It looks like there are some places that even Nathan Drake himself can’t explore. Today, Sony Computer Entertainment announced a Fall 2015 release date will be off limits to the famed adventurer as the publisher announced that Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End will now be released in Spring 2016.
Writing on the PlayStation Blog, Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley said that the delay is due to the fact the game has become “much more ambitious than [they] originally envisioned.” They also said:
After spending so many years with Nathan Drake, he means a lot to the team, and telling the climactic chapter of his adventures is a task we don’t take lightly — this game deserves every bit of the attention to detail, precise pacing, and nuanced storytelling Naughty Dog is known for. So we’ve made the difficult choice of pushing the game’s release date. Giving us a few extra months will make certain that Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End not only meets the team’s high standards, but the high standards that gamers have come to expect from a Naughty Dog title.
The pair closed by saying that while Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End won’t be released this year, we will learn a lot more about it in the coming months.
