Lord of the Rings Actor Name-Drops "New Uncharted"

[Cognimancer]

Lord of the Rings Actor Name-Drops "New Uncharted"

Lord of the Rings and Lost actor Dominic Monaghan may have inadvertently exposed Naughty Dog's next game.

Dominic Monaghan recently sat down for a conference call to talk about his role in The Bureau: XCOM Declassified's live-action web series [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/126693-The-Bureau-XCOM-Declassified-Web-Series-Ends-With-The-Aftermath]. During the discussion, though, he may have accidentally spilled the beans on a new entry to the Uncharted series. Now, this means one of two things: either Monaghan knows something we don't about Naughty Dog's (currently unannounced) next project, or he's making the baseless but reasonable assumption that one of the most successful franchises from this past generation isn't going to suddenly stop.

"I'll always stay focused on the gaming world and see what's coming up," Monaghan said during the call. "The new Uncharted, I'm really excited to see how that's going to be, and obviously both new gaming systems." The last game in the main Uncharted series, Drake's Deception, shipped in November 2011 and Naughty Dog has since been occupied with this year's The Last of Us. The studio has been silent as to its plans for the next generation of consoles.

Monaghan, who you'd recognize as Merry from Lord of the Rings or perhaps Charlie from Lost, is probably not the best source for leaks of this nature, since (as far as we know) he has no ties to Naughty Dog. Still, his work on The Bureau's promotional materials gives him just enough industry cred to start the rumor mill turning.

Source: Gamespot [http://uk.gamespot.com/news/lost-actor-teases-new-uncharted-6412707]

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[Covarr]

Naughty Dog might be working on something everyone assumed they were working on anyway, according to what could be a guess by someone who isn't an insider.

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[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Even though I don't doubt a new uncharted is in the making, I think he was just saying that for the EVENTUAL uncharted that he HOPES comes out. I can say something like

"I am super excited for the next green lantern!" which as far as we know, there is zero news about it thus far, but there probably will be a new green lantern movie in the future.

 

[BrotherRool]

And then we were all blown away with the idea that there might one day be Uncharted 4 (saying that, I agree that this guy was probably just saying what we were all thinking, without insider knowledge)

My guess is that Sony are going to announce Uncharted 4 in October/November, right before launch to build up some more PS4 hype

 

[Casual Shinji]

Naughty Dog is not prone to stay with established franchises once the new console cycle kicks in, it's one of the things I like about them. So I hope then can keep that record and not make more Uncharted games, or even The Last of Us games for that matter.

 

[MarsProbe]

I walked past this guy in the street once. He had probably been shopping in Fat Face.

Anyway, I've not played much of the Uncharted game, so I don't know if this is a series that has "ended" or whatever, but I suppose it is a reasonable assumption for there to be a follow up as these days we know how much our console developers (by that I mean Sony & Microsoft) like their successful franchises so I suppose it does make some sense that there may be another instalment.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

Well of course they are going to make another uncharted game, the last one sold loads. So its hardly a revelation is it? Now if he had said "like the new half life game" then that would be something to write an article about.

 

[Roxas1359]

Naughty Dog is not prone to stay with established franchises once the new console cycle kicks in, it's one of the things I like about them. So I hope then can keep that record and not make more Uncharted games, or even The Last of Us games for that matter.

We still don't have Uncharted Karting though so we can't say the series is done yet! XD

You know it's waiting to happen! XD

Well of course they are going to make another uncharted game, the last one sold loads. So its hardly a revelation is it? Now if he had said "like the new half life game" then that would be something to write an article about.

Naughty Dog and Valve teaming up...my god the thought of that just blew my mind.

 

[Toadfish1]

And then we were all blown away with the idea that there might one day be Uncharted 4 (saying that, I agree that this guy was probably just saying what we were all thinking, without insider knowledge)

My guess is that Sony are going to announce Uncharted 4 in October/November, right before launch to build up some more PS4 hype

The only thing Sony need to do to build more hype for the Ps4 is to let Microsoft and Nintendo keep talking.

 

[J Tyran]

Coming up in the next episode exciting episode of informer insider gamer Xtreme news! We reveal that Call of Duty: Ghosts will have a sequel and discuss the possibility of another Assassins Creed title after the launch of Black Flag.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

You say LoTR, I say LOST. To me, he's still Charlie Pace until he becomes more famous in something else.

And of course there will be another Uncharted. I only hope it will feature a new protagonist.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Does he do voice acting? Does he know something we don't? Is this just another loose end from Lost that will never be explained??

Find out next time, on Dragon Ball Escapist!

And hey. Even if there isn't a new Uncharted, Charlie Pace thinks there should be, and who are we to argue with him?

 

[CardinalPiggles]

We should all expect another Uncharted game regardless. Why would they stop? It's probably the biggest franchise that Sony has the exclusive rights to. It's Halo's and Mario's competition in my opinion.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

Naughty Dog is not prone to stay with established franchises once the new console cycle kicks in, it's one of the things I like about them. So I hope then can keep that record and not make more Uncharted games, or even The Last of Us games for that matter.

Christ, i hope there's never a sequel to The Last of Us. I'm not really afraid there will be because Naughty Dog is one of those few studios who seem to be in synch with reality and should then see that TLOU is a perfectly good stand-alone thing.

OT: I'm a bit split on whether or not i actually want a new Uncharted game or not. The series have been really, really good yes, but there's not really a lot of places the story could go from 3. The only bit interesting about it all now would be one last game that uses the hints from the third game and expands on Drake's actual identity and past.

 

[Baldry]

Well it's about time Uncharted's kart racer got announced.

 

[EHKOS]

Too late, Sony already sold the license to Activision. Why, yes I am bitter, thank you for noticing. I seriously doubt Naughty Dog is sticking to Uncharted. It's got tons of quality but it still manages to come off as bland...although I guess that's why Gears does so well. Personally I would like to see them just make three new games for the PS4 gen. And not another trilogy, just three games that have no connection to each other.

 

[Ace Morologist]

Monaghan ... is probably not the best source for leaks of this nature, since (as far as we know) he has no ties to Naughty Dog. Still, his work on The Bureau's promotional materials gives him just enough industry cred to start the rumor mill turning.

No, YOU have just enough industry cred to start the rumor mill turning -- which you seem to be trying to do. But, could you at least pretend to be a journalist instead?

--Morology!

 

[Ninjariffic]

I really hope they don't make another Uncharted. I would prefer it if they continued trying new things. Especially since they created a nice wrap-up point for the characters.