“The Lab” – November 2010 Schedule
We reveal the November schedule for “The Lab”—it starts later this week on November 12! The full “The Lab” schedule for November is listed after the jump.
By arne | Twitter @arnemeyer | Monday November 08 2010

“The Lab” starts up again later this week with a weekend of M32 - Hammers Only—we’ll post full details, including variation parameters and maps on Thursday, November 11—and then we’ll be closing out the month with a Thanksgiving themed event.
If you’re new to “The Lab,” welcome! “The Lab” is a special playlist we will be running for a limited time on designated weekends, roughly every other weekend. You can access “The Lab” playlist within the set of playlists found in Matchmaking in UNCHARTED 2 multiplayer. During each weekend “The Lab” is active, we’ll be running a specialized playlist featuring one or more custom-tuned gametype variations from the tons of variables we can tweak in our multiplayer gameplay settings.
We’ll also be hosting a new thread for every event on the Naughty Dog community forums to get your feedback and thoughts on each one of our “The Lab” events.
“The Lab” episodes for November are:
November 12 - 15
M32 - Hammers Only
You’ve experienced RPGs Only through our Deathmatch variations options and been through “The Lab” episode of Grenades Only to get your fill of explosives-only action in multiplayer. In that vein, we’ve focused on that one power weapon—the M32 - Hammer, just in case you didn’t catch that just now—that you all both love and hate. We’re keeping Boosters active expressly so you are presented with the difficult choice—do I go for Sure Foot or Launch Man? Of course, some of you are going to go with Come Get Some for the extra cash—although with relatively limited ammo in your M32 - Hammer, you may not want to opt for Half Loaded unless you’re exceedingly masochistic or just want a challenge. There’s a few other gametype parameters we’re working out for this episode, so check back later this week for our regular Thursday update on “The Lab” for full details.
November 24 - 29
Thanksgiving Event: Plunder - Snipers Only
This episode of the “The Lab” should be rather interesting to play—you may just find yourself running a gauntlet of sniper scopes trained at you from well-placed defensive positions as you try to bring the treasure to your team’s chest to score. Or not. I do know that you WILL be able to get a visual on your target, I mean opponent, a bit easier for this Thanksgiving Event, but remember, the hit boxes are the same size as the less, er, voluminous versions of Drake and Lazarevic. We’re keeping Boosters active—so get your Deposit on for maximum cash in this Plunder variation, which will be DOUBLY effective during this Thanksgiving Event version of “The Lab.” See what I did there? As always, more full details will be available the day prior to when “The Lab” launches for the weekend.
UPDATE: Thanksgiving Event dates changed to reflect a start date of Wednesday, November 24.







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Posted by: Cregan4584 on 11-08-2010
*glances at the blog post while remembering the good times of 1.04 and then races out to get Black Ops*
See what I did there, Arne?
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: MauriGzz on 11-08-2010
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Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: arne on 11-08-2010
You can be we’ll be playing Black Ops too—there’s nothing wrong with liking (or preferring) a variety of games or any other game over another. I think we’ve got something good with Uncharted 2 right now, and not everybody is going to agree with it.
Although, I hope you were not amongst those claiming the Title Update “COD-ified” our game…
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Cregan4584 on 11-08-2010
Not everyone who follows this game thinks you walk on water, many think quite the opposite.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: arne on 11-08-2010
No one is asking for anyone to think that - and I already did say that not everybody is going to agree with it. Everyone has their preferences and I or we aren’t ones to tell you your preferences are incorrect. That would be unbecoming of any of us.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Carnivius_Prime on 11-09-2010
I loathe FPS games like Call of Duty. The third person game engine of Uncharted is far more advanced and freeing than the limitations of the FPS genre which is still stuck with poor controls, limited view, a lack of sense of ‘being’ (if I can’t feel where my feet are then I like to be able to see them) and the generally samey feeling every single one of those games has (plus I can barely tell the difference between Call of Duty and Medal of Honor). I just wish the FPS genre would either die out or evolve but then third person stuff like Uncharted to me is that evolution.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: rodrigobit on 11-09-2010
KZ3 is the answer, mate.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: ryaniscool47 on 11-09-2010
Yeah I’ll definitely be playing black ops, my brother and I still love this game though so we plan to alternate. Any new dlc coming to hold our attention? And I’m not talking about avatars or skins…
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Cloud_X1 on 11-09-2010
well i just finished playing Black Ops, zombies, multiplayer, and campaign, and i just have to say that Black Ops is definetly the WORST GAME EVER!!!!!!!! $60 DOWN THE DRAIN, A COMPLETE WAIST OF MONEY!!!! the graphics suck, the sound sucks, the guns suck, the story sucks, the multiplayer suck, and YES EVEN THE ZOMBIE MODE sucks(i was looking forward to the zombie mode :( ) it is the worst game even worse than cod MW1 and MW2 even worse than WAW, just horrible!
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Xx-Raptor-A4-xX on 11-09-2010
Arne, hello im a uc2 fan and im wondering is Blasted-o is really a ND member? Since he got the red paw and all, in that case I really do hope that you will take my dlc advices into your minds and see it as a possibility, its your choice if u want but we need at least one more Big DLC b4 uc3 is out. Killzone 2 isa scout is a must for me
on heroes n helghast scout on villains. Greetings Xx-Raptor-A4-xX.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Xx-Raptor-A4-xX on 11-09-2010
If blasted-o is. Spellfail XD
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Cloud_X1 on 11-09-2010
well their already making the DLC itll probobly be out in about a couple of weeks, maybe December 7 or sometime close.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: rossyrose on 11-09-2010
yooo arne can you pleaseeeeee help with the ranking like make the max 100k if you use double negatives or something please just raise the money making because i just ranked to a lv62 and now i need 16 million to rank to lv63 thats going to take me a long period to accomplish and i really want to get the rank 70 skin,Dutch but thats 139 million away please help thanks
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: renostheflash on 11-09-2010
wow ND nice job making the worst labs ever keep up the bad work. oh and kit kat is a bitch
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Xx-Raptor-A4-xX on 11-09-2010
Stop whining and accept the games lab, try to do better yourself. Nd are great developers so shut up and let them do whatever they like.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: tonyw860 on 11-09-2010
Has ANYBODY posted about the lab yet that isn’t negative?
Log in to reply to this commentI think these are some good labs and I especially want to try out sniper plunder, I might just stop playing Brotherhood to try it…
Posted by: Xx-Raptor-A4-xX on 11-09-2010
Codified? Wtf are u guys stupid? Uc2 is way out of cods league and the 360 fanboy go away plz, dont come here n tell ND that they will make uc3 for the clearly to weak 360 that cant handle uc at all. Great labs and i hope that there will be more 5x cash days
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Avatar1683 on 11-09-2010
i watch ur channel
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: AlanGVZ777 on 11-09-2010
lol, you would say that! Hah, I do remember those awesome 1.04 times though. Anyways I’ll see you in Black Ops!
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