The Uncharted Audition wrapped a few weeks ago and it was awesome. Winner Jeremy "Spyder" Gallant has now uploaded part 2 of his experience to YouTube. He edited the video and took most of the footage himself. It's very, very cool. Check it out here:    We're going to see part 3 of Jeremy's video pretty soon and will post it up once available. Look for Jeremy's designs coming to Uncharted 3 multiplayer soon!   Read more...

It’s been nearly six months since we announced The Last of Us and development has been a beehive of activity. If you picked up the March 2012 issue of Game Informer or have seen any of the online coverage you might have read about Joel and Ellie’s time spent in an abandoned city they have driven to. We are excited to share a very fresh, very provocative video with you today. This video should answer some of the questions you had after reading the stories about what went down inside those city walls. You’ll get a glimpse into the lethality of the world Joel and Ellie are surviving in and what being a survivor in that world truly means.  ...glimpse into the lethality of the world Joel and Ellie are surviving in Joel and Ellie won’t have an easy road ahead on their journey across the U.S. Their path will intersect with other remaining survivors, some of which won’t be so friendly. In this scene Joel and Ellie continue the journey west in a Read more...

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We are pleased to introduce our new podcast "Of Dogs and Development". Here we will discuss various topics with members of the studio and special guests. Our first talk is about PAX East 2012 and the experiences and reactions by Justin Richmond (@wildspeculation), Eric Schatz (@thegreatbluebit), and Arne Meyer (@arnemeyer). Listen in for throughts on being in Boston, our wonderful fans, our parents, and their panel "The Chateau, Creation to Ashes from Uncharted 3". All this and more! Special thanks to our video editor Jeff Negus (@negusaurusrex) for putting this and all of our podcast videos together. Check out the video below or on our new "Of Dogs and Development" video page: Of Dogs and Development   Read more...

The Uncharted Audition happened a few weeks ago and winner Jeremy "Spyder" Gallant just posted up part 1 of his experience to YouTube. He edited the video and took most of the footage himself. It's pretty damn cool. Check it out here:  We'll have a deeper look into Jeremy's studio visit and news about when his multiplayer designs will be playable in-game over the coming weeks! Be sure to check back in and see what's happening.  Read more...

It’s back! We are very excited to unveil the details for patch 1.11 for Uncharted 3 as, first of all, we can hail the long anticipated return of The Lab. However if your memory is fuzzy about what the Lab is, we first introduced it in Uncharted 2 multiplayer. The Lab is a playlist featuring a unique series of multiplayer game types that our designers have concocted that focus on, above all, being fun. We’re kicking things off with a T-bolt and Pistole only map. So once the patch drops later this month, log onto Uncharted 3 multiplayer and give it a whirl. Let the experiments begin! It's back! We can hail the long anticipated return of The Lab  As for other changes happening in patch 1.11 Uncharted 3’s Lead Multiplayer Designer, Robert Cogburn, and Game Director, Justin Richmond, have something to say: Or if you’d rather read everything in list form here is the full rundown of changes for 1.11: The Lab returns and we begin the playlist Read more...

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Derek Lieu (@KickintheheadNY) decided to take a stab at crediting his own, fan-created edit for a trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. When he was done, he sent us out this Tweet to make sure we noticed: I spent about a week editing this #Uncharted3 trailer. Thanks @Naughty_Dog for another great game! youtu.be/70EBx2ZMyB0 — Derek Lieu (@KickintheheadNY) May 1, 2012 Well, we think it turned out to be pretty great! Take a look at his fan-created trailer below.    Read more...

In October 2011, prior to Uncharted 3's launch, Esc Toy released some amazingly cool Nathan Drake vinyl. Erick Scarecrow and the Esc Toy team is back making awesome happen again as they'll be launching a few unique, ultra rare pieces this Friday, April 13th starting at 11am EST.   Here's the lowdown on the incredible vinyl figures you know you'll be purchasing come Friday: Silver Drake- Limited to 5pcs-worldwide Each one of these special figures comes with a GOLD Soopa Coin-UP Bros coin by Erick Scarecrow. If you purchase one of these figures and have these items you could win a special 8 x 10 one off sketch by artist Erick Scarecrow!   Limon Drake-Limited to 15pcs Each one of these special figures comes with a GOLD Soopa Coin-UP Bros coin by Erick Scarecrow. If you purchase one of these figures and have these items you could win a special 8 x 10 one off sketch by artist Erick Scarecrow!  Neo-Tokyo Drake Read more...

