Sony could have simply teased its subsequent Uncharted recreation in a brand new industrial a few supposed finish to the PlayStation 5 console scarcity. In between vignettes for introduced video games like Spider-Man 2 is a quick clip of a girl carrying a torch by means of a cave, and followers assume it is perhaps pointing to a brand new Uncharted recreation starring Nathan Drake’s daughter, Cassie.
A submit over on the PlayStation Weblog (by way of VGC) even says that the brand new PS5 advert “hints on the breadth of extraordinary experiences” obtainable on the console, and goes out of its strategy to dare gamers to see if they will “spot all the sport references.” The girl within the cave, who at one level might be seen blowing mud off a mysterious artifact, seems to be the one a part of the industrial that doesn’t correspond to a at the moment introduced or launched Ps unique.
The final numbered recreation within the sequence, PlayStation 4’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s Finish, concluded with a monologue that includes a playable Cassie Drake. The daughter of sequence protagonists Nathan Drake and Elena Fisher, Cassie rifles by means of memorabilia from the 2’s previous adventures, ultimately getting caught and convincing her dad and mom to share the tales of their previous lives. Naughty Canine couldn’t have telegraphed any extra clearly what its potential future plans for the sequence had been.
However that was nearly seven years in the past at this level. Excluding 2017’s terrific standalone growth, Uncharted: The Misplaced Legacy, and the current remastered Legacy of Thieves Assortment, we haven’t heard a peep from Sony about the way forward for the sequence. In actual fact, simply final week Naughty Canine Co-President Neil Druckman, advised Buzzfeed the studio had no plans for extra video games. “We’re accomplished [with Uncharted],” he stated. “We’re transferring on.”
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Sony won’t be completed, nonetheless. A number of job postings final yr hinted at Naughty Canine probably collaborating with a brand new inside PlayStation workforce on an current franchise, whereas different rumors advised a potential reboot was within the works. No matter path a brand new mission ended up taking, it’s simple to see why Sony would need to proceed the sequence.
Uncharted 4 managed to promote 16 million copies, and even the lackluster Hollywood movie adaptation grossed near 4 instances its funds. Throughout a interval when the film, TV, and recreation industries are all doubling down on established franchises, it’s exhausting to see Uncharted, a precursor to Sony’s current sizzling streak in first-party improvement, being left within the vault.
