Uncharted: Drake's Fortune PlayStation 5 remake appears online

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is a beloved gem - well, if you overlook that damn jet ski. While it’s still both perfectly playable and enjoyable, you can understand why many have been calling for it to undergo the remake treatment for quite some time now, given that remakes and remasters are seemingly all the rage.

Word is that a remake may finally be happening. It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Sony. Last week’s State of Play brought us an elongated look at Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, plus Kojima announced a brand new PlayStation exclusive Physint. Konami stopped by to drop the PS5 exclusive Silent Hill: The Short Message in addition to dropping the first gameplay trailer for the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake. Stellar Blade got a new trailer, as did Rise of the Ronin …. but Uncharted was nowhere to be seen. One insider claims that there’s something quite exciting in the works though.

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy was the series’ last new release back in 2017.

The tease that an Uncharted: Drake's Fortune remake is on the way came from so-called insider Nick Baker on the XboxEra podcast. Baker was informed of the tidbit of information by an anonymous source who reportedly provided evidence of the remake which is described as being built from the “ground-up”. It would fit with what we’ve seen from Sony as of late, given the remakes of The Last of Us Part I and Until Dawn.

It was further added that podcast co-host Jon Clarke had also been informed of the same information independently to Baker. As with all rumours, do take this with a pinch of salt but it all sounds perfectly plausible. Uncharted is a massive franchise and while Naughty Dog seemed ready to move on, it could thrive and prosper at another studio.

In fact, it’s been rumoured for quite some time that Bend Studio could be working on the franchise, although this was believed to be a new entry given footage featured in a PS5 advert last year. For now, we’ll have to sit tight and wait for Sony to finally lift the lid on what’s going on.