NetEase's upcoming action/adventure game Blood Message feels immediately familiar in the best way, channeling the kinetic, cinematic momentum of Uncharted while still carving out its own identity. During a brief Summer Game Fest 2026 demo, the game impressed me with its constant forward motion, brutal close-quarters combat, and a design that keeps the action moving even when QTEs or stealth attempts go sideways. In a way, Blood Message is the single most Uncharted-coded game that I've played in a long while, and I mean that endearingly. There is a constant sense of "failing forward" in the gameplay that lets the […]

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It's been nearly nine years since the release of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, the most recent installment in Naughty Dog's award-winning action/adventure franchise, but the wait for a new Uncharted game announcement may bear fruit. Folks have feared the IP might be abandoned for good, especially given Naughty Dog's precedents: the Californian studio previously sunsetted both Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter (although the former, being owned by Activision, is active once again). However, there was always a difference: while those were child-oriented franchises, Uncharted is adult-themed. It also offers a stark contrast to The Last of Us, with its […]

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The Last of Us Online, otherwise known as Factions, was one of the casualties of Sony, and perhaps more accurately, Jim Ryan's push for PlayStation to churn out ten live service games to try and find something that would stick and become a new cash-cow for the company. Like most of those projects, The Last of Us Online was ultimately cancelled, but according to former game director Vinit Agarwal, the game was incredibly close to getting out the door before it was shuttered. Speaking on the Lance E. Lee Podcast from Tokyo, Agarwal digs into different periods of his career, […]

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Bruce Straley left Naughty Dog all the way back in 2017, but fans of the studio will always remember him as one of the most iconic voices on the team and as the director of both The Last of Us and Uncharted 4. While it's been years since Straley was working on either of those games, he hasn't forgotten what it was like to be in the mix, and at GDC 2026, he revealed yet another story about The Last of Us' development that may be surprising to fans who know and love the series so much now. In an […]

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