Today we are sad to announce that Uncharted and Fishing Frenzy will shutdown and cease operations. Despite our best efforts, we were ultimately unable to prove our thesis on crypto gaming and could not find product-market-business fit. We spent a lot of time in the past year testing multiple directions and audiences, but the results did not give us enough conviction in a viable path forward. We are deeply thankful for the community and investors who gave us their time and trust, and we are sorry we could not deliver. Here is what’s happening next: - Servers will shutdown on June 25th 2am UTC - USDC packages are no longer available in the game - FISH token is now spend-only and untradable - Karma scores are now open sourced for use by other teams and partners: - All USDC from the FISH/USDC LP pool will be redistributed to the community and stakers, based off Karma score (snapshot taken as of 15 Jun) - All USDC spend since Chapter 3 launch (May 14th) will be refunded (excludes diving) - All Proof of Distribution rewards will be distributed by Sky Mavis directly to the community, proportional to Karma scores Once again, we are grateful to everyone who supported us and will be available to answer any questions in our Discord. We have also put together a FAQ here in the wiki: Thanks, JW, Derek and the rest of the Uncharted Team

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says Japan Studio was shut down because Sony’s priorities changed to focus on AAA According to Yoshida, Sony “wanted to drive hardware sales with games like God of War and Uncharted.” As PlayStation focused more on big-budget AAA exclusives, there was less room for the kind of smaller, creative games Japan Studio was known for. Yoshida also pointed out that the rise of indie games made it even harder for mid-sized AA titles to find their place. Japan Studio gave us classics like Ape Escape, Gravity Rush, Patapon, LocoRoco, The Last Guardian, and also worked on Bloodborne and the original Demon’s Souls.

You can add this to the pile of Sony's bad decisions, according to a new report, Naughty Dog considered remaking the first Uncharted game before deciding to remake The Last of Us instead. The report claims Sony’s Visual Arts team created a prototype of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune using the graphics from Uncharted 4. After reviewing it, Naughty Dog reportedly decided the game would need too many changes to its gameplay and level design to meet modern standards. Because of that, the studio chose to remake The Last of Us, which reportedly needed fewer changes The report comes from dataminer Thekempy during a Last Stand Media podcast.

Full-time: 🇪🇬Egypt 1-1 Iran🇮🇷. Feisty, scrappy, and heartbreak for Iran in added time as Egypt held on for a share of the points. Egypt march on to the knockouts. Uncharted territory for the Pharaohs. How far can they go?

We are not meant to remain anchored in the shallows of our birth; the stars call us outward, and only those who dare release the familiar ropes will ever chart the uncharted heavens.

Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, has powered down another science instrument as it explores uncharted interstellar space — a move that could buy time for an ambitious attempt to extend the probe’s impressive lifespan.