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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Preview (PS3)

Since modern-day treasure hunter Nathan Drake debuted on the PlayStation 3 back in 2007, many of us have grown rather fond of this everyman hero with the now famous half-tuck shirt and witty banter. In addition to being the lead role in the very polished, adventure-filled Uncharted series, he represented a new beginning for adventure games, a bar that developer Naughty Dog set very high in terms of storyline, graphics and cinematics, one that some may argue injected new life and inspiration into the videogame industry. [SOURCE]

Uncharted 3 turns up the heat with procedural fire effects

Naughty Dog’s Arne Meyer has described how the esteemed developer is upping the visual ante for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, specifically with its inclusion of some swanky procedural fire effects. This technically tricky feature allows fire to realistically eat away at the surrounding architecture, with Meyer stating that players could conceivably take a load off during gameplay and watch a structure (in this case the burning Chateau) slowly burn to a crisp. “Essentially, we’re programming oxygen and then having the fire follow it around the environment,” explained Meyer, in a post on the EU PS Blog. [SOURCE]

Uncharted 3 Further Details

At the PlayStation Experience press event in London last week, talking about the most anticipated PlayStation games of 2011, Naughty Dog was showing off the next Nathan Drake adventure, Uncharted 3 Drake’s Deception. Arne Meyer, Community Strategist at Naughty Dog. showed off the The Chateau level and spoke with James Gallagher, Blog Manager, SCEE

Care to elaborate on those new gameplay mechanics?
I think that the key ones are the new melee options and an expanded repertoire of stealth movement, one of which sees Drake jump from above for a silent kill. I’m personally excited about the new brawling moves, which let you take on many enemies at once and use the environment, whether that’s grabbing a chair, slamming an enemy into a wall or removing their gun and dispatching them that way. [SOURCE]

Psyched For: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Although I had not played any of the Uncharted games before this year, my interest in the games stemmed upon playing a demo of the first game around 2007; my first year at university. My initial response was that of sheer joy and excitement. I loved everything about the game; the gameplay, the setting, the graphics, and even the way Nathan Drake's clothing would actually get soaked upon trotting through water. However, there was one big issue. I did not own a PS3 and the one person I knew who had access to one, refused to buy Uncharted and would instead spend his money on dozens of Madden titles. Not that that's a bad thing. It just further delayed my Nathan Drake experience.

This year, hope sprung and while I was in England I was given the chance to play not only Uncharted, but Uncharted 2 as well. I was enamored, excited, and perhaps a bit giddy. [SOURCE]