Entries tagged with platform: playstation 3

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Naughty Dog talks Drake’s Design, Knew it would stand out from 'next-gen filter'

Since Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune launched on the PS3 in late 2007, Nathan Drake could be viewed as the new mascot of the PlayStation 3. With Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception set to release on November 1st this year, everyone is eagerly anticipating its release. Before the title launches, though, Naughty Dog has shares some new information on how Drake came to be the Drake we have come to know and love.

Naughty Dog’s Evan Wells shares how the character design came to be and how the look of Drake would standout from other releases of the generation. By creating a more realistic and believable character, Uncharted was one of the first AAA games not plagued with the brown and grays of the “next-gen filter”.

“We were bouncing around with a bunch of different character protagonist ideas, sort of the whole spectrum", says Wells. "The Xbox 360 was launching, and we saw that everybody was doing these browns and grays, and post-apocalyptic and heavy and bald space marines. So, as soon as we hit on that idea of what became Nathan Drake, we thought, ‘this is really going to stand out.’”

You can find the full interview with Naughty Dog about Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception in this month’s EGM, which should begin to arrive for subscribers today.

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How Naughty Dog Bypasses Uncharted Memory Issue

Naughty Dog has often said that only the PlayStation 3 is capable of producing their virtual visions, but did you know that Uncharted 2 almost didn't "fit" on Sony's machine? We're talking about a super ambitious team that wants to get the most out of themselves and as a direct result, the most out of the equipment they utilize. They're shooting for the stars again with Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, and as Naughty Dog boss Christophe Balestra told Edge, they actually "have to be uncomfortable."

"If anyone on the team makes a face like, 'Oh, we're f*cked', then we know we're good. We have to be uncomfortable. Three weeks before shipping Uncharted 2, we couldn't even fit the game in memory. The day we have no solution to that, that's going to be a real problem."

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Uncharted Three among the top 15 most wished for games

Sony Corp.’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception for the Playstation 3 this week ranked in the top 15 ‘Most Wished For’ games at Amazon.com Inc. amid strong pre-release demand for the action sequel. This week, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception ranked as the No. 13 Most Wished For game at Amazon’s Video Games division.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will be sold Nov. 11, 2011. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is said to include a brand new epic campaign mode in a search for the ‘Atlantis of the Sands’ to include locations like a derelict chateau in France, to the merciless Arabian Dessert. The final game will include competitive and co-op multiplayer online functionality and stereoscopic 3D support. [SOURCE]

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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception: No co-op in campaign

Today, Sony and Naughty Dog allowed media outlets to release all-new game footage, interviews, and additional details on their upcoming PS3 exclusive, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. When Naughty Dog debuted the first game footage several weeks ago, many thought the gameplay of the chateau level possibly indicated co-op to be in the game's campaign mode. Naughty Dog has addressed that question and given an answer that may make some happy or disappoint others.

"We are not going to do co-op in the single-player. There will not be a cooperative experience in the single player game," stated Naughty Dog's Justin Richmond in an interview with GameSpot. The reason he gave was that with the series so story driven, they wanted to tell it in a single-player fashion to keep that story element a vital point for the game and this was the best way to go about that.

No other details were shared about the game's multiplayer modes, so if you have hope for some kind of co-op mode, there is still the chance Naughty Dog offers a more fleshed out co-op online-only mode like they did in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.

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Fans crown Uncharted 2 "Greatest PlayStation Game Ever"

01/10/10 – UK PlayStation gamers have named Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as the greatest Sony PlayStation game ever – narrowly beating the classic Metal Gear Solid to the top-spot.

The poll was carried out to jointly celebrate the 15 th anniversary of the first Sony PlayStation console in the UK and the 50 th issue of Future’s Official PlayStation Magazine .

The US developed Uncharted 2: Among Thieves went on sale in late 2009 for the PlayStation 3 console and was awarded 10/10 in Official PlayStation Magazine . In the poll of gamers, it beat Metal Gear Solid, Konami’s 1998 PlayStation title and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII top the honour, in a poll which saw thousands of votes cast.

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Gets GOTY Edition (#200th post)

Naughty Dog and Sony Computer Entertainment today announced the upcoming re-release of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as a Game of the Year edition. Priced at $50, this special edition release will come packed with $35 worth of downloadable content.

