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'Uncharted 4' News & Update: Naughty Dog's Action-Adventure Game Earns Nominations From Writers Guild, DICE Awards

By Olivia C. Grimalt | Update Date: Jan 15, 2017 11:30 AM EST

"Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End" has scored a total of 10 nominations in the highly anticipated DICE Game Awards. "Uncharted 4" is the fourth installment in Naughty Dog’s action-adventure game series “Uncharted." The game was released May last year and immediately garnered a satisfying review from critics worldwide.

"Uncharted 4" was highly recommended for its narrative, real time visuals, and overall game design. Some of its nominations are: Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, and Best Music and Sound Design.

Game developer Naughty Dog expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the gaming community through their twitter account, saying "Thank you to the @PlayStation community for picking Uncharted 4 as your Best PS4 Game of The 2016!" Together with "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare," "Uncharted 4" has also received nominations from The Writer’s Guild and Visual Effects Society for the "Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing" Award, per PlayStation Lifestyle. No doubt, "Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End" is indeed PlayStation’s best reviewed game having a 10/10 review from GameSpot, 93 percent from Metacritic and 5/5 from Common Sense Media.

According to Yahoo! News, "Uncharted 4" is upagainst "Inside," "Battlefield 1," "Overwatch," and "Pokemon GO" in the Game of the Year category. In the meantime, "Uncharted 4" leads with 10 nominations for the DICE Awards happening on February 23. "Battefield 1" has eight nomiantions, while "Overwatch" has seven.

Unfortunately, "Uncharted" 4 is exclusively for PlayStation 4 and this caused slight disappointment to Xbox One users. Nonetheless, the game has sold over 8.7 million copies in 2016, per Game Rant. Fans and gamers of "Uncharted 4" are able to enjoy post-release content for free, including new maps, modes, cosmetic items, and a new co-op Survival mode. To learn more about "Uncharted 4" and why it earned nominations from the Writers Guild and DICE Awards, check out the video below.

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