Sony could have simply teased its subsequent Uncharted sport 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 short clip of a lady carrying a torch by a cave, and followers assume it is likely to be pointing to a brand new Uncharted sport starring Nathan Drake’s daughter, Cassie.
A publish over on the PlayStation Weblog (through VGC) even says that the brand new PS5 advert “hints on the breadth of extraordinary experiences” out there on the console, and goes out of its approach to dare gamers to see if they will “spot all the sport references.” The girl within the cave, who at one level will 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 present introduced or launched Ps unique.
The final numbered sport 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 memorabilia from the 2’s previous adventures, ultimately getting caught and convincing her mother and father 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 have been.
However that was nearly seven years in the past at this level. Except for 2017’s terrific standalone enlargement, 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 achieved [with Uncharted],” he mentioned. “We’re shifting on.”
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Sony may not be completed, nevertheless. A number of job postings final 12 months hinted at Naughty Canine probably collaborating with a brand new inside PlayStation workforce on an current franchise, whereas different rumors prompt a potential reboot was within the works. No matter path a brand new mission ended up taking, it’s straightforward 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 occasions its finances. Throughout a interval when the film, TV, and sport industries are all doubling down on established franchises, it’s onerous to see Uncharted, a precursor to Sony’s current scorching streak in first-party improvement, being left within the vault.
