Uncharted 3 celebrates its first birthday with a new Drake statue



Can you believe that it was only a year ago that we dived into Nathan Drake’s third adventure on the PS3? Today Uncharted 3 turns one, and to celebrate Naughty Dog has teamed up with Sideshow Collectibles to produce a new Nathan Drake Premium Format Statue.


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Game of the Year Edition to be bundled incentive for PS3 V2. Purchase



Sony announced a second redesign to the PlayStation 3 during its press conference at the Tokyo Game Show Tuesday. The new model will be available in two colors. A “Charcoal Black” version will be available October 4 in Japan, in both 250 gigabyte and 500 gigabyte models. A 250 gigabyte “Classic White” version will be available November 22 in Japan.

The 250 gigabyte model will launch in North America September 25 for $269.99 in a bundle with Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception: Game of the Year Edition, and a $30 voucher for Dust 514. The 500 gigabyte model will be available on October 30th for $299. Sony teased a Assassin’s Creed 3 bundle with the 500 gigabyte version, but a release date and price were not included. According to Joystiq, the white model has not been announced for North America. The new system is 50 percent smaller than the original PlayStation 3, and 25 percent smaller and lighter than the current slim model. [SOURCE]


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Game of the Year Edition to be bundled incentive for PS3 V2. Purchase



Sony announced a second redesign to the PlayStation 3 during its press conference at the Tokyo Game Show Tuesday. The new model will be available in two colors. A “Charcoal Black” version will be available October 4 in Japan, in both 250 gigabyte and 500 gigabyte models. A 250 gigabyte “Classic White” version will be available November 22 in Japan.

The 250 gigabyte model will launch in North America September 25 for $269.99 in a bundle with Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception: Game of the Year Edition, and a $30 voucher for Dust 514. The 500 gigabyte model will be available on October 30th for $299. Sony teased a Assassin’s Creed 3 bundle with the 500 gigabyte version, but a release date and price were not included. According to Joystiq, the white model has not been announced for North America. The new system is 50 percent smaller than the original PlayStation 3, and 25 percent smaller and lighter than the current slim model. [SOURCE]


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Uncharted 3 Play Arts Kai Nathan Drake Figure Now Available


Following the revelation of the Uncharted 3 Play Arts Kai Nathan Drake Figure back in December of last year, Mezco Toyz has now shipped the unique piece of Uncharted merchandise to retail stores throughout Europe. Available from today, the Uncharted 3 Play Arts Kai Nathan Drake Figure is certain to be a highly sought after piece.

The Uncharted 3 Play Arts Kai Nathan Drake Figure comes with a number of accessories including an AK-47, .45 Defender, T-Bolt Sniper, trigger hands x2 and closed fists x2. The figure also comes with authentic clothing complete with dirt and stains as modelled on the front cover artwork for the videogame release, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The Uncharted 3 Play Arts Kai Nathan Drake Figure is available throughout Europe from today with a recommended retail price (RRP) of £49.99 GBP. Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with all the latest high quality Uncharted 3 merchandise made available in the UK. [SOURCE]

NewsPlayStation Vita Official Uncharted: Golden Abyss Vita case announced



An Uncharted: Golden Abyss-branded carry case headlines Thrustmaster's line of officially-licensed PlayStation Vita accessories unveiled today.Priced at £24.99, the shock-resistant foam-lined box is "specially designed to optimize the PS Vita's wireless functions", includes space for six games and features a dog tag embossed into the lid.

You can also get exactly the same case but with the Uncharted branding replaced by a plain Vita logo for £19.99. Thrustmaster is also offering a VIP Case, priced at £16.99. "Modeled after glasses cases from leading designer brands", it's felt-lined to protect the console's screen and sports an automatic closing mechanism. All three will be available from the system's 22nd February launch. Check out the snapshots below for a closer look. [SOURCE]


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Turning the Page - Uncharted: Drake's Journal

Carolyn Petit browses Nolan North's book, Uncharted: Drake's Journal, to discover if there's buried treasure within.



What do you get for the Uncharted fan that already has every Uncharted game? If that fan has an interest in the creative process behind Naughty Dog's series of globe-hopping, swashbuckling adventures, then consider Uncharted: Drake's Journal - Inside the Making of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

Assembled by Nolan North, the ubiquitous voice actor best known for playing Nathan Drake, this collection of photographs, text blurbs by North, and quotes from people involved with the massive undertaking of making Uncharted 3 touches on just about every facet of the game's production. It ranges from the rental of a new motion-capture studio prior to the beginning of filming all the way to the implementation of vital bug fixes just hours before the finished code needed to ship.

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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Collector’s Edition announced



Set to release on November 1st, 2011, Naughty Dog and Sony will bestow the world with a treasure like no other. Today, it has been officially revealed that Sony and Naughty Dog will offer a Collector’s Edition for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Packed with collectible content that any Uncharted fan will enjoy, this looks to be one of the finer Collector Editions made available in recent years.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Collector’s Edition will retail for $99.99 and contain the following pieces of Uncharted treasure: A Nathan Drake statue, a replica of Nate Drake’s belt buckle, a replica of the Sir Francis Drake ring/necklace, and a steelbook game case. All this content will come packed in a chest. [SOURCE]

SCEA Brings Fans into the Action at Final Stop of the 2009 Alli Summer Dew Tour

Get a chance to play the season's biggest Sony games.