The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 1.09 patch will be deployed April 9th 2012. It will roll out across all regions globally over 24 hours once deployed. We were able to get both patch 1.08 and 1.09 through the testing and approval processes around the same time. Therefore we are releasing them together. Since the changes are cumulative you’ll only see an update for patch 1.09 when you download it. Additionally, for those of you who prefer to watch video over reading the notes, we have made two videos detailing the changes in update 1.08 and update 1.09. These videos summarize the patch notes you’ll read in this post. Videos such as these should be available for all patches moving forward. Hooray video!  Upload your cinema files to YouTube this weekend in order to preserve them. IMPORTANT NOTE: After seeing the mention of video, if you don’t read anything else, please read this. In case you missed the note on our forums all Read more...

Are you in Boston? If not, you should be. We’ll forgive you this time but E3 is right around the corner and San Diego Comic Con is after that. Events season is in full effect and we thought we’d help you get your gaming convention calendar in order starting with our panel at PAX East.   Check out our newly live Events page for all the current, past, and future events that Naughty Dog will participate in as we demo and talk about our games, highlight our gatherings and dish about general Naughty Dog gaming news.   First up is PAX East. Uncharted 3 Game Director, Justin Richmond, Game Designer, Eric Schatz, and Community Strategist, Arne Meyer will be speaking about The Chateau, Creation to Ashes from Uncharted 3. If you’re not in Boston, it’s streaming live on Twitch TV on our Events page so be sure to drop by and post some up comments to us about the panel. You’ll be able to share your comments on Facebook so you can bring your Read more...

You camped out on your favorite ledges to earn the kickoff medal on the Highrise and Yemen maps. You’re a pro at sniping fools running carelessly through the Desert Village and Airstrip. You’ve perfected your master ninja stealth kills in the secluded nooks and crannies of the London Underground and City of Brass. Ok, maybe you truly haven’t perfected any of that yet, but perhaps you’re just looking for something different and new. Whether you’re a rugged Uncharted 3 multiplayer fortune hunter or a causal explorer this trailer should get you amped:  Four brand new Uncharted 3 multiplayer maps will be available for download on Tuesday, April 10 2012, on the PS Store. The Graveyard map sets you in motion as you fight among ships and shipping crates on rolling waves. Old Quarter seems like a lovely scene on a cool Yemen night, but it’s full of dangerous alleys and delicately lit rooms. The bar, the back alleys and the broadways of the Read more...

We went right down to the wire on putting together a giveaway for PAX East, but our posters are confirmed to be en route to Boston as we speak! You may recognize the poster art from the GameStop exclusive pre-order offer from back before Uncharted 3 was released. We felt it was fitting to bring back the awesome artwork illustrated by Gabe for a PAX giveaway, because, you know, Gabe illustrates the Penny Aracde strips and they started this thing called PAX and... well, you get it. We updated the poster a little bit for the PAX East giveaway - you've got a nice blank border around the artwork so it's easy and totally suited to be matted and framed and placed on a wall in your Uncharted themed room. We've put all the necessary logos outside of the artwork as well, so when (not if) you do frame it, you can showcase the art, and just the art. We're bringing enough for the expected attendace in the Naga Theatre - so everyone who attends our PAX East panel will be Read more...

Our panel will be streamed LIVE to the internet by TwitchTV! We're one week away from PAX East 2012, to be held from April 6 to 8, and we're heading out to Boston to follow up our massively successful PAX East 2009 panel, Game Design with the Dogs, with another inside look at the game design process. Our panel, "An Unchated 3 Story: The Chateau, Creation to Ashes" will give you a never beefore scene of The Chateau enviornment. We're bringing some great snapshots of The Chateau during the course of development and will share our decisions that shaped the final Chateau sequencei in Uncharted 3 to a (hopefully) packed Naga Theater. The best news ever is that our panel has been chosen to be streamed LIVE to the internet by TwitchTV! If you can't make it to Boston, you've still got a chance to check out our panel - which is scheduled for Friday, April 6, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Don't forget to add it to your Facebook calendar or into your schedule Read more...

A few months ago we migrated our forums over to join ranks in with the larger PlayStation community. We were stoked to see you turn out and participate in our Uncharted Gif’ing and Charting Nathan Drake events. The maps in the large image above are from our two winners for Charting Nathan Drake, StargamerX and W1LLBETRAY4FOOD. We want to keep that momentum up, blow it out even bigger, and really see your wildly creative minds at work. We have many more events queued up for you and want to give you all a heads up about what’s coming down the pipe this spring. We have many more events queued up for you Like to tell stories? Like to draw, er, Photoshop, stuff? Like to shoot other people (virtually)? We have a few different contests in the works for whatever itch you have. Each contest will have some pretty cool prizes such as exclusive The Last of Us t-shirts that are only presently available to Naughty Dog employees.  Prizing and full details regarding Read more...

