PS5 ad teases Uncharted 5, PlayStation fans believe

A new PlayStation 5 ad appears to include a mysterious tease for an unannounced game that some fans believe may be the next Uncharted — one that doesn’t star Nathan Drake as its protagonist.

The new ad, titled “Live from PS5,” presents Sony’s suite of exclusives, both from PlayStation Studios and third parties like Square Enix, as live-action clips on a news broadcast. Those clips highlight games like God of War Ragnarök, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Horizon Forbidden West, RetouralPlease see the following: Gran Turismo 7. Another clip of live action, but only for a few seconds, depicts a young girl exploring a cave illuminated only with a torch. She then encounters an old artifact that she blows out. This footage doesn’t appear to be from any game that Sony Interactive Entertainment has released.

That’s why some PlayStation fans believe it’s a tease for the next Uncharted game, and that it will star Nathan Drake and Elena Fisher’s daughter, Cassie.

Cassie was a teenager when she appeared in the playable epilogue Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. While the ending of the game doesn’t reveal too much about her character, it’s clear she has inherited her parents’ sense of adventure, and sometimes joins Nate and Elena on expeditions. But she’s unaware of the extent of her father’s treasure-hunting escapades — that is, until she finds the key to Nate’s secret cabinet, and her parents are forced to come clean about their adventurous past. Given Cassie’s interests and talents — she has a love of history and archaeology, speaks Latin, and can scuba dive — she seems like a natural fit for the video gaming adventuring lifestyle.

This woman in the PS5 ad is very similar to Cassie. She’s decked out in jungle fatigues and wearing a backpack and climbing gear.

Neil Druckmann, co-director of Naughty Dog and co-president of Naughty Dog is Neil Druckmann. Uncharted 4) recently told Buzzfeed that the studio behind the Uncharted games put its “final brushstroke on that story,” saying it was done and “moving on.” But that doesn’t mean another studio couldn’t pick up where Naughty Dog left off, especially with a new heroine. Bend Studio is another team.Uncharted: Golden AbyssBluepoint Games (Uncharted: Nathan Drake’s CollectionThe franchise has been in the hands of a number of people. After all, Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman has said last year’s Uncharted film adaptation is the start of a movie franchise, so Sony’s not ready to let the Drake family go.

Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment

Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment

Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment

As VGC notes, job listings at PlayStation have pointed to another studio “co-developing an exciting new project with Naughty Dog in a beloved franchise.” The original developer behind Uncharted Last of Usis currently working on a multiplayer spinoff within the world of Last of UsWe need to hear more information about this topic in the coming year.

The most recent entry in the Uncharted game franchise was 2017’s The Lost LegacyThe spinoff, which stars Chloe Frazer & Nadine Ross. This is in addition to the exploration of the franchise with Nathan Drake not at the helm. Lost LegacyUncharted 2 introduced a novel gameplay element: an unlinear open-world map which players were able to explore. The new characters and the fresh approach to Uncharted gameplay offered glimpses into the future of the franchise.