February Cover Revealed — Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

After the rousing success of The Last of Us, Naughty Dog is putting its Uncharted series back in the limelight. The charismatic thrill-seeker Nathan Drake returns in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. This time around he's searching for a mythical pirate utopia in Madagascar, and is joined by his long lost brother, Sam. Naughty Dog introduced Sam at the PlayStation Experience expo this past December, and after a visit to the studio in Santa Monica, we have the scoop on what this mysterious man brings to the adventure.

[Abash]

I am beyond excited for Uncharted 4, blow me away yet again with your talent for games, Naughty Dog!

[-Foxtrot]

Same man :)

I do hope Sam is the person who Todd Stashwick was voicing in the very first teaser of Uncharted 4. If you look at Sam you'll see he resembles Todd more then Troy

The gameplay we've just recently saw could of been a flashback (15 years ago) when him and Nate were on good terms with one another, you have to admit Nate doesn't look as old as the one we saw in the reveal trailer when he was waking up on the beach. Maybe at the end of that level that's where Nathan leaves him to "rot in that hell hole"...then it will jump 15 years.

Whether or not he left him rotting before Drakes Fortune, Among Thieves or Drakes Deception who knows but you can't really make a good guess since we might he looks older but it could just be because the graphics have gotten a lot better and even more realistic.

He could of left him before Drakes Deception or after and then make it jump, sure it will be far into the future then our year but if ND are going to leave Uncharted for a while then who knows maybe when they come back to it (if they do) the timeline will have caught up to our own year.

[DarkOcelet]

Thats actually a pretty good theory since the age difference between the E3 trailer and the gameplay looks noticeable. Why didnt i think of that.

[-Foxtrot]

@DarkOcelet

The only thing which throws that theory off a bit is the fact in the reveal trailer on the beach Nathan is in the same clothes and has roughly the same wounds/cuts/dirt marks etc then he does in the gameplay trailer when we meet Sam

NaughtyDog could change things, they did change stuff around during Drakes Deception, like Elena s shirt colour in one scene but who knows.

I'm just torn because on one hand I don't want Sam to be all buddy buddy with Drake as I feel that will take screen time away from Sully and Elena who we need to see more of if it's going to be the last game HOWEVER I don't want the obvious "betrayal".......how ever it would make sense if it was Nathans fault for leaving his own brother behind.

@98xpresent

Well I'm just going on what people have been calling him....it just beats writing "Nathans Brother" when referring to him.

[98xpresent]

His brother name is not Sam. Drakes bro says " I nearly shot your head off " and drake simply replies with "same" lol

@Foxtrot lol true

[chelseapaul]

i doubt they will use different voice actors for the same character.. sams voice is troy baker in the gameplay footage.

sure todds character will be revealed within the next couple months though.. just wanna play it now! :(

[BiggCMan]

@98xpresent

His name is absolutely Sam, Naughty Dog has already confirmed this. Just watch the video in the article for proof -_-

[jb227]

Didn't Stashwick announce on twitter back during PSX when the gameplay was released that he was in fact originally playing Nate's brother?

Edit: Found the link..

https://twitter.com/ToddSta...

[Sevir]

The interesting thing is Most of the time ND does performance capture the characters tend to look like their real person counter parts. Drake has Semblance to North. Sam however doesn't look like Baker, in fact his appearance seems more closely rendered to that of Todd... Which begs to question. With the rummage of staffing that happened back in April last year with Todd leaving the project, they :ist have kept his model and simply got Baker to fill in his place.

[miyamoto]

Super Drake Brothers 4 Unite

Nolan and Todd are good friends like Nolan and Troy. So its all good.

Uncharted 4 is the culmination of everything Naughty Dog has learned from Crash Bandicoot to The Last of Us!

WOW!

[Lilrizky]

i heard this theory yesterday on podcast beyond! it's a good one

[DigitalRaptor]

@ -Foxtrot

I think I remember you saying something a while back about having concern that Uncharted 4 was going to be too dark, with them coming off The Last of Us. Tell me I'm not wrong?

Well good news is, that Straley has confirmed that they aren't going to make it too dark, and that it will be the light hearted Uncharted we know and love. So glad to hear this, as I want them to add new things to the formula, but not stray from what makes Uncharted a great series. Looks like it's in safe hands.

[-Foxtrot]

@DigitalRaptor

I got past that fear a while ago, but it's still good to hear regardless

However with recent news on it my fears have moved onto something else. Obviously I won't ramble on here but if it ever comes up in the future I'll say it on the relevant article

[Syntax-Error]

Demo didn't WOW me. I wasn't blown away the way I thought I should've been. Hopefully they use the time to make the alpha build look better because I was disappointed from the jump considering they said the first trailer was in-game engine and all I saw was new foliage animation. Whoop Whoop. If this is supposed to be Drake's last adventure...BLOW ME THE HELL AWAY. Sorry if I don't dick ride like most of you

[Silly gameAr]

Maybe it would be best to wait until they start showing more of the game other then one small section from an early build. You could still be blown away by something that they have yet to show when the game gets closer to launch.