 We’ve implemented some live updates to Uncharted 3 multiplayer code. Here’s a list of the changes:  Happening: 630pm PST March 20th 2012 - Changed Mega Bomb kickback from 14 medals to 10 to activate - Fleet Foot speed levels adjusted - Increasing the cost of all four paid boosters.   Ping and Bargain now cost 100K. Untraceable now costs 35K. Explosive Expert now costs 25K.  - Changed Shotgun kickback cost increased by +2 medals - Changed Creepy Crawler kickback cost lowered by -1 medal - Fixed the drop of the Patterned Ring at the end of London Underground to work regularly Now go out and put a ring on it! We’ll have further info on any changes to the game in upcoming posts. Thank you for your feedback and keep posting on our forums and in our comments section.    Read more...

Attention Mid-westerners! This coming weekend Major League Gaming is invading Columbus, Ohio to kick off its ninth annual Pro Circuit season. An Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception exhibition event will be held there and we wanted to pass along the full details: Major League Gaming Pro Circuit Exhibition Tournament - - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 3-day Free-For-All (FFA) style competition for $2,500 in cash prizes How players will sign up: Walk-up and play. There will be a queue. No sign ups. Players can compete as much as they want. Timing: Open Competition - Friday March 23rd - 6-10pm Open Competition – Saturday March 24th - 12-8pm Finals – Sunday March 25th - 9:30pm Tournament Structure: 8 Player FFA Games. Players with longest win streak during open competition will play in the finals. Top 4 stay. Prizing: $2,500 total cash prize pool, $1,500 awarded to the first place player. Location: Greater Columbus Convention Center 400 N. High Street Columbus Read more...

We often get asked for advice on how to get into the videogame industry by our fans. Most of the time we're asked about how to get into a position on the game development team and we do our best to try to give valuable advice. The one thing we don't often discuss is how many other jobs exist in the videogaming industry that aren't directly involved in development. I've personally sat on a bunch of panels talking about becoming a community manager or how to get a job in games journalism, but those still only represent a subset of the full range of jobs available in the industry. Why am I telling you all of this? Because if you're in the southern California area and/or attending WonderCon on Friday, I'm participating in a panel that aims to give you advice on how to take other paths into the industry from panelists who represent different disciplines. This is also a great opportunity to network with a bunch of folks from the games industry and we're all sticking Read more...

By now you’ve become a badass at being a dependable teammate while taking out enemies trying to kill you in Uncharted 3 multiplayer, right? Not really? Ok, well, practice up because  a new game type is coming in fiery hot to Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception multiplayer! Co-Op Shade Survival Mode will be available Tuesday March 13 on the PS Store. You’ll be able to tackle some of the toughest enemies in the UNCHARTED franchise with the help of your friends. Want to see what you’ll be up against? Check this out: The Djinn haunt this mode as you and your friends will be assaulted by wave after wave of progressively more demanding opponents. There are eight rounds in total. The Djinn’s ability to catch fire and teleport poses a formidable challenge to team strategy and coordination. Later rounds include highly skilled Djinn sporting extra armor and firepower so get ready for a hearty battle. Players will earn a very sizable amount of cash by Read more...

The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 1.07 patch has been pushed and should be rolling out globally over the next 24 hours. The patch notes to update 1.07 are as follows: Available: March 6, 2012  ·         Upon connecting to Multiplayer, the game checks for ‘old’ version of Flashback Map Pack #2 (EU users only) and displays a message asking the player to download the Map Pack from the PSN Store ·         Prevents EU users from playing on Flashback Map Pack #2 maps, if they have not already downloaded the correct, new version  ·         Added code that allows Naughty Dog to make additional live updates to map content This patch will make sure all Uncharted 3 DLC owners are using the correct version of Flashback Map Pack #2 if it has been purchased. We'll have details on future patches as Read more...

After a relatively quiet GDC 2011 (only four talks that year), the Dogs are hitting GDC 2012 full force. I know plenty of Dogs always look forward to GDC and it's definitely one of my favorite conferences each year. Actually, I think they're all my favorites. Regardless of your discipline in the industry, or if you're a student, if you pick the right sessions, GDC almost always manages to be informative and inspirational. Keep checking the GDC12 tag on this blog to get daily updates on the talks for that day and anything else that may happen which we don't know about right now! The full list of sessions, along with dates, times, locations and descriptions, is reproduced below. Visit our Facebook events page or the GDC Schedule builder if you want to add these sessions to your calendar, export them or print them out. Water Technology of UnchartedWednesday, March 7, 201211:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 2016, West Hall, 2nd Fl SpeakersCarlos Gonzalez-Ochoa (Naughty Read more...

