It seems as though Naughty Dog is looking to revive the Uncharted franchise after a decade of dormancy, according to a new rumor shared by MP1st. The report, which cites insider sources, claims that Naughty Dog is working on a new entry into the Uncharted franchise, explicitly not a remake, although not much else is known about the project's contents at the moment. It is alleged that the new Uncharted game will be Naughty Dog's next big release after Intergalactic: Heretic Prophet, whose development was reportedly resulting in crunch at the studio recently. Given Sony's recent pivot to exclusives, it also seems likely that whatever the next Uncharted game turns out to be, it won't be coming to PC anytime soon.

Of the few details shared, it was alleged that the new Uncharted game will feature Nathan Drake in some capacity, whether than be as a cameo—which is supposedly how Ubisoft will bring Ezio into Assassin's Creeed Hexe—or as a side-character of some sort is unclear. Another supposed confirmation is that Uncharted veteran, Shaun Escayag, who previously served as Creative Director on Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Director on The Last of Us: Part I, will be returning to direct the upcoming Uncharted game. Given the aforementioned release schedule, it seems as though the next Uncharted game is still in the early stages of development, and with the video game industry in flux—see: Sony's recent cancellation of Kojima Productions's Physint—things may still change drastically before we hear anything from Sony or Naughty Dog directly.