Naughty Dog Secretly Developing Uncharted Sequel with Evidence of Pandemic Planning and Potential Nathan Drake Return Status
The internal documents of the company show that Naughty Dog is secretly working to bring back the Uncharted game series. The digital evidence and reports from insiders about Nathan Drake's future have led to intense speculation about his fate. The Uncharted series has not produced any new main games since its main story finished, but recent activities at Naughty Dog show the company still values the franchise. The developer began to assess whether to return to the treasure hunting series back during the global pandemic according to evidence.
Sean Escayg, who directed Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, made the conversation more active when he posted a photo of a historic cannon located at Fort George in Trinidad and Tobago. The community started analyzing the visual cue because Escayg is currently working on an undisclosed project at the studio. The industry’s top leaker Tom Henderson has shared more information about the emerging rumors while Naughty Dog continues to keep its usual corporate silence regarding the hints.
Henderson reports that Naughty Dog started to develop an Uncharted sequel during the COVID 19 pandemic when they moved past discussing potential projects. The information shows that the team began to work on the next installment’s planning process during the past few years although specific details about their work remain hidden. The current production stage has become a point of intense discussion because it remains unclear whether the vision from that time survived the process. The studio has three possible workflows which include scrapping their original framework, transforming it, or restarting the work that began at their first pandemic meetings.
The developer is currently committed to working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet which represents a major project for them. Naughty Dog has not revealed its production plans because it works on PlayStation 5 projects. The possibility of Nathan Drake’s return remains unconfirmed until the studio makes an announcement. The project exists in a state of suspended development because it began its 2020 lockdown phase but has not reached public visibility.