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Pre-Sim’ed and Realtime Physics in Uncharted 2

Over at Develop, they have an exclusive excerpt from Ballistic Publishing’s ‘Art of Uncharted 2′, where they get very in-depth on the creation of some of the iconic scenes from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I really loved the opening where they discuss the marriage of presimulated physics run in Maya to real-time physics done via their in-game Havok engine.

We also wanted to increase our use of pre-simulated physics so if we had a major destruction effect like a building collapsing, we’d pre-simulate all that in Maya, bake all that animation down, and then run that through the game engine. So you’d have real-time control of the player, but the building collapsing is a pre-simulated event.

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A Deeper Look Into The Combat Design Of Uncharted 2

Hello, my name is Benson Russell, and I'm an addi-- wait... wrong meeting! I'm a designer here at Naughty Dog in beautiful Santa Monica, and I was the primary combat designer for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I helped to implement the majority of the combat encounters across the game, as well as work with other designers and our programmers in developing our AI and weapons systems.

That being so, I wanted to write an article regarding how we approached combat encounter design for Uncharted 2. It turns out there was a lot of information to share, so I was given the opportunity to create a short series of articles on the subject. This is the first in that series, and I hope you find the information... informative.

Where We Came From:
After completing Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (U1), we wanted to take a step back, look at what we accomplished, and then decide how we wanted to evolve it for our next game.

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PS3 Bundles Among Thieves; Comes with Uncharted 2

Just a week or so ago, a 250GB PS3 ‘Father’s Day Bundle’ was revealed at both Amazon.com and Fry’s electronics. The bundle included both an HDMI cable and a copy of LittleBigPlanet along with a 250GB PS3. However it looks like another retailer has yet another bundle ready, this time the PS3 is being bundled with last year’s ‘Game of the Year’, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.

As if the PS3 wasn’t value-packed enough, a new SKU has been discovered in this week’s Best Buy flyer and this one includes a copy of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. That’s a $59.99 value for free. The PS3 not only does everything, but it also makes a great gift for Dads everywhere.

To buy the Uncharted 2 PS3 Bundle click here.
To buy the LittleBigPlanet/HDMI PS3 ‘Father’s Day Bundle’ click here.

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time Head to PlayStation 3 Platinum Range

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has revealed the latest new additions to the PlayStation 3’s official collection of budget titles, the Platinum range. The critically acclaimed Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and the widely respected Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time are both set for re-release under the Platinum banner next month.

Having debuted in October last year, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves joins it’s predecessor, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune in the PlayStation 3’s official range of budget titles. Featuring both a groundbreaking single-player adventure and an enduring multiplayer mode, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is often referred to as one of the best examples of pioneering game design on the PlayStation 3 console.

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New Uncharted 2 demo Coming this Week

Try out the PS3's biggest exclusive for free.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has revealed that a playable demo of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be released on the PlayStation Store on Thursday, January 28.

For those yet to experience the action blockbuster, this will be your chance to see what all the fuss is about. Given that PlayStation 3 gamers had the chance to try the game's multiplayer element in a pre-release beta, a single-player demo seems certain. Exactly what part of the game is included hasn't been revealed.

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Uncharted 2 & Modern Warfare 2 Amongst The Biggest Games On Playstation In 2009

ELSPA’s confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 was the biggest selling game for the Playstation 3 in 2009. The news comes shortly after Modern Warfare 2 was announced as the biggest game of the year by ELSPA, raking in sales of £67million in just one week. The game’s now pulled in over $1billion.

Sitting next to Modern Warfare 2 in the Playstation 3’s overall 2009 sales charts was Fifa 10, Assassin’s Creed II, Killzone 2, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Fifa 10 was a big winner on the PSP too, taking top spot ahead of its predecessor Fifa 09. Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and LittleBigPlanet closed out the chart.

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PlayStation 3 Sees Record Holiday Sales

A mid-year price cut and a strong lineup of software titles gave Sony's PlayStation 3 a record holiday season, the company said Wednesday. Sales of the console in the last five weeks of the year totaled 3.8 million units worldwide, a 76 percent jump on 2008.

"Last holiday season was the most successful holiday season in the history of PlayStation 3," said Kaz Hirai, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, during a news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Sales were helped by a mid-August price cut from around US$400 to $300 and the launch in September of a more compact version of the console but the recent launch of several hot software titles likely did more to drive holiday sales.

