Codename for Naughty Dog's next game possibly leaked

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Naughty Dog's next game would be codenamed “Jordan.”
The codename was apparently discovered in a Slack URL for Sony Interactive Entertainment and Naughty Dog employees.
Further details on the codename Jordan were not provided, but Naughty Dog may be preparing to reveal its next game soon.

A well-known insider has revealed the alleged code name of Next Bad dog game. While Naughty Dog fans await official details on the studio's next project, rumors about the long-awaited game continue to emerge online.

After releasing The Last of Us Part 2 In 2020, Naughty Dog has remained tight-lipped about its projects in development. PlayStation's first party studio was working on the The last of us in line live-service game until late 2023, when it unfortunately had to cancel the project due to the amount of resources it would require for post-launch support, leaving Naughty Dog unable to work on single-player games. Naughty Dog has since shifted its development focus to a brand new IP and The Last of Us Part 3and it is said that the former will be his next game.

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The last few weeks have been pretty eventful when it comes to rumors about Naughty Dog's next game, and a new one has entered the scene. Reliable industry expert Ryan from the Bronx (formerly known as Midori) recently posted a tweet saying this Naughty Dog's next game has the internal codename “Jordan.” As proof, the insider provided a Slack URL that redirects to a corporate SSO page for Sony Interactive Entertainment employees. The keywords sie, nd and jordan in the URL lend further credence to the rumor.

Naughty Dog's Next Game Would Be Codenamed “Jordan”

The insider also posted a follow-up tweet claiming this Jordan Project is in fact Naughty Dog's current project in development and will be its next game, and that the codename does not belong to one of the studio's previously released, announced or canceled projects. No further information on the matter Jordan Project was provided by Ryan from the Bronx, making it difficult to ascertain what the codename might be alluding to about Naughty Dog's next game. The studio has been rather vague with its code names in the past as well, with the 2013 ones The last of us internally dubbed”Project what“O”T1“during development.

If Jordan refers to a character's name, the game's setting, or something else that will likely only be revealed when Naughty Dog formally reveals its next project. Fans have been patiently waiting to learn more about Naughty Dog's next game for a long time, and there's some precedent to suggest that this wait won't persist much longer. Studio president Neil Druckmann recently confirmed that his current project at Naughty Dog has been in the works since 2020, which could mean that the studio is potentially in the final stages of development and could announce its next game in the near future.