One of PlayStation's best-selling and most iconic franchises is getting rebooted, presumably for the PlayStation 5. While this should've been an exciting announcement for PlayStation owners, it comes with a caveat: Naughty Dog isn't working on it. With neither Naughty Dog and Amy Hennig involved, would the Uncharted remake still feel the same?
Over the weekend, the latest rumors about the next Uncharted project has been making the rounds, courtesy of The XboxEra Podcast.
The hosts, Nick "Shpeshal Nick" Baker and Jon "Sikamikanico" Clarke, claim to each have heard "verifiable intelligence" from their respective sources that Sony is remaking Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Jon adds that the project is "quite old" and it might be in development "for a number of years" already. However, both warn that this isn't a confirmation of anything. They're describing the remake as something that their sources have only shown them as being "strongly considered" - not confirmed.
If you've played through the first Uncharted recently, you'll know it hasn't aged well. Unlike the later entries, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune feels and plays like a 2007 game. It desperately needs a rebuild from the ground-up, hence, the remake.
In 2021, a Bloomberg report revealed that Sony asked Bend Studio to work on an Uncharted reboot after canceling a sequel to Days Gone. The studio ultimately declined to pursue its own project, which may or may not be revealed soon.
