{"id":568372,"date":"2026-03-14T04:56:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:56:06","slug":"nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolan North discusses Amy Hennig&#8217;s Uncharted 4 departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Nolan North, the man behind roguish hero Nathan Drake, has shed more light on the departure of Uncharted creator Amy Hennig from Naughty Dog during the making of A Thief&#8217;s End. <\/p>\n<p>North was a guest on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F0vmYGnTJFw\">Couch Soup<\/a> this weekend, as hosts Liam McIntyre and Todd Lasance began their playthrough of Uncharted 4. Just before the opening sequences began rolling, North was asked more about how this final version of the game came about. Clearly not wanting to shy away from the elephant in the room, North went straight into chatting about Hennig, and the changes made after she left the game&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The biggest thing most people probably remember is&#8230; we had shot Uncharted 4 with Amy Hennig for about seven months. We were well into the game. And she was dismissed from Naughty Dog&#8230; and they got rid of everything we did,&#8221; North recalled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nolan North, the man behind roguish hero Nathan Drake, has shed more light on the departure of Uncharted creator Amy Hennig from Naughty Dog during the making of A Thief&#8217;s End. North was a guest on Couch Soup this weekend, as hosts Liam McIntyre and Todd Lasance began their playthrough of Uncharted 4. Just before the opening sequences began rolling, North was asked more about how this final version of the game came about. Clearly not wanting to shy away from the elephant in the room, North went straight into chatting about Hennig, and the changes made after she left the game&#8217;s development. &#8220;The biggest thing most people probably remember is&#8230; we had shot Uncharted 4 with Amy Hennig for about seven months. We were&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nolan-north-discusses-amy-hennigs-uncharted-4-departure\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":568373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[259,44,45,6346,5685],"class_list":["post-568372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-action-adventure","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end","tag-uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-collection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nolan North discusses Amy Hennig&#039;s Uncharted 4 departure | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nolan North, the man behind roguish hero Nathan Drake, 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