As for the whole d**k riding thing, people have faith in ND and they know that they'll bring a great experience like they've been doing for years. They've earned the trust of their fans. You don't have to be sorry you don't d ride as you put it, but you can be more mature about how you word it. People are excited about what U4 will add to the series. I guess other people that get excited about something coming from a studio that are known to put out quality stuff they enjoy are d riders too?

[x5exotic]

What talents?

An underwhelming shooter, with a painfully obvious linear platforming (keep tapping X) and no real puzzles.

Games like COD and UC are why videogames are gonna stay generic for a long time.

[DarkOcelet]

Sam looks a bit like a younger Sully but without the cool moustache. I wonder if he has the same humor as Drake. And dat picture looks awesome, Drake looks like a boss.

[DigitalRaptor]

Uncharted 4 is looking to be a masterpiece of gameplay and storytelling - especially with the incredible Druckley combo at the helm, and with Troy B. and Nolan N. leading the cast. If they nail the multiplayer, it will be the complete package GOTY winner, all over again. Ever since Uncharted 2 was announced, I think the anticipation leading up to each game in the series has been nothing short of euphoric in terms of hype, and this is going to be no different.

It also looks like Bruce Straley wasn't making things up when he said they've dedicated a month to Uncharted 4:

'We're making a new month called "Uncharduary" for the 2015 release! #Uncharted4' https://twitter.com/bruce_s...

GameInformer coverage of PS4's best upcoming exclusive all through the month. This is going to be such a crazy hype builder for UC4.

[Walker]

The E3 trailer made me think it was set a good 10 years or so after Drake's Deception. I guess that was a minor accident on ND's part to make Drake look so aged and craggy in that video, but that seemed to be what they were wanting emphasising. Now that the PSX footage is out there, I can certainly believe that A Thief's End is actually set only 3 years later.

A shame that. Would've been interesting to play as an aging, past-his-peak Nate.

ps: http://a.pomf.se/okscjz.gif
best performance ever in a game

[Forn]

The timeline may jump around a bit in the story of U4. Guess we'll find out soon enough!

[CocoWolfie]

https://www.youtube.com/wat... if you lack any faith in uncharted 4, watch this game informer cover trailer. at 1:18 youll see the sign of great things to come. *XD*

[DarkOcelet]

I know it's gonna be awesome. And seeing North and Baker fist five, that was cool. I only have one question though. What the hell is Nicholas Cage poster doing in their office lol.

[ltachiUchiha]

This game is going to be amazing. Cant wait to see what they show at E3. I bet it will be amazing like always.

[DarkOcelet]

Yup it will be.

[showtimefolks]

IMO this is the game to beat in 2014, this is ND and you can't go any higher than that.

IF anyone thought GOTY isn't easy to decide before just wait

Uncharted 4
Witcher 3
MGS5

just to name few really big AAA games

[scark92]

I am going to explode this year! Not to mention the non announced games for 2015!

[Sarah_Ch]

This year is going to be awesome for games and movies( taken 3, the conjuring 2, fast 7,insidious chapter 3.....etc) hope no delays

[ZorinInc]

nobasic you need to watch better films if those get you excited..

[Forn]

@nobasic

Mad Max Fury Road ;-)

@showtimefolks

Add Bloodborne to that list as well. That and U4 are two of my top 3 let anticipated games this year.

[Sarah_Ch]

I think it will goes for mgs v cuz it's going to be on three platforms and it has a huge fan base bigger than the witcher any ways going to play all of them and see

[scark92]

Good call! Since more people will play it, it is a possibility, knowing Naughty Dog though, it still is possible :D

[Majin-vegeta]

*2015 Their fixed it for you :P.

[FullmetalRoyale]

Very excite.

[Sarah_Ch]

Well Sam is uglier than Nathan and looks so evil

[Syntax-Error]

Why are people speculating who is voicing his brother when Troy Baker was already confirmed to be his older brother?

[CervantesPR1]

Uncharted 4 will be GOTY i hope there is a multiplayer beta at E3!

[Speak_da_Truth]

My most anticipated game this year can't wait for this badboy

[kenshiro100]

This game is gonna be amazing.

[sourav93]

I am actually going to buy the collector's edition for Uncharted 4. I never buy collector's editions for any game, and usually skip the special editions as well, unless they're dirt cheap. But since this might be the last Uncharted (I really hope not), being my favourite franchise I think a collector's edition purchase is definitely warranted.

[BabaSunny]

I am Most Excited about this game. one of my most fav series

[CerealKiller]

Awesome! Can we get a release date?

[GameLover56]

Uncharted 1 was horrible but Uncharted 2 blew me away after that series became stale after Uncharted 4 it's time to end it Naughty Dog and come up with something new and not rehashed please

[JMaine518]

This is sounding like a great story. Introducing his brother in the last game is a nice twist and should make it interesting.

[pelida]

For a moment I thought that was a going-bald Nathan Drake.

A long lost brother... sounds lame really, like a soap opera...We'll see.

This is a day 1 buy for me