Naughty Dog creative director Shaun Escayg posted a picture of a cannon in Trinidad & Tobago alongside the tease, \u201cResearch,\u201d and fans think it has to do with Uncharted 5.<\/p>\n
The Uncharted series has been dormant ever since 2017\u2019s Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, which Escayg himself co-directed. While Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection came out in 2022, fans of the action adventure franchise are keen to know whether Naughty Dog intends to make a new mainline Uncharted game.<\/p>\n
Perhaps it does. As spotted by Kotaku, Escayg\u2019s picture was taken at Fort George in Trinidad and Tobago. A cannon in a fort in Trinidad and Tobago certainly feels<\/em> very Uncharted, but of course this could be for anything. Perhaps Escayg simply has a personal interest in historic British fortifications. Maybe he\u2019s putting together a photo album.<\/p>\n Or maybe Naughty Dog is actually working on a new Uncharted game. Escayg is creative director of\u2026 something. And the Sony-owned studio is rumored to be working on multiple single-player games, including the announced Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. If a new Uncharted game is in the works, it begs all sorts of questions. Is it a sequel or a prequel? Will we see Nathan Drake return older and wiser? Or will we see a new protagonist take the stage, perhaps his daughter, Cassie? What about a Sam and Sully adventure? There are lots of ways Naughty Dog could take Uncharted, given the state of things at the end of Uncharted 4. But then, just this week we got a potential The Last of Us 3 tease from Naughty Dog chief Neil Druckmann. So, if all this lines up with reality, Naughty Dog has a lot on its plate.<\/p>\n Triple-A games are taking an increasingly long time to make, despite pressure from corporate overlords to cut costs and speed up development. So we may not find out what Naughty Dog\u2019s post Intergalactic game is for some time to come, Uncharted or otherwise. Until then, though, fans are convinced the Drakes are on the way back.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has to be,\u201d one fan said. \u201cPalms and cannons = Uncharted. It works 99% of the time.\u201d \u201cDefinitely Uncharted or I’m just hopelessly wishing,\u201d another said. \u201cThis means it’s super early,\u201d said one fan, seemingly convinced.<\/p>\n In July last year, Druckmann announced he would not be creatively involved in the upcoming Season 3 of HBO’s The Last of Us TV series, opting instead to focus entirely on game development of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. But just a couple of months beforehand, he revealed the studio had a secret, unannounced second game in the works.<\/p>\n In an interview with the Press X to Continue podcast, Druckmann discussed his ongoing roles at Naughty Dog. On Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Druckmann works with two game directors: Matthew Gallant and Kurt Margenau, and is co-writing the game with narrative director Claire Carr\u00e9. Druckmann did not say which director is working on the second game, however.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s another game that\u2019s being worked on at Naughty Dog where I am more of a producer role and I get to mentor and watch this other team and give feedback and be like the executive in the room,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nEvery IGN Naughty Dog Game Review<\/h3>\n