TheUnchartedgames are known for their 3D platforming and highly cinematic visual experience. Most fans are likely focused on the recently releasedLegacy of Thieves Collectionor looking forward to its PC port coming to Steam release later this year. However, oneUnchartedgame is about to disappear from the world.
On March 28th, Naughty Dog revealed its plan to retire the free-to-play mobile spinoffUncharted: Fortune Hunter.Naughty Dogannounced its decision to shut the game down over Twitter. As of 3:00 PM EST, players can no longer downloadUncharted: Fortune Hunterfrom Google Play or the iOS App Store, and the developer removed the game’s pages from both platforms. The company’s also disabled the in-game store. Existing players can still playUncharted: Fortune Hunterif they already have it installed on their devices but will not be able to reinstall it later.
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Judging by the Twitter responses, mostUnchartedfans will not be mourningFortune Hunter’sshutdown, as its lack of popularity is a far cry from the rest of the games in thepopular third-person action-adventure franchise. In fact, many people on Twitter had never even heard of the game before Naughty Dog announced its retirement. For anyone who’s wondering,Uncharted: Fortune Hunteris a free-to-play puzzle platformer developed by PlayStation Mobile with assistance from Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer entertainment. It had players leadUnchartedprotagonist Nathan Drake through over 200 levels and puzzles. Players move from tile to tile to avoid traps and recover a treasure from each level. Sony releasedUncharted: Fortune Hunterin 2016, and its last update was in June of last year.
One of the most significant features ofUncharted: Fortune Hunteris that it lets players unlock exclusive cosmetic items inUncharted 4: A Thief’s End’smultiplayer mode. These are the Casual Drake Outfit, Newsboy Hat, France Sully Outfit, Dark Knotted Wood Weapon Skin, Copper Weapon Skin, and Top Hat, all of which players unlocked by completing various challenges or reaching progression milestones. Thus,Fortune Hunter’sshutdown may leave all six items permanently unavailable. However, it’s unclear if Naughty Dog intends to make those items unlockable through some other means.
Unfortunately for the legacy ofUncharted: Fortune Hunter, the game seems destined to fade from memory. As stated above, manyUnchartedfans seem to have either forgotten it existed or never heard about it, to begin with. Most of the shutdown announcement’s Twitter replies were more interested in whether Naughty Dog will release eitherUncharted 5orThe Last of Us: Factions,the highly anticipatedmultiplayer spinoff forThe Last of Us Part 2. Hopefully, those games are more successful thanUncharted’sill-fated mobile spinoff.
