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Naughty Dog Creative Director Is in Trinidad for 'Research' and a Lot of Fans Think It's for Uncharted 5

Naughty Dog creative director Shaun Escayg posted a picture of a cannon in Trinidad & Tobago alongside the tease, “Research,” and fans think it has to do with Uncharted 5. The Uncharted series has been dormant ever since 2017’s 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. Perhaps it does. As spotted by Kotaku, Escayg’s picture was taken at Fort George in Trinidad and Tobago. A cannon in a fort in Trinidad and Tobago certainly feels very Uncharted, but of course this could be for anything. Perhaps Escayg simply has a personal interest in historic British fortifications. Maybe he’s putting together a photo album. Or maybe Naughty Dog is actually working on a new Uncharted game. Escayg is creative director of… 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 Dra

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Naughty Dog Creative Director Is in Trinidad for 'Research' and a Lot of Fans Think It's for Uncharted 5

Naughty Dog creative director Shaun Escayg posted a picture of a cannon in Trinidad & Tobago alongside the tease, “Research,” and fans think it has to do with Uncharted 5. The Uncharted series has been dormant ever since 2017’s Uncharted:…

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Naughty Dog Creative Director Is in Trinidad for 'Research' and a Lot of Fans Think It's for Uncharted 5

Naughty Dog creative director Shaun Escayg posted a picture of a cannon in Trinidad & Tobago alongside the tease, “Research,” and fans think it has to do with Uncharted 5. The Uncharted series has been dormant ever…

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