Last night on both the PS.Blog US and PS.Blog EU - we posted screenshots from a gameplay demo of The Last of Us that only the staff of Game Informer got to see. Up until now, these screenshots and the overview of what happened in the demo were only available within the pages of the March issue of Game Informer (or the digital version). We've cross-posted the text from the PS.Blog posts below - along with all the screenshots. February has been a month flush with new information about The Last of Us trickling out from a variety of websites, magazines and more that have visited the Naughty Dog studio over the past three months. One of the more in-depth looks at The Last of Us came from the US publication Game Informer, who put together a cover story hub for all the OTHER information they managed to squeeze out of us from a very, very short visit. The most important part of their visit, to me, was that we were able to show a well-polished, nearly Read more...

The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 1.06 patch has been pushed and should be rolling out globally over the next 24 hours. The patch notes to update 1.06 are as follows: Available: February 29, 2012  MULTIPLAYER GAMEPLAY Players can now consistently earn the Return To Sender medal Players can now consistently earn the Hot Potato medal Players are now able to melee when automatically reloading a gun Players can no longer throw grenades while carrying an object TECHINCAL  Enemy AI now dies appropriately at the end of each Co-Op Arena round for players. Mute functionality has been improved; players should no longer be able to hear the other player on either side of the mute action Fixed an exploit with thrown objects being used to escape the level boundaries During Sudden Death in TDM, players will no longer initially spawn in the last location their buddy spawned SERVER Late-joiners to multiplayer games no longer have a new set of Read more...

There have been many forums posts and comments about Flashback Map Pack 2 and certain glitches that had been found while playing. The reason you saw those bugs is that the version that was posted on February 22nd on the European PS Store was an earlier version of the map pack that wasn’t final. For this reason we requested the content be taken down from the EU store temporarily. It was removed and replaced today.  This is important - EU PLAYERS – The correct and final version of Flashback Map Pack 2 is live. You will need to re-download it from your PS Store. You can do this by viewing recent purchases via the Download List (top right hand corner of your PS Store) and then selecting the Flashback Map Pack 2 content for download. The version of the Flashback Map Pack 2 that went live in all other regions outside of the EU is the final version. Those regions will not be required to re-download. They will only be subject to the following changes. During the Read more...

The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 1.05 patch has been pushed and should be rolling out globally over the next 24 hours. The patch notes to update 1.05 are as follows: Available: February 21, 2012  Integrated bandwidth testing for hosts, so only hosts with optimum connections will be permitted to become game hosts (will help improve gameplay experience for everyone) Fixed an issue in which, under some circumstances, some players of a party would be left in the lobby while others went into Matchmaking and played matches  Medal fixes for Fort - Adventure Mode specific medals; all medal icons now show up appropriately and medals can be obtained in-game. Additionally, Patch 1.05 contains the necessary technical hooks for Flashback Map Pack #2, available on the PlayStation store starting today. Please note: Patch 1.05 must be downloaded in order to play the upcoming DLC via online or on LAN Party.   Read more...

Available when the PlayStation Store updates tomorrow, February 21, you’ll be able to play on fresh versions of your favorite maps in the Flashback Map Pack 2 DLC for $9.99 (US). Download the Flashback Map Pack #2 and the Plaza, Temple, Train Wreck, and Village maps will be yours. Check out a preview of these awesome maps here:  Speaking of new DLC, today we’re revealing a brand new game mode:Co-Op Shade Survival mode. As you can see in the trailer these maps have all-new dynamic lighting effects, innovative particle effects and tons of other fresh technical polish that only the Uncharted 3 engine could allow. The lighting on every map has been completely redone by the artists here at Naughty Dog. This map pack provides a good look at the technical and gameplay shine we can put on Uncharted 3 multiplayer maps and foreshadows what you’ll be seeing in new DLC coming out over the next couple months. Speaking of new DLC we’re announcing today Read more...