"We've seen many, many great titles launched in every part of the world for PlayStation 3 such as Assassin's Creed 2, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, and of course Uncharted 2 Among Thieves in North America and Europe and Final Fantasy XIII in Japan," Hirai said. Sony is expecting to sell 13 million PlayStation 3 consoles in the financial year from April 2009 to March 2010. In the prior year sales totaled 10.1 million units.

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Naughty Dog Not "Itching" For New Hardware

We all know that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was a rip-roaring success in the eyes of gamers and critics alike, but how do the developers feel about the experience? Well, not surprisingly, they're satisfied with the effort.

In a lengthy G4 interview with Naughty Dog co-founder Evan Wells, we get the inside scoop on how the studio feels about every aspect of the multiplayer, how the ideas for the sequel first came about, the decision to opt for a linear adventure, the difficulty in creating puzzles and the ending, and much more. Feel free to read it all - it's well worth your time - but we'd like to point you to the question of new hardware. G4 asked Wells if he was more comfortable with the PS3 and if he was "itching" to try some new hardware, to which Wells replied:

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Uncharted 2 Doesn't Play Well with SDTVs?

It's no small secret that with high definition being the big thing with televisions right now, developers sometimes forget about the people who might own an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, but don't have the optimal viewing situation available for it. Games such as Burnout Paradise, Dead Rising, and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts have presented problems to the crowd who hasn't upgraded for whatever reason (and in this economy, there are plenty), and it seems that Sony's biggest title of 2009, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, may have the same issue.

According to Negative Gamer, where there were no such problems with the original Uncharted, the sequel makes it difficult to spot key points for grabbing ledges, which way enemies are facing during stealth segments, invisible red wires to be traced, and difficult-to-find targeting reticules.

For the record, they clarify in the comments, "the game looks stunning with its epic vistas and such. I just found it near impossible to see the small details, which is what the rant is about. The lack of detail caused the gameplay to suffer for me."

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Spike TV Announces 2009 'Video Game Awards' Winners

'UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES' CROWNED GAME OF THE YEAR

Legendary Musician Stevie Wonder On Hand To Pronounce The Beatles: Rock Band As Best Music Game of 2009; LIVE Show Unveils World Premiere Footage From Twelve Of The Industry's Most Anticipated Titles

Download image LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Featuring world premiere footage from twelve of the gaming world's most hotly anticipated releases and a slew of unbelievable moments, Spike TV's seventh annual "Video Game Awards" was a night to remember as the network celebrated the outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the gaming industry over the past year. The two-hour event premiered LIVE on Spike TV Saturday, December 12 at 8:00 PM, ET (tape delay west coast) from The Event Deck @ LA Live in downtown Los Angeles.

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Gamers Disappoint, Uncharted 2 Sales Much Too Low

I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. It's the feeling that says, "perhaps gaming is becoming more like movies...in more ways than one."

Quality has long since ceased to translate to popularity in the film world and up until now, I've always been convinced that all the best video games would also sell the best. Down through history, this has proven true 99% of the time. The list of the best-selling games ever is awfully similar to that of the best-reviewed games ever, but if this trend were to remain true in 2009, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves would be the year's top seller.

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SpikeTV VGA Nominations Special

SpikeTV and GameTrailers TV Has a "Nominations Special" for the Video Games Award premiering December 12th, 2009 on SpikeTV. Click HERE to see the video (no embedding code unfortunately).

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Wal-Mart delivering Wii deal, cheaper new games

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Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the US, is hoping to bring folks back into their superstores with a barrage of video game deals running throughout the holiday season. The Nintendo Wii, which has been largely absent from the free-game bundling wars waged since Black Friday, still won't be getting any add-ons, but Wal-Mart customers will get the next best thing--a $50 gift card, which can be used anytime after the original purchase. This deal starts this Saturday, December 5, and will run for a week, until Saturday the 12th.

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Saling The World: New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Modern Warfare 2 Top U.S. Charts

Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide.

This week's charts, with data taken from December 3rd, 2009, find New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leading holiday sales in North America, as Phantasy Star Portable 2 heads multiplatform results in Japan.

Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows:

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