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Uncharted 4 PSX panel reveals more about Nadine Ross, addresses casting controversy

Uncharted 4 features an ass-kicking South African mercenary.

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We got a new Uncharted 4: A Thief's End trailer at The Game Awards 2015, but that doesn't mean Naughty Dog didn't bring the good to PlayStation Experience, too.

In addition to providing a new trailer showing Nate and Sam's reunion, the developer showed up for a panel called "Stories from the Performance Capture Set".

The whole 40 minute panel embedded below is worth a look if you're super keen on Uncharted or cinematic game development, but for more casual fans the tastiest part was a little more information on new character Nadine Ross, one of two primary antagonists.

In case you've forgotten, The Game Awards 2015's Uncharted 4 trailer showed Nadine kicking Drake's ass. Turns out this is pretty par for the course for the South African badass; she's the leader of a mercenary group called Shoreline. This group was founded by Nadine's father, a general who went rogue with a bunch of crack troops.

Ross is played by white actor Laura Bailey, and this caused some controversy in the wake of The Game Awards; people of colour are pretty under-represented in voice acting. Director Neil Druckmann met this question head-on, saying the Bailey was chosen after a general casting call was made. He said the development team was worried about the casting too, but that he elected to go with it after seeing Bailey's performance in-game.

Druckmann said that not having cast actors based on their physical appearances is a strength of video games as a medium, as with Troy Baker's role as Joel in The Last of Us, and that elsewhere in Uncharted 4 there's a white character played by a black voice actor.

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Uncharted 4 is coming to PS4 on March 18.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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