New MP map, Leaderboards on the way

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We have a great update for all our fans—a NEW Multiplayer map, “The Fort,” and Multiplayer Leaderboards are coming your way by the end of this week!

By arne | Twitter @arnemeyer | Wednesday November 25 2009

The Thanksgiving holiday is nearly upon us and we’ve cooked up a little something at Naughty Dog to give thanks to all our fans. We’re pleased to reveal that, as part of an update to UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves later this week, a new Multiplayer map will be available for all players at no cost. That’s right, the first downloadable game content we have made available will be FREE as a gesture of appreciation to all our fans!

The new map is called “The Fort” and is a throwback map – it’s based on the “Fortress” chapter of UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune. The Fort is a long rectangular map with wide open spaces and excellent flank routes. Can’t take on the enemy head on? Take the tunnels into the basement to get behind the opposing team. There is a shotgun in the center of the map, but look out for people climbing up from below to pull you to your doom. Pay attention to the side room in the crypt, there is an RPG that is ripe for the taking.

“The Fort” will be available in all Competitive Playlists and the Co-op Arena Playlist!

Check out a video flythrough of “The Fort” embedded below.

In addition, we’ve added a couple new features to the Multiplayer menu – Leaderboards and a player card. You will be able to check out how you stack up against your friends or where you stand on the Global stats in the following real-time Leaderboards:

Competitive Wins
Co-op
Kills
Money

As you hop from match to match, the new player card will provide you with a instant snapshot of your vitals: level, competitive wins, kills, money, co-op points and your current booster loadout. More screenshots of the Leaderboards and the player card are in our Flickr gallery.

We can’t wait to get all these updates in your hands in the next few days and see what you think.

Oh, and don’t be surprised if that’s not the only delicious thing we’re doing for you this weekend…

| Comments 176 | Tags: uncharted 2, multiplayer, dlc, thanksgiving

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Posted by: Bub918 on 11-26-2009

This is amazing! Hey, if at all possible could we get a skin for heist Chloe? Oh and how come the only medal that changes when I use deposit is the one for capture? Other than that your game is seemless, amazing, the best game ever made, and I can’t wait for Uncharted 3 (if it is coming.)

Posted by: BlingOnMyWrist on 11-25-2009

Great new map and the player card sounds awesome. Looks like it’s time to take us back from playing MW2.
Beach map next!

PS can you guys implement that ‘Join Session’ feature in? It would be great for jumping into a game with some buds without asking them to invite me.

Posted by: CaptainGillette on 11-25-2009

Sweet merciful crap! Naughty Dog blows my mind with their unrelenting barrage of awesome and onslaughts of win. I feel seriously guilty for buying this game used, ‘cause you guys deserve every coin you receive and more.

Posted by: Ultima12 on 11-25-2009

I love you Naughty Dog!!! You guys rule!!! I’m serious!! It’s not often developers give any DLC away for free but even if you charged for it I would buy for sure. You have made my favorite game of all time and I can’t wait to try the new map!! I’m also really pumped for the update and the double cash weekend. Forget shopping on Friday, I’m staying inside and collecting double cash!! I have to work on Saturday and Sunday so I’m going to soak it up on Friday. The Doughnut characters idea is genious!! Awesome job Naughty Dog!!! I can’t wait to see what you guys do next!!!!

Posted by: GorgeousDre on 11-25-2009

1. I am glad that you are letting people use Doughnut Drake since only losers will reach $60 million.
2. So are these player cards going to be accurate? As “accurate” as your stats on this site?
3. How long did it take you guys to figure out real time stats? Because I doubt you guys went from always wrong to up to the minute correct…
4. Thanks for making the 2nd comic 99 cents!

Posted by: Harrijet on 11-25-2009

Great news, really! But nd, this is offtopic but CAN you do something about the bugs in the game? In the ice-cave and the village theres some kind of..bug-crap that allows the player to...kill one unnoticed, where ever you are. I dont know where but i got so mad today when one player did this, just wait there, got kills AND then i mailed him after and told him to quit! To start play fare!

Its the same in the icecave, in one of the pillars in the beginning. Very annoying.

Much creds to those skilled players who dont care about grenade launchers/rpg, shotgun/pistol and uses as good as ONLY M-Guns. There are really good players out there, i hope to be like them sometime:).

