A question that the GamesRadar site took care to put on the table on the occasion of the launch of Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on PS5. The answers are not out of the ordinary but have the merit of confirming that Naughty Dog is not lacking in ideas or will, “I think it’s safe to say never say never. Yeah. Uncharted is a franchise that everyone at the studio loves. It’s a world we want to see more of. I can at least say that“, comments Shaun Escayg, creative director of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. As a reminder, the latter had left Naughty Dog in January 2018, the time to carry out the solo campaign of Marvel’s Avengers at Crystal Dynamics, to finally return to the kennel last spring. .
In January 2016, Neil Druckmann had positioned himself in favor of a well-deserved rest for Nathan Drake. “Ultimately, Sony owns Uncharted and can do whatever it wants with it. But given the end of Uncharted 4, it will be very difficult to make a sequel with Nathan Drake. Maybe there will be a prequel, maybe it will be another character, I don’t know. But it’s the end for Nathan Drake“, had declared the current co-president of Naughty Dog.
It remains to be seen when and how to integrate a new Uncharted into the agenda of the Californian studio, which we know is working on its first major multiplayer game and which is also said to be involved in the creation of a PS5 remake of The Last. of Us, which could accompany a Director’s Cut of The Last of Us Part II. And who can sincerely believe that Naughty Dog is not already moving forward on a The Last of Us Part III? Not to mention the temptation to create a new license, which the studio has not done for almost 10 years.
It is not for nothing that, according to information from Jason Schreier, there was a question of entrusting the development of a new Uncharted to Bend Studio under the supervision of Naughty Dog. We do not know how long this project has actually been under consideration, but it is now certain that the creators of Days Gone are at work on a brand new open world license. Back to square one, then, as far as the future of Uncharted is concerned.