PlayStation confirms surprise Uncharted return

A beloved PlayStation 3 trilogy that received a remastered collection in 2015 has just received yet another remaster by proxy and we’re all here for it.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was by no means a perfect game when it was released in 2007 for the PlayStation 3, especially when it came to those awful Sixaxis motion controls that Sony insisted that we use.

Check out the Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection trailer below!

The potential of this new series from Naughty Dog was clear to see. Motion controls aside, Drake’s Fortune’s action was fun and high-octane. It looked gorgeous, had a compelling story, and, above all else, introduced us to the wise-cracking but charming Nathan Drake.

Naughty Dog would successfully build upon the foundations that Drake’s Fortune had set and raised the bar tenfold with two epic sequels for the PS3 with Uncharted: Among Thieves and Drake’s Deception in 2009 and 2011, respectively.

Just like Naughty Dog had done with The Last of Us in 2013, the Uncharted series on PS3 had no right to look as good as it did. When fans thought the series couldn't get any better, it was re-released as a remastered collection on PS4 in 2015.

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection gave each of the three games a big visual and performance boost, and Bluepoint Games who handled the remasters, even went as far as removing those pesky motion controls from the original game.

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is backwards compatible with PlayStation 5 and if for whatever reason you’ve never treated yourself to this series, it’s included in the PS Plus Premium tier at no extra cost. However, if you don't subscribe to PS Plus, it’s often discounted from its already reasonable £15.99 RRP.

This week, we saw the release of the long-awaited PlayStation 5 Pro which gives current-gen games an even greater visual and performance boost, especially when it comes to ray-tracing effects for supported games. While the quality may vary with each title, PS4 games can also benefit from a tidy enhancement.

One such game is the aforementioned Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. As brought to our attention by the Twitter account Naughty Dog Central, tech experts Digital Foundry has been putting the PS5 Pro through its paces.

A screenshot shared shows a decent level of improvement to the anti-aliasing and sharper images on textures, all thanks to the PS5 Pro's PSSR upscaling feature. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn't recommend buying a PS5 Pro for subtle improvements to PS4 games, but it’s a nice and unexpected bonus nonetheless.

The Uncharted series is available with the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers (unless previously added to your Essential library). So go and play them already.

Though it does continue to pain me that the PS Vita title, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, is still getting ignored to this day by Sony but that’s a grievance for another day.