The Last of Us studio Naughty Dog recruits former God of War art director as hype builds for its unannounced next game

Dec. 9, 2024



Rafael Grassetti is back at PlayStation after a brief stint at Netflix

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Former God of War art director Rafael Grassetti is back at PlayStation heading up the art team atNaughty Dogafter a brief stint doing the same at Netflix.

He was fairly recently recruited by Netflix to head up the art department for its ambitious and talent-packed AAA studio,which was reportedly shut down in October.

Druckmann has also cited his interest in Elden Ring and Inside for the way they break from the traditional video game narrative structure, so it sure sounds like the next Naughty Dog game could be a pretty significant departure from the studio’s previous efforts in terms of game design and storytelling, but only time will tell.

Find out which Naughty Dog releases made our list of thebest PS5 gamesto play now.

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