70w ago - Today Creative Director John Garvin at Bend Studios has shared some video footage unmasking the Uncharted: Golden Abyss characters in the upcoming PS Vita video game.

To quote: Learning how to bring characters to life with all the nuances of personality, habits, quirks and mannerisms was really Sony Bend's first and most important job when we started to work on Uncharted: Golden Abyss.

We have an awesome example in the Uncharted series, and we wanted to give the characters a level of depth that transcends the screen. These videos show just a glimpse of our process and how we worked with our eclectic cast of characters.

I'm no stranger to writing, having written all the Syphon Filter games, but this title taught me some new tricks. By the time we started shooting in February 2011, I had gone through over 40 revisions, changing everything from setting, characters, names, dialogue and action. If we count all the in-game VO dialogue, we ended up with over 400 pages of script for Uncharted: Golden Abyss.





Of course, writing and performance capture was just beginning. What followed was an intense year of motion capture clean-up, animation,...

70w ago - Naughty Dog Community Strategist Eric Monacelli has revealed today news of new Uncharted 3 PS3 DLC for 2012 alongside an expansion to the Fortune Hunters' Club below!

To quote: Happy 2012! We're starting the year off with a fresh batch of UNCHARTED 3 DLC content and more in the pipeline that prophecies forbid us from fully portending quite yet.

Hope you've all gotten 2012 off to a rocking start even with all the 2012 phenomenon chatter. If not, we're about to make your end of days talk and your UNCHARTED gaming life much more awesome.

First off, today we'll be releasing four maps we teased a couple of weeks after the UNCHARTED 3 launch.

You'll be getting the Cave, Fort, Lost City, and Sanctuary maps in this download pack. Dynamic lighting effects, new particle effects and a slew of technical changes have been made to these maps. The lighting was reworked from scratch.

New textures and weather effects are apparent and freshly decorate all maps. We poured hours of development time into these maps to make them be really fun in the UNCHARTED 3 multiplayer ecosystem. This map pack is a taste of how far we can go to remix some of your favorite maps into a completely new UNCHARTED 3 gameplay experience.

75w ago - Sony Senior Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein has shared some new video footage today of the Intu-Aim feature in Uncharted: Golden Abyss on PS Vita below.

To quote: The Sony Bend Studios team working on Uncharted: Golden Abyss rolled into town touting something in that last category - the Vita-specific Intu-Aim feature.

This "aiming modifier" allows gamers to combine the six-axis gyro features of the Vita to fine tune the shots you line up with the right analog stick for greater precision.

In this exclusive new video, producer Darren Yager shows Drake's Intu-Aim aided gunning efficiency in action.

Also of note: Intu-aim is an optional feature; the team is committed to allowing you to play how you want to play.

Having tried it out, I found that you'll probably end up using it without even realizing you're doing it.

77w ago - Following up on their previous PS3 patch update, today Naughty Dog have released Uncharted 3 PlayStation 3 patch version 1.02 with the details below from Eric-ND, as follows:

The Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 1.02 patch has been released and will be rolling out across all regions globally this week, starting today. The patch notes to update 1.02 are as follows:

Available: November 27, 2011 (US and EU only), Asia (early the week of Nov. 27th)

Uncharted 3 - PS3 Patch 1.02

Single Player

General

• Movie cutscene viewer added (in the Bonuses menu, Single-Player only)

Technical

• Fixed the missing Motion Blur effects (for Single Player only)
• "Alternate Aim Settings" added to the Options menu under Camera options (for Single Player only)

Multiplayer

General

• Settings bug fixed: all controls being set to flipped mode setting will no longer change all controls back to default

Gameplay

• Medal streaks won't reset if the host migrates to another user
• Blindfire...

79w ago - Naughty Dog Community Strategist Eric Monacelli has announced that Uncharted 3 DLC hits PSN today, with the Fortune Hunters' Club benefits outlined below for those interested.

To quote: We're now two weeks into the release of UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception and you're all part of the Fortune Hunters' Club now, right? If so, awesome because we have a gift this week for you!

If you're not, you can still sign up and it's a terrific deal at $24.99. As a member you'll be getting a total savings of 45% off the seven multiplayer packs (three character skin packs, four map packs) that will be released for UNCHARTED 3.

This membership includes all currently available and upcoming DLC packs for UNCHARTED 3 as well as an exclusive Fortune Hunters' Club theme that will let you know when new UNCHARTED 3 DLC hits right from the XMB of your PS3.

Today the PlayStation Store will be loaded with a new DLC pack for your multiplayer adventures with Drake and crew. Load your AK47, grab your Para 9, equip your favorite boosters and kickbacks and get ready to take the fight to the Helghast. Killzone 3 skins are coming for UNCHARTED 3 and suddenly your buddy who liked to play multiplayer as Elena all the time might not look so friendly anymore.

This week's pack...