Naughty Dog announced on its developer blog that the company will be shutting down multiplayer servers for their PlayStation 3 games Uncharted, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drakeâs Deception, The Last of Us, and The Last of Us: Left Behind
The shutdown isnât going to be immediate, thoughâservers wonât go offline until September 3, 2019, so you have until Labor Day weekend to plug in your PS3 and say goodbye if you wish. From now until the shutdown, all multiplayer DLC for these games will also be free.
The Uncharted and Last of Us multiplayer modes were surprisingly fleshed out despite not being the primary reason people come to Naughty Dog games: compelling, story-driven single-player action. Playing them always felt dissonant and strange, fun as they wereâall these Nathan Drakes and Sullys running around blowing each other up, divorced from the fully realized characters we knew from the story. Naughty Dog remained committed to multiplayer as it transitioned to the PlayStation 4, offering modes in Uncharted 4: A Thiefâs End and The Last of Us Remastered.
Those servers, however, arenât going anywhere for the time being, unlike their PS3 counterparts. Maybe the outgoing games will see a little more action this summerâthereâs no better reason to revisit a game than to say goodbye.