Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Genre:

Shooter, Platformer, Action-Adventure

Status:

Released

Release date:

2/22/2012

Developer:

Bend Game Studio

Publisher:

Sony Computer Entertainment America

Sony's Uncharted series will appear on the company's next handheld platform, the PlayStation Vita. The game, which is being developed by Sony's Bend studio in Bend, OR, and overseen by Naughty Dog, will star Nathan Drake. The game will feature touchscreen controls and motion controls. The game will happen before the events of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Bend Game Studio has been working closely with Amy Henning, the creative director at Naughty Dog to make sure that the characters and story are authentic to the Uncharted series. Sony Bend is using the same motion capture and sound studios that Naughty Dog uses for its Uncharted titles.

The game as shown off at Sony's E3 2011 Press Conference where it was shown to make use the unique Vita features such as use of the front touch panel for climbing and a feature called "Painting" where the player can draw a path for Drake to to climb with their fingers which he'll follow without any further input. They also said that they understand that forcing new control methods like this into a franchise isn't always what fans want so they're letting players use either control scheme at the same time without switching in a menu or locking a control scheme.