October 16, 2009 - Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), a title sponsor of the 2009Alli Summer Dew Tour, will provide fans a chance to be part of the action and put today's top athletes in head-to-head competition at the final stop of the Tour, the PlayStation Pro, at the Amway Arena in Orlando, FL from October 15-18, 2009.

SCEA will also host the "PlayStation Play the Pros" competition, during which six popular professional action sports athletes will face off against one another and compete against consumers in a variety of games on the PlayStation 3 (PS3) system. Fans will be able to enter into a drawing for a chance to win an opportunity to meet and face-off against their favorite athletes in intense, virtual competition at the award-winning PlayStation Experience truck, located in the Vendor Village, at the following times:

Friday, October 16th, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, October 17th, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EST

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Old News: Award-Winning Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Debuts Exclusively on the PlayStation 3

Naughty Dog's genre defining action shooter demonstrates power of PS3 mixing story telling and gameplay to provide the adventure of a lifetime.

October 13, 2009 - FOSTER CITY, Calif. - Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced today the North American launch of UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves exclusively for the PlayStation 3 (PS3). Developed by Naughty Dog Inc., the acclaimed development team that produced UNCHARTED: Drake's Fortune for PS3 and the Jak & Daxter franchise for PlayStation 2, UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves blends together the art of cinema and gaming to bring players a level of realism never before seen on a game console. With an extensive, story-driven single-player mode and thrilling competitive multiplayer and cooperative modes, UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves demonstrates Hollywood blockbuster moments of roller coaster tension and exhilarating action through environments and characters brought to life by the most advanced graphics currently available on the PS3 system.

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves picks up the story of Nathan Drake, a fortune hunter with a shady reputation and an even shadier past who is lured back into the treacherous world of thieves and mercenary treasure-seekers. In this adventure, Drake embarks on a journey that will push him to his physical, emotional, and intellectual limits as he seeks to discover the truth behind the lost fleet of Marco Polo and the mythical Himalayan valley of Shambhala, and ultimately recover the legendary Cintamani Stone. Along the way Drake encounters a rogue paramilitary leader and fugitive war criminal who's seeking the treasure for his own nefarious purposes. Accompanied on this quest by allies both old and new, Drake is forced to confront crises of loyalty and betrayal within an underworld of smugglers and thieves.

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Old News: Modern Warfare Dominates GPM

ODST and Uncharted also chart; Wii misses Top 10

With the holiday season just around the corner, the biggest titles of the year are set to make it rain on registers in the next few weeks. Early reviews have begun to pop up in magazines and on websites (including many world's first reviews right here on IGN), and gamers are keeping a close watch on these big titles to see which games deserve their hard earned money.

To track the trends, IGN turns to the stats machines running GameStats.com for info on this year's titles. Already this month, we're seeing some surprises, as well as some big changes from 2008. Here are the current Top Ten most popular games on IGN's network of sites:



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Old News: Rumor: Uncharted 2 250GB PS3 Bundle [Update]

The bundle wars have begun!

September 16, 2009 - A FCC filing spotted a few weeks ago suggested Sony would eventually be releasing a larger 250GB PS3 model alongside the standard 120GB unit. But now it seems we could see a larger bundled harddrive sooner than we thought.

Tech website Engadget obtained an apparently leaked photograph of an Uncharted 2: Among Thieves PlayStation 3 bundle that comes with a 250GB harddrive and a copy of the game. This news comes just a day after Microsoft unveiled its Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 250GB bundle.

We contacted Sony for comment on this, but we may not get an official confirmation until Tokyo Game Show next week. Or maybe never. We'll keep you updated. Update: A SCEA rep claims this photo is a fabrication and the company has no plans to release a bundle in North America.

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Old News: PAX 09: Uncharted 2 Special Edition Will Be Tough To Get

Replica knife, autographed case, art book, and more...if you can get it.

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September 4, 2009 - Revealed at Penny Arcade Expo 2009 in Seattle, the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Fortune Hunter Edition is a collector's item that is truly for the hardest of hardcore. Should you be able to acquire one, you'll receive a life-sized replica Phurba Dagger Artifact, a collector's artbook and case autographed by Naughty Dog, and "a host" of downloads.

No, you won't be able to go to GameStop and reserve this puppy. And no, you won't be able to order this off your favorite online retailer, either. The only way to get one of these is to win it through Sony in one of their many planned contests. So far, they plan to give them away on their official blog, in HOME, and during the multiplayer demo that goes live on September 15th, but there will be more opportunities announced later.

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Old News: Infamous Grants Uncharted 2 Beta Access

Want to try Nathan Drake-inspired multiplayer? Buy Sucker Punch's latest.

April 27, 2009 - Chances are you were going to buy Infamous already, but Sony just sweetened the pot. A lot. Turns out the Infamous copies that will be hitting stores on May 26 will have a voucher code inside them that grants exclusive access to the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves multiplayer beta.

Wow.

Yes, the multiplayer mayhem IGN told you about today can be yours if you just plunk down your cold, hard cash for Sucker Punch's superhero epic. The news came via a trailer at the Infamous preview party in Seattle, and during that video some small text ran underneath the Uncharted part that said "Beta available 6/23 to 6/29." Does that mean that's when you'll be able to play? Does that mean that's when you'll be able to download? We don't know, but we're looking into it.

UPDATE: PlayStation.com is running a banner stating the beta voucher will be good from 6/3 to 6/29. Until we get more on the subject, have fun filing those Infamous preorders!

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