TNX for a fantastic game (but with a few complaints)

Posted by: Ryusennin on 11-25-2009

“The Fort will be available in all Competitive Playlists and the Co-op Arena Playlist!”

THANK YOU ND. Co-op mode usually gets the short end of the stick, and I’m almost exclusively playing Objectives/Arena matches. I also think there’s a huge lot of potential for co-op missions set in the Uncharted 1 locations.

Finally, I just can’t wait revisiting the Fortress through the Uncharted 2 engine!

Posted by: korgon117 on 11-25-2009

ND rules! My wallet is gonna hurt this friday but thanks for the update...wait...its free? SWEET! I would have bought this but I guess I don’t need to! But dont worry, Im saving $10 bucks on my PSN for the bigger stuff!

Posted by: iceman888srf on 11-25-2009

thank you thank you thank you. JUST AWSOME. and so you know fell free to make mutilplayer maps base on the 1st game the jungle sanctary etc. thanks so much. 8 maps now. 4 more to go haha . i no your working on it. and just so you know mw2 4 some reason is not as fun as mw1. all my friends laugh at me cause i chossen uncarted 2 online over mw2. trust me its worth it(don’t forget 8 player free 4 all) ND ROCKS. (OH YA IF YOU EVER GIVE MORE SKINS DO ALL PEOPLE FROM UNCHARTED 1 . BUT PUT EDDIE ON THE GOOD SIDE AND ONE OF HIS MEN TO EVEN THINGS OUT. AND MAKE THE BIG BLACK BROTHER WITH THE SHOTGUN USEABLE AS WELL. THANKS SO MUCH. THERE IS SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH THIS GAME. ICEMAN888SRF

Posted by: godsprototype123 on 11-25-2009

hay its godsprototype123 again . thanks naughty dog for answering my call im truly grateful for the leader board. but OM F**KING GOD a new map to and more money then i can handle thanking you. ps the penalty. it happend to me now and im scared to go have my diner lol maybe you should take way what they erned in that match and not what they erned in past matches but thats just me .

Posted by: INMATEofARKHAM on 11-25-2009

Awesome news, really happy to see a new map and hope for some more soon. Happy Thanksgiving.

PS Can one look at anyone’s player card or just their own? (I’m really hoping that the player cards can be viewed by all.)

Posted by: TheCatalyst24 on 11-25-2009

ND thank you SO MUCH for the free map and leaderboards!! I was actually just about to write you this weekend requesting leaderboards and you are already one step ahead (as always!) Thanks for the show of appreciation to your loyal fans with the free map. That gesture does not go unnoticed! Glad to know that after having completed the story 4 times and dropping over 65 hours into multiplayer that you still care!!

Posted by: thepantsparty on 11-25-2009

i’d love to see more throwback maps of the U-Boat facilities, or even one on the U-boat itself :D with classic character skins. There is so much potential for amazing maps im all excited!!!! i wonder what goodies we will have by christmas

Posted by: Caemgen on 11-25-2009

THANK YOU! This is awesome.

About the Leaderboards: Great!
I’ve always said in my forumposts that we need something like this. And the pics look great on Flickr. It seems a Friends-filter is in as well. Excellent!

Now, one thing that could really make this Leaderboards more interesting is an infinite Survival mode. You know, with limitless rounds. That way, we can compete with our friends (and the world) to survive as many rounds as we can and see which TEAM survived the most rounds!

Posted by: I--AdepT--I on 11-25-2009

Awesome. I wasn’t expecting a new map until December. This one will be a breath of fresh, nostalgic air. This game has soo much potential, aside from it’s current awesomeness. Jak and Daxter or Crash skins.

Posted by: ChazzH69 on 11-25-2009

Thankyou Naughty Dog for making one of the best single player games of all time & the best multiplayer game I have ever played.

Now to top it off like a big juicy cherry on top, you give us free DLC which looks stunning.

Keep up the excellent work.

Posted by: RaghuRSharma7 on 11-26-2009

Love Naughty Dog and love that you guys aren’t trying to mooch your fans like a lott of games do. Uncharted 2 is the best game I have ever played and I love the multiplayer component as well. I missed the last cash bonus due to having to much engineering homework that weekend, but I won’t miss the thanksgiving one.