Hello from the 2012 D.I.C.E Summit! A bunch of us from Naughty Dog are here attending the Summit and more will join us tonight for the Interactive Achievement Awards. We're extremely honored to have Uncharted 3 nominated for twelve awards this year across a bunch of categories and we're looking forward to the ceremony. You can watch the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards with us tonight, February 9, 2012, at 7:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM ET (what time is that in my city?) as it is being streamed LIVE by GameSpot directly on GameSpot.com, Twitch.tv/gamespot and Youtube.com/gamespot. We hope you'll check in and watch. Good luck to all the Dogs and all our friends and colleagues at all the developers also nominated for awards tonight! Read more...

By now you’re hopefully well versed in the long gun nuances, co-op narrative and all the hanging-by-your-fingers-on-edge-of-a-cliff action found in Uncharted 3 multiplayer. Today we’re firing a heavy salvo of Uncharted 3 DLC information your way featuring new content to download individually, or as part of the Fortune Hunter’s Club program. Downloading this fresh content will blow out the co-op storyline and expand the UNCHARTED series in ways that have never been done before.  Coming in today’s PlayStation Store update to Uncharted 3 is the Fort Co-Op adventure DLC. Did some of you guess that from our screenshot hint? Fort Co-Op Adventure will mark the first time in the series you’ll be able to play co-op as the UNCHARTED villains with Zoran Lazarević, Eddy Raja, Harry Flynn joining forces in a tale that further explores the mystery behind the Janus head statue from the on-disc co-op adventure. Check out a preview of that adventure Read more...

It’s been 10 years since the Jak and Daxter franchise was born. After teaming up with Mass Media and letting them take our old PS2 code and perform some ninja-like programming with it, we’re pleased to celebrate the release of the Jak and Daxter Collection Februrary 7 in the US (and February 22 in the SCEE regions)! To mark this occasion we’re launching the official Jak and Daxter Collection website. You can learn all about all three Jak and Daxter games featured in the collection as well as what those games look like re-mastered in 720p HD with full Stereoscopic 3D. We’ve provided a handy set of links so you can buy the Jak and Daxter Collection directly from your retailer of choice. Founding Dogs, Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin dropped by the office to join other longtime Dogs to celebrate the imminent release of this Collection and talk about some of their experiences and memories during the development of the Jak and Daxter games in early 2000s. 2 Read more...

The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 1.04 patch has been deployed and will be rolling out across all regions globally over the next 24 hours. The patch notes to update 1.04 are as follows: Available: February 6 2012  ·    Fixes for Hard and Crushing Co-op Adventure Mode that address treasure sets that could not be completed  Additionally, Patch 1.04 contains the necessary technical hooks for the playing of upcoming DLC. Full details on the DLC content will be posted by February 7th.    Please note: Patch 1.04 must be downloaded in order to play the upcoming DLC via online or on LAN Party.  We will have more information about the next patch as soon as it's ready to be deployed.    Read more...

Looking for something to spruce up your Facebook Timeline cover image? Some of us at the studio were - and we took a little time out of our still hectic days to put together a set of Uncharted 3 images all sized correctly to be uploaded as your cover image - you can check them out and go directly to download them below. You can view and stay up to date with all the Timeline cover images we have and will create for the Uncharted series and, soon, The Last of Us by checking out the Flickr set we created. Read more...

We are able to make running live updates to certain aspects of Uncharted 3 multiplayer and have made the follow tweaks active today. You should see your version number read as 1.03.019 now.  -          The FAL-SS weapon power has been changed. It now takes five bullets to the body to kill an opponent. It previously took four bullets. It will still take three bullets to the head to take down an enemy using the FAL-SS.  -          Death planes on certain maps have been changed so that map exploits are no longer functional. In other words, we’ve removed hidden tricks that were allowing players to hide and take out opponents without the possibility of return fire. We will continue to monitor our play tests and your feedback and adjust what we can with the end goal of making your gameplay experience more enjoyable. Let us know your thoughts and Read more...

Happy 2012! We’re starting the year off with a fresh batch of Uncharted 3 DLC content and more in the pipeline that prophecies forbid us from fully portending quite yet. Hope you’ve all gotten 2012 off to a rocking start even with all the 2012 phenomenon chatter. If not, we’re about to make your end of days talk and your UNCHARTED gaming life much more awesome.  First off, today we’ll be releasing four maps we teased a couple of weeks after the Uncharted 3 launch.  You’ll be getting the Cave, Fort, Lost City, and Sanctuary maps in this download pack. Dynamic lighting effects, new particle effects and a slew of technical changes have been made to these maps. The lighting was reworked from scratch. New textures and weather effects are apparent and freshly decorate all maps. We poured hours of development time into these maps to make them be really fun in the Uncharted 3 multiplayer ecosystem. This map pack is a taste of how far we can Read more...

