Fans face a hefty wait for a direct sequel to 2017’s and 2022’s , according to a new report.

Progress on the third game in the series, which is currently untitled, is said to be moving at a somewhat glacial pace because Guerrilla Games is reportedly focusing on rebooting , its upcoming spin-off title.

Bloomberg reports that , which doesn’t have a release date yet, is undergoing a comprehensive “overhauling” process following negative testing.

“Following poor feedback in private testing earlier this year,” Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier writes, “the plan now is to strip out the live-service component and turn it into more of a traditional cooperative multiplayer game with a story mode and a far smaller scope.”

And because Guerrilla has poured the lion’s share of its resources into overhauling the spinoff, there is currently only a “tiny team” working on , which is said to be “years away from completion”.

In the meantime, Sony’s live-action film adaptation of has been pencilled in for a 2027 release.

Back in 2022, Sony confirmed it was working with Netflix on a live-action adaptation of , with ’s Steve Blackman set to lead the series.

However, those plans fell through in 2024 after Blackman was accused of “toxic, bullying” behaviour in a report by . “These allegations from a handful of disgruntled employees are completely false and outrageous,”  Blackman responded, via a representative.

Subsequently, in January 2025, Sony announced it was pivoting to a live-action movie. “Just imagine, Aloy’s beloved origin story set in a vibrant, far future world filled with the giant machines, brought to you for the first time on the big screen,” head of PlayStation Productions Asad Qizilbash said at the time.