Showing on the Press X to Proceed podcast, Druckmann stated, “There’s one other recreation that’s being labored on at Naughty Canine the place I’m [in] extra of a producer function and I get to mentor, and watch this different workforce, and provides suggestions and be like the chief within the room. I get pleasure from all these roles, and the truth that I leap from one to the following it makes my job very thrilling and all the time feeling recent. I’m by no means bored.”
Whereas Druckmann is credited as Inventive Director on each The Final of Us video games and Intergalactic, he appears be embracing a extra hands-off function with this new challenge. Having a number of groups develop separate video games alongside one another is nothing new for studios as giant as Naughty Canine. It was not too long ago engaged on a The Final of Us multiplayer recreation earlier than that was cancelled in 2023.
Maybe Druckmann is overseeing the revival of one of many studio’s dormant franchises — Naughty Canine was identified for the Crash Bandicoot and Jax and Dexter sequence earlier than it pivoted its focus to The Final of Us and Uncharted. Talking of which… may an Uncharted 5 be on the best way?
2016’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s Finish closed out Nathan Drake’s journey as a swashbuckling treasure hunter, although it saved the door open for extra adventures by way of the introduction of his and Elena Fisher’s daughter, Cassie. Kaitlyn Dever portrayed Cassie in Uncharted 4’s epilogue and at present stars as Abby in season 2 of The Final of Us.
A 2023 PS5 advert ignited hypothesis the Uncharted sequence was resulting from return. It featured live-action clips emulating Sony’s strong first-party lineup, and one Uncharted-like clip confirmed a younger girl holding a torch and exploring a cave seeking some form of artifact. Job listings at the moment sought expertise for a separate studio “co-developing an thrilling new challenge with Naughty Canine in a beloved franchise” (by way of VGC), although it’s not confirmed if that “beloved franchise” is Uncharted or one thing else.
We possible gained’t know what Naughty Canine is engaged on for a while, if it will get formally revealed in any respect; keep in mind, loads of video games get cancelled earlier than the general public even knew they existed.