Uncharted Marks 10 Years of Uncharted 4 as Franchise Hits 20-Year Debut Milestone
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Updated · Gizmodo · May 10
Uncharted Marks 10 Years of Uncharted 4 as Franchise Hits 20-Year Debut Milestone
6 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · May 10
May 10 marks 10 years since Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End launched on PS4, capping a troubled production that followed Amy Hennig and Justin Richmond’s 2014 departures and major rewrites.
Despite that upheaval, Uncharted 4 became the series’ best-selling game and one of the PS4’s top sellers, while also signaling Naughty Dog’s creative shift under Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley.
May 9 also marked 20 years since the original Uncharted was unveiled at E3 2006, when Naughty Dog pivoted from Jak & Daxter to a new photorealistic action franchise.
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune arrived in 2007 to strong reviews, helping establish PlayStation’s cinematic third-person formula and spawning a franchise whose influence still stretches across modern action games.
The series has lacked a new mainline entry since The Lost Legacy, but a 2023 PS5 teaser and recent posts from director Shaun Escayg have kept speculation alive about its return.
Uncharted 4 was a smash hit, but did its troubled development create a darker, unsustainable future for Naughty Dog?
With Naughty Dog's focus on a new sci-fi IP, who could be trusted to helm a new Uncharted adventure?