A continuation of the series, which began so promisingly with 'Drake's Fortune' now looks very likely indeed, with exec Evan Wells confirming to the semi-official ThreeSpeech blog that a new game is now all but certain.

"We developed Uncharted as a franchise. The pulp action/adventure genre lends itself perfectly to serialisation and continued episodes, which is one of the reasons we were attracted to it," Wells enthused, adding that the team are even now plotting the continuation of the series.

"But even if we don't do an Uncharted sequel right away, you can pretty much count on us doing one in the near future," the co-president assured.

Jak & Daxter could also be making a return, it would seem, the developer keen to revisit this series in the light of their new Uncharted technology. "There is a lot of interest around the office in going back to that franchise and seeing what we could do with it using the Uncharted engine."

More on this soon.

By Luke Guttridge