In a plot twist that even a video game studio would reject as being a little on the nose, a number of copies of Uncharted: A Thief’s End—the highly anticipated game about a daring fortune hunter and his archeological heists—were apparently stolen by a daring fortune hunter or hunters in a video game heist. Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed in a blog post that copies had been “stolen while in transit” and had shown up in the U.K. for sale. He announced the theft, it seems, mostly as a spoiler warning:
We know that very many of you have been looking forward with great anticipation and excitement to the latest masterpiece from Naughty Dog. From what I have played of Nathan Drake’s latest adventure, I can tell you that it is very much worth the wait. As with most Naughty Dog games, the unfolding story is such an integral part of the experience and for this reason we wanted to warn you to beware of the potential for spoilers to be posted by people with access to stolen copies of the game.
Kotaku theorizes that the games were stolen in a truck hijacking, although “in transit” could also mean they were on a ship or a plane. It’s hard to imagine how Uncharted fans would have gotten the idea that heists were glamorous or fun. While Sony tries to recover the stolen games and fans try to avoid spoilers before its official launch on May 10, here’s a trailer for Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, called “The Life of a Thief”:
