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Naughty Dog has revealed their ‘Uncharted 3′ villain – an older, but ruthless, woman that leads a shadowy clandestine organization.



Three months ago, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception was confirmed at the 2010 VGAs. Naughty Dog has been relatively forthcoming with information, providing us with trailers, insights into the game’s desert setting-design, as well as where the story might take fan-favorite leading man Nathan Drake. Now, thanks to a set of low-quality images, we have our first look at Drake’s antagonist in Uncharted 3.

Uncharted villains tend to be one of the less-successful aspects of the series. For all of Drake’s charm and witty banter, his opponents have mostly fallen into traditional greedy villain (for money and/or power) tropes – not to mention two very “gamey” final boss fights. Gabriel Roman and Atoq Navarro were a predictable greedy billionaire/back-stabbing henchman pairing in Uncharted and, despite a number of twists and turns along the way, Uncharted 2‘s Zoran Lazarevic was the kind of lug-head mercenary we’ve seen time and time again in video games.

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