The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 1.03 patch is now deployed and will be rolling out across all regions globally over the next 24 hours. The patch notes to update 1.03 are as follows: Available: January 12 2012  ·         Users in the largest party in a game room will no longer be designated as Villains a large majority of the time ·         Cutscene viewer audio issues fixed (3D only) Patch 1.03 contains the necessary technical hooks for the playing of upcoming DLC. Full details on the DLC content will be posted by January 17th.    Please note: Patch 1.03 must be downloaded in order to play the upcoming DLC via online or on LAN Party.  UPDATE:   We can make live updates on certain aspects of the multiplayer game and the following changes have been applied: - Creepy Crawler Kickback - now requires 17 medals to activate (previously 15 medals). - Quick Boom Read more...

Naughty Dog has grown into a two team studio for the first time in our 25 year history Before 2012 rushes upon us we wanted to take a moment to say Happy Holidays from everyone here at the Naughty Dog kennel! As you can see from our holiday card we’ve welcomed Joel and Ellie from The Last of Us into our cast of characters to play among with Drake, Sully, Elena, Chloe, and our UNCHARTED personalities. The year has brought about tremendous change as Naughty Dog has grown into a two team studio for the first time in our 25 year history. This shift is terrifically exciting as it signals an expanded talent pool in which we can share ideas, know-how, and techniques. As future projects evolve, we will continue to strive to maintain our high Naughty Dog standards and always endeavor to do whatever it takes to raise the bar for gaming.     2011 was a grand adventure as we shipped Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception in November to widespread critical Read more...

If you're not a regular user of the Naughty Dog Community Forums, you may not have noticed our announcement a few weeks ago that the forums would be migrating in early- to mid-December. The new forums, not only powered by, but they are also fully integrated into the overall PlayStation.com Community Forums. In a nutshell, this integration of Naughty Dog into the PlayStation.com Community Forums lets us take advantage of the additional manpower, features and community support available through the PlayStation.com Community Forums, among other things. The layout and functions of the new forums will take a little getting while to feel familiar if you were used to the old Naughty Dog forums - there's a handy FAQ here to help make the transition easier. Do yourself a favor and visit the new Naughty Dog Community Forums and join our community today! See you there! Read more...

We can't wait to immerse you in a truly genre-defining experience. On the heels of the announcement at the 2011 Spike VGA this past Saturday news about The Last of Us has spread onto the internet and into the PlayStation Store. The reception to the announcement has us all high-fiving and breathing a collective sigh of relief as some of you started to get very close to exposing the truth of just who is behind The Last of Us mere days before the announcement. We're excited to share more details and we can't wait to immerse you in a truly genre-defining experience.  The PS Store has been updated today and will have some The Last of Us content rolling out that includes: - The Last of Us Announcement Trailer - Joel Avatar ($0.49) - The Last of Us Static Theme If you still haven't seen every suspense-filled, emotionally charged second of The Last of Us announcement trailer you'll be able to download it and watch it in glorious 720p on your PS3 via the PS Store today. Be Read more...

"Naughty Dog's mission is to change the way people experience videogames."Evan Wells, Co-President There's been a ton of speculation in the video gaming community over the past week about a couple of videos that were released and also housed on the LastofUs.com website. We're very excited to confirm that The Last of Us is developed by Naughty Dog Inc, the creators behind the UNCHARTED, Jak and Daxter, and Crash Bandicoot series. Neil Druckmann, Creative Director, and Bruce Straley, Game Director, gave us all a very, very brief snippet on what to expect in The Last of Us: The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven tale about a modern plague decimating mankind. Nature encroaches upon civilization, forcing remaining survivors to kill for food, weapons and whatever they can find. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive Read more...

The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 1.02 patch has been released and will be rolling out across all regions globally this week, starting today. The patch notes to update 1.02 are as follows: Available: November 27, 2011 (US and EU only), Asia (early the week of Nov. 27th) Uncharted 3 – Patch 1.02    Single Player General Movie cutscene viewer added (in the Bonuses menu, Single-Player only) Technical Fixed the missing Motion Blur effects (for Single Player only) “Alternate Aim Settings” added to the Options menu under Camera options (for Single Player only)   Multiplayer General Settings bug fixed: all controls being set to flipped mode setting will no longer change all controls back to default Gameplay Medal streaks won’t reset if the host migrates to another user Blindfire targeting adjusted so that opposing players past a certain vertical angle above and below won’t be hit. Allow grenade throw while scoped Tuned Read more...

