Uncharted 4: A Thief's End may indeed be the final chapter in the franchise, according to the man behind Nathan Drake.

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Speaking to IGN following a panel for headset manufacturer Turtle Beach, Nolan North explained that as far as he's aware this is the last title that Naughty Dog want to do in the series, and admitted he hopes no one else tries to continue the story without the studio.

"It’s bittersweet but at a certain point you want to go out on top," North told me. "If this is the last one indeed, and I believe it’s the last one - nothing’s confirmed, but I believe it’s the last one Naughty Dog wants to do, in which case I hope somebody else doesn’t pick up the mantle because they’ve done it so well for so long - but yeah, it’s one of those things where you just have to cross that bridge when you get to it.

"I like the idea of going out on top so we better do a hell of a job with this one… and it’s already looking pretty good."

Uncharted 4 was officially announced earlier this week during Sony's E3 press conference, with early story details surfacing yesterday.

Naughty Dog now has The Last of Us directors Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley heading up Nathan Drake’s next journey.Sony teased the next Uncharted game on the eve of PlayStation 4’s launch, so it seemed like Nathan Drake’s next adventure was coming along swimmingly at developer Naughty Dog. But behind the scenes, there have been some major shakeups for Uncharted 4, with writer Amy Hennig departing Naughty Dog unexpectedly earlier this year. Game director Justin Richmond followed shortly after.

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