Posted by: ak-84 on 11-26-2009

I stopped playing the game since I lost 80,000 points due to connection error. This might bring me back, but just for 3 days. Hard to believe ND is punishing die-heart fans like us for something that’s not even our fault. How fair is it to penalize 99% genuine victims of “connection-error” and “game-freeze” just because of 1% quitters.

To make things worse, sometimes I disconnected after scoring 15-20 kills. Not only I get penalized 40,000 I also end up losing match/medal money. All I could do is avoid playing the game for next 24 hours after my first “game-freeze/connection-error”. Which led me to stop playing the game all together.

Another thing, forcing quitters to stay in the game only ruins our chances of success. They just stand there motionless, easy kill for the other teams.

On a side note big THANX for new DLC, I hope it would include some quick fixes for penalty issue.

Posted by: OranguDan on 11-26-2009

ND Rulez. This is why U2 deserves to be GOTY! Hopefully some of the ND boyz and girlz will be playing this weekend, ripe for the killin 8)

Now, if you could just fix it to keep everyone in the same game and only replace the players that leave, my dreams would come true.

You guys rock!!!

See you all in the Fort this w/e ;o)

Posted by: sepp_123 on 11-26-2009

Hi naughty Dog ive, personally never commented on ur site. I just wanted to say that i have been VERY impressed with the work you’ve guys have done with uncharted and uncharted 2, I never been a big fan of crash, but I been blown away with Drake and his adventures. I must say with pluses does come some minuses, like a plunder only option, grenade issues, (like when someone rolls away, behind a wall, and been able to throw one while bent over from a blast)and mad gliches. 50k cap is restricting after u get it with 15mins left in a deathmatch lol. The weapons are also fun too, but firing from the hip is toooooooo easy especially with the shotgun!! ive been killed by opponents that shot in a completely different direction and have gotten credit for the kill, not cool...1 more thing, a rocket launcher in the plaza would be ideal, the tank opens it in the village and the train opens it in the train wreck how about the heli open it up in the plaza (just an idea, not trying to impose) i love the game i paid full price brand new no copies or used title lol trust me even tho i had complaints hands down it deserves game of the year i love it i understand computes are gonna have gliches and what not so continue doin wat ur doing i trust you guys have things under control happy thanksgiving THANKS SOOO MUCH FOR THE UPDATES

Posted by: sam_online on 11-26-2009

Pure Greatness! I can’t wait to play to new map. Thanks for putting it in Coop as well and making it free. WOW!

On another note the penalty thing kinda sucks (happened to me 3 times in a row through no fault of my own) but it doesn’t deter me from playing a great game!

That brings me to my newsflash...IT’S JUST A FREAKING GAME!...I’ve never seen so much whining in my life and I have 4yr old and 6yr old girls. You’d think we were playing for a Miller Lite.

Happy Turkey Day!

Posted by: thepantsparty on 11-26-2009

Well said, the times i’ve had to quit were because i had to run an errand or something. And the penalty has really helped with the quitters so much! almost noone quits and it makes for better games when people realize they can’t give up and have to keep fighting, seeing an incredible comeback on the winning or losing side is still fun! everything is ironing out so well, it’s amazing that this has held up so well to COD,

Posted by: Scary_miss_mary on 11-26-2009

Agreed! Quitters spoil the game and make it less fun to play. People quit because of a bad game just not to get lower stats. But it is unfortunate when there is a bad internet connection and you had nothing to do with it. It has not happened to me yet but maybe it will.

Posted by: Ti_dus on 11-26-2009

Guys, you are AMAZING! Uncharted 2’s Multiplayer is the first multiplayer ever which I really like. I always were single player kind of guy! Uncharted 2 is really 21/20. Thank you for this map - looks awesome ))

Posted by: Park34 on 11-26-2009

Amazing. I got nostalgic when I saw the Fortress again, one of the best Uncharted Drake’s Fortune chapters (nothing better than the 3 first ones!).

Leaderboard where necessary and you’ll provide them.
New map are necessary and you’ll provide them.
More information about players are necessary and you’ll providing it.

LET’S THINK LIKE A DOG!

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New MP map, Leaderboards on the way

We have a great update for all our fans—a NEW Multiplayer map, “The Fort,” and Multiplayer Leaderboards are coming your way by the end of this week!

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