It's a well-wrought rumination on beauty and risk in game design. Co-Lead Designer of Uncharted 3, Richard Lemarchand, just returned from a three week long tornado of talks and speaking engagements. We wanted to share some of these erudite and insightful dives into the creation, development, and evolution of the UNCHARTED franchise. Most of these talks detail the making of Uncharted 3 itself but the nature and practice of game design itself is addressed as well. So if you're a fan of UNCHARTED or a fan of gaming and game design you'll want to check these out.   Richard's talks are spread across the internet in various forms. We've collected some of them here and wanted to share these with you for your breaks from playing Uncharted 3. Hope you enjoy!  Montreal International Game Summit Lastly, for you fans of independent games, there's a very engaging video of the full keynote speech for Indiecade 2011 over on G4TV. It's a well-wrought rumination on Read more...

There are 26 long guns that can be unlocked in Uncharted 3 multiplayer. We talked about some of the very cool pistols you can unlock in Uncharted 3 multiplayer already and now we’d like to show you more of the unique weapons in Uncharted 3 multiplayer armory. This group of weapons is for those of you that prefer to attack enemies from a distance via long-range gunplay or sniping. There are 26 long guns that can be unlocked in Uncharted 3 multiplayer. The AK47, M9, G-MAL, Dragon, KAL-7 and FAL-SS long guns are represented here. All guns have distinctive textures and mods that make them some of the coolest and more powerful weapons in the game. Here’s a rundown of what you can unlock, how you can unlock it, and what it’ll do for your multiplayer game. Long Guns Click on the image of the gun below to see it full size.   M9 guns Jade M9 How to obtain: level up to Rank 75. What it does:  Clip Size and Reload Speed mods increase the bullets in Read more...

The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 1.01 patch has been released and will be rolling out across all regions globally in the next 24 hours. The patch notes to update 1.01 are as follows: Available: November 7, 2011 Technical Fixed an issue so that 3D works properly on all Sony SimulView 3D TVs.  We’ll keep you updated as to the any other fixes and patches coming online as they happen. Let us know in the forums of any technical issues you might see and hope you’re enjoying Uncharted 3! See you online!   Read more...

There are 14 different unique pistols that can be unlocked as you play multiplayer. The summer multiplayer beta and Subway Taste for Adventure complete multiplayer experience have passed and now we're a few days into the official launch of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. We want to tell you about some very unique and very cool unlockable weapons that will help elevate your multiplayer game.  The first group of weapons is for those of you that prefer short-range, close-quarters gunplay. There are 14 different unique pistols that can be unlocked as you play multiplayer. The Para 9, Arm Micro, and Raffica, and Tau all make an appearance and come fully loaded and stylized with unique textures and mods. Here’s a rundown of what you can unlock, how you can unlock it, and what it’ll do for your multiplayer game. Unique Pistols click on any thumbnail to see the gun full size. Jade Para 9 How to obtain: level up to 56 What it does: Reload Speed and Blindfire Read more...

Judging from a few threads we've seen popping up on various forums, including our own fourms on NaughtyDog.com, there's a good debate brewing on what's different or changed with our gun combat mechanics in both single-player and multiplayer. Since we've got access to all the underlying bits for those mechanics, we wanted to share some of those details for you. Single-playerJustin Richmond, our Game Director, came over to discuss the debate about our single-player guns, which centers mostly around aiming and accuracy. We want explain exactly what changed with the aiming/shooting between Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3. Guns fire in a completely different way in Uncharted 2 compared to what you're experiencing now in Uncharted 3. First off, the guns fire in a completely different way in Uncharted 2 compared to what you're experiencing now in Uncharted 3. Keep that in mind, as it affects your perception of gun combat as a whole since it's very easy to want to compare Read more...

A truly great book is nearly impossible to find. Once you find one, it may lead you on some pretty wild adventures. A good strategy for those adventures? Even harder to find. We teamed up with Piggyback to give you some help. Beautifully designed and thoughtfully written, the Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Complete Official Guide will be your secret weapon in your gameplay strategy, giving you a deeper understanding of the game and adding to your overall experience.  The standard edition is available with a complete game walkthrough, hi-res maps, in-depth extras, and a full 64 pages on the multiplayer mode alone. The hardbound collector’s edition is a massive 272 pages with an exclusive 16 page Naughty Dog Cast Gallery, access to the Piggyback in-game multiplayer emblem, and a free CD with ten tracks from the official Uncharted 3 music score. The full guides will help you in your quest to uncover the truth. The guides are designed to be spoiler controlled Read more...

