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Uncharted's Nathan Drake goes endless runner in PlayStation All-Stars spin-off for iOS and Android

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Uncharted's Nathan Drake goes endless runner in PlayStation All-Stars spin-off for iOS and Android

Everybody's getting into endless runners these days, from Usain Bolt to... Uncharted's Nathan Drake?

You read that correctly: thanks to a sponsorship from Coca-Cola Zero, you can now play in a Temple Run-style endless runner as Nathan Drake in the new PlayStation All-Stars Island for iOS and Android.

The endless runner mini-game, dubbed Drake's Pursuit, is the first of four planned games aimed at bringing the cast of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale to mobile.

While this means that All-Stars Island is Drake-only for the moment, inFamous' Cole MacGrath, Kat from Gravity Rush, and LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy will all get their own game zones on the island soon.

The crossover mobile app comes a few weeks after Sony announced that it had "no plans to release new content for PlayStation AllStars" - effectively killing the possibility of future DLC characters or stages for the Bronze Award-winner.

In our testing, Drake's Pursuit got off to a rocky start when the intrepid explorer wound up stuck underneath of a log during a botched diveroll, but after a restart it performed much better. It's also free, and the music definitely puts you in an Uncharted mood, so it might be worth picking up if you're a fan of the franchise.

As for what's ahead, a post on NeoGAF notes that each mini-game will be 'based on successful mobile game play' and will be endless in scope.

LittleBigPlanet's mini-game will be a kart racer, for example, but we have no ideas what the inFamous or Gravity Rush levels will entail - or when they'll arrive.

We'll keep you updated on this spin-off series and its US availability as soon as we know more.


Matthew Diener
Matthew Diener
Representing the former colonies, Matt keeps the Pocket Gamer news feed updated when sleepy Europeans are sleeping. As a frustrated journalist, diehard gamer and recovering MMO addict, this is pretty much his dream job.