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“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.’”

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]

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.

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.

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.