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25 UNCHARTED FACTS
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There is a newspaper in a bar in
Uncharted 3 that warns of a “deadly
fungus”. It's an easter egg for the yet-
to-be-announced The Last of Us that
should have been removed prior to
the game’s release, but wasn't.
Uncharted 3’s assets almost filled
a 25TB HDD
Over 130,000 people participated in
the Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta,
covering players from 135 countries
all over the world.
Over 30,000 cans of soda and one
bottle of bourbon were consumed
during the two years of production on
Uncharted 2.
Between the 100-plus “Dogs”
working at Naughty Dog, they
have over 16 nationalities and ten
languages represented.
The company has always had at least
one dog “mascot” since the studio
began.
Sully’s full name is Victor Sullivan.
Nolan North is the voice of Nathan
Drake.
Elena Fisher is voiced by actress Emily
Rose, known for her role as Audrey
Parker in the Stephen King Colorado
Kid adaptation Haven.
The scuba kit worn by Nathan and
Elena has “OTTSEL” written on
the front – the species of fictional
mammal that Daxter (from Jak and
Daxter) is turned into.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
heralds Admiral Ackbar’s infamous
“It’s a trap!” line, in the secret library.
Swimming in the original Uncharted
was going to be controlled by tilting
the sixaxis controller, but this had to
be cut due to time constraints.
In the series' backstory, as a child,
Nathan’s mother committed suicide
and his father relinquished his care to
the Saint Francis Boys’ Home where
he was taught Latin by nuns.
There is an Uncharted movie in the
works, scheduled for release in 2017
A Precursor Orb, another reference to
Naughty Dog's Jak and Daxter series,
can be found during the game's story
by Drake.
Graham McTavish provides the voice
of Zoran in Uncharted 2, and can
also be seen as the Dwarf Dwalin in
the Hobbit films.
Uncharted 2 is the highest rated of
the series on IMDB and Metacritic.
Troy Baker will voice Sam – Nate’s
brother – in Uncharted 4: AThief's
End, and has previously voiced Far
Cry 4 villain Pagan Min, appeared on
the Halo 5: Guardians series Hunt
the Truth, and worked on another of
Naughty Dog’s better-known projects
– The Last of Us.
Uncharted 2 holds 41 perfect review
scores and over 200 Game of the
Year awards globally.
A prequel was released for PlayStation
Vita called Uncharted: Golden
Abyss, as well as the Fight for
Fortune trading card game.
Multiplayer was first introduced in
the second game, as either co-op or
competitive.
Author Christopher Golden wrote
the novel Uncharted:The Fourth
Labyrinth, and is now penning
a series of Sons of Anarchy
adaptations.
Although Nolan North and Emily Rose
provide both the voice acting and the
motion capture for their respective
roles. Tenzin is voiced and acted
by two different people – Pema
Dhondup provides the voice and
Robin Atkin Downes provides all the
stunts.
One of the inspirations for the Tibetan
village sequence in Uncharted 2 was
the 2008 video game The Graveyard
by Tale of Tales.
Uncharted 4: AThief’s End will be
the first in the uncharted series to
feature drivable vehicles