UNCHARTED 2 Soundtrack in Stores Today - PlayStation.Blog Greg Edmonson’s wonderful original score for UNCHARTED 2 was released on a physical format this week—the CD, if you’re curious. The PlayStation.Blog is hosting streaming previews of three until now unreleased tracks to the original soundtrack: “Take That!,” “Tunnel Vision,” and “The Heist.” If you picked up the original soundtrack already on iTunes or elsewhere, you can head over to Sumthing Digital website to purchase the tracks for download individually. Thank You for a Great 2009 - PlayStation.Blog President and CEO of SCEA, Jack Tretton, posted a recap of how well the PlayStation brand fared in 2009 (hint: really, really well)—in it he reveals that we’re doing really well too, mentioning that UNCHARTED 2 is “closing in on three million copies sold worldwide.” That’ll be a great milestone to pass and we’ll keep doing Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. Games of the decade: Naughty Dog’s Evan Wells - USA Today: Game Hunters USA Today’s Game Hunters blog asked our Co-President Evan Wells to pick his top 5 favorite games of the decade and tell us a little about why those games are important to him. How I Made It: Amy Hennig - Los Angeles Times Ben Fritz came by the studio a couple of weeks ago to talk to Amy and the get inside story on how she went from film school grad student to Creative Director at Naughty Dog. Even Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City makes a brief mention! The Bitbag 2009 Editor’s Choice Award Winners - The Bitbag The Bigbag reveals their Editor’s Choice Award winners for 2009. We’ve really set the bar high for ourselves for future projects—we got 5 more Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. Most of the chatter online this week just covered our announcement last Friday regarding the release of the UNCHARTED 2 PSN Demo and the PlayStation Heroes Skin Pack, but we did find one thing that we didn’t write ourselves… Kotaku’s 2009 Game of the Year - Kotaku After much deliberation among the staff, and a good dose of healthy debate, Kotaku finally reveals their Game of the Year for 2009. We’re pleased as peach it’s UNCHARTED 2—I think we can officially say we’re the “must have game of 2009” now that we’ve got some 32 Game of the Year awards to our name. Unleashed: The Art of Naughty Dog at the Gnomon Gallery - NaughtyDog.com A bunch of the Dogs have been working hard trying to get this group show at Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. WGA opts for vidgame sequels - Variety Friday morning, Variety posted the first report I could find of the Writers Guild of America awards for videogame writing. We’re glad to see UNCHARTED 2 and our own Amy Hennig, make the list this year. You would recognize the other nominees as some of the bigger titles that came out this year—Assassin’s Creed II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Wet and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The WGA will announce the winner on February 20, 2009 during their awards ceremonies. Congratulations, Amy! GeekTown’s Top 5 Games of the Year 2009 - GeekTown GeekTown counts down their best games of 2009—while it has a slightly few different entries in the top 5 than we’ve seen so far, UNCHARTED 2 makes the number 2 Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. Analysis: The Sexual Politics Of Uncharted 2 - Gamasutra Writing for Gamasutra, Tom Cross takes a worthwhile look at the characters—specifically Drake, Elena and Chloe—in UNCHARTED 2, analyzing the archtypes they occupy and the underlying motivations they have as it relates to gender and their relaltionships with each other. Games Of The Decade: 2009 - CVG CVG lists their games of the decade by year—UNCHARTED 2 takes the honors against the usual, but excellent other titles which came out this year, including Batman: Arkham Asylum, Assassin’s Creed II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. PushSquare’s Playstation Game Of The Year ‘09: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - PushSquare Continuing our flattering run of Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. Eurogamer’s Game of the Year 2009 - Eurogamer Eurogamer staff discuss the publication’s pick for the top game released in 2009—our own UNCHARTED 2. Eurogamer Reader’s Top 50 Games of 2009 - Eurogamer Eurogamer readers voted on their top games of this year. Echoing Eurogamer staff, we’re pleased as punch to see that they feel UNCHARTED 2 also deserves the top spot. Naughty Dog and Uncharted 2 rule the holidays - Examiner.com Matt at Examiner.com posts the holiday card we sent out to journalists, friends and partners last month. Reaction Time: Naughty Dog’s Evan Wells Reflects on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - The Feed - G4 After receiving X-Play’s award for Game of the Year, G4 takes some extra time to have a very Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves PS3 review - Adrenaline Vault Adrenaline Vault reviews UNCHARTED 2. Gamers getting older, games more mature - Toronto Sun The Toronto SUN names UNCHARTED 2 #5 in their round up of the Top 10 video games of the decade. We like the sound of that. Game of the Year Nominees - Neutronic Fusion Neutronic Fusion names their nominees for Game of the Year. Video game voice actors worry they’re getting shortchanged - Los Angeles Times Richard Verrier and Ben Fritz take a look at the state of the business for video game voice actors for the Los Angeles Times, speaking with Amy Hennig among other folks for their article. Gaming with Twitter and Facebook - Ganatomy Ganatomy takes a look at the the increasing integration between gaming and Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. Behind the Scenes with the SCEA Music Department - PlayStation.blog PlayStation.blog goes behind the scenes with the SCEA Music Department to shed some light on how music in games gets picked and made. This look has the SCEA Music team discuss several parts of working with us and making music for UNCHARTED 2, including working at Skywalker Sound to record the orchestral pieces. Our composer, Greg Edmonson also makes an appearance in the video which we’ve embedded below as well. Reynolds, Lemarchand To Speak At DICE Summit - Gamasutra Additional speakers were revealed for the DICE Summit 2010 in Las Vegas. Among them is our own Richard Lemarchand, one of two Lead Designers on UNCHARTED 2. The DICE Summit is scheduled to take place from February 17 to February Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. (This week, we’ve observed this post until Tuesday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.) The Engadget Show 003 - Engadget Chris Grant from Joystiq joins the Engadget show to discuss what good this holiday in gaming. Chris starts discussing video games around the 34:00 mark, mentioning that UNCHARTED 2 is his personal pick for the year (to no audience reaction—come on audience!). The rest of this well-produced show, in front of the aforementioned live audience no less, covers all sorts of tech-y things and is well worth the watch. Bonus Round Episode 310 Part 3 - GameTrailers Infinity Ward joins Geoff Keighley for this episode of Bonus Round to cover off an all things Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, not to mention the past and future of the studio. When Read more...

We’ve got just the thing to cure your weekly gaming hangover… every Saturday morning, Hair of the Dog compiles a round-up of interesting Naughty Dog and UNCHARTED 2 links from around the web. Reflecting on UNCHARTED 2: How They Did It - Gamasutra Kris Graft talks to Co-Lead Game Designer Neil Druckmann to discuss the development of UNCHARTED 2, what it feels like now that we’re done with the game and the reception the game has gotten from game critics and our fans alike. Vote today for PlayStation’s 17 VGA Nominees - PlayStation.blog SPIKE TV announced their nominees for the SPIKE 2009 VGA Awards and the PlayStation family received 17 nominations across a broad range of categories. We’re real happy to say that UNCHARTED 2 leads all the PlayStation title—actually have more nominations than any other game—with a record 8 nominations, including Game of the Year. UNCHARTED 2 dev talks Twitter - GameSpot AU GameSpot Australia chats Read more...