After a couple of years and many revisions, the ESC Toy Nathan Drake vinyl figure is finally arriving! We teamed up with Erick Scarecrow to product a very slick-looking 7" vinyl figure that depicts Nathan Drake running, gun out, ready for his new adventure on your desk or in your UNCHARTED collection at home. These beauties are available for pre-order now and both retail for $49.99. There are two colorways, a OG standard edition and a limited Naughty Dog themed edition. The ND edition is limited to 500pcs worldwide.  Nathan Drake OG- Standard Edition Nathan Drake Naughty Dog Colorway - Limited Edition (500pcs worldwide)   These figures ship in late November with a unique serial code for exclusive DLC content (mystery skinned item) for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. So check them out on over on ESC Toy today, order one, and get some content for the game when it launches just five days from now! Read more...

We’re at the penultimate Friday before the Subway Taste for Adventure Uncharted 3 full competitive multiplayer experience wraps up on 10.28 and even though it’s not Halloween quite yet we have a treat in store for you. We’ve read your posts, forum comments and seen the feedback about specific items that can be unlocked during the Subway Taste for Adventure. The Naughty Dog Pistol, Naughty Dog AK-47, Subway Hero Shirt, and Subway 5 Dollar Footlong Taunt are highly sought unlocks and something we’d like to share with you.  We’re going to make that happen starting today! If you head over to the Naughty Dog Twitter we’ll be tweeting out codes at random for all four of the unlocks listed above for the next eight days from 10.21.2011 until 10.28.2011. These codes are for US ONLY. It’s a blast seeing all the feedback from and playing with you in the Subway Taste for Adventure Uncharted 3 full competitive multiplayer experience. Be Read more...

Last night at five select AMC Theaters from coast-to-coast and now here online we are stoked to premiere the Launch trailer for UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception. Launch? Yes, we're a couple weeks away from November 1st but we were so excited after finishing up this trailer that we couldn't wait to share it with you. This trailer is taken entirely from in-game footage. Click play and check it out! Drake's secret waits. If that didn't get you ready to uncover the truth November 1st, I'm not sure you're ready for the truth. In fact you might not even be able to handle it regardless but you'll definitely have a great, fun adventure ahead of you once November 1st hits. We'll have more info and video to get you primed and pumped so check back regularly. We're looking forward to reading, watching and hearing about your reactions to what's revealed in UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception!  Read more...

In a little over two weeks, on November 1st, the truth will be revealed. If you’re a fan of the NFL and plan on watching the Minnesota Vikings take on the Chicago Bears this Sunday at 8:20PM (EST) be sure not to miss a certain commercial that just might get you touchdown level excited. If you’re not a fan of the NFL, well this post might be all you need to attain that same level of excited “We scored!” satisfaction We’re stoked to show you the final version of the last TV Spot for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception after the years of blood, sweat, and pixel refining joy that went into the making of these images. Everything you see here we created from in-game footage. Check it out: 11.1.11 can’t arrive soon enough, right? Let us know what you think and be on the lookout for many, many more thrilling details about Uncharted 3 in the remaining weeks.   Read more...

                      Nearly one year ago Entertainment Weekly broke the news that UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception was real and coming out in 2011. Today we have finally reached the point of breaking through that finish line tape in another marathon of game development. We’re proud to announce that the third installment in the UNCHARTED franchise has gone gold, and is on its way to being manufactured for its November 1st release. We can’t wait to see everyone’s reaction to the next chapter of Nathan Drake’s adventures as it hits store shelves and homes everywhere in just three short weeks! And as an added bonus, all retail copies of Uncharted 3 will include a voucher code for early access to the upcoming Starhawk Public Beta, which will be coming in early 2012. Just like Uncharted 3, Starhawk promises to provide an incredible multiplayer experience that Read more...

To kick off week 2 of the Subway Taste for Adventure full competitive multiplayer experience we have added two new maps for you to explore! Get ready to think vertically and rack up the Pull! medals as revamped Highrise makes a return to Uncharted multiplayer. The Ruins takes a turn for the worse as molten lava replaces water. Additionally, there is now a patch that addresses various issues we’ve been reading about on the forums or have been seeing during our play time with everyone. Patches and updates active right now as of 6pm PST include: -Molten Ruins Map has been added -Highrise Map has been added -Fixed a bug which would cause players to stop accumulating cash and items purchased -Fixed a bug that could cause the player to lock up accessing the Friends list, or when a Friend joined them -Microphone icon will now appear in the Multiplayer lobby to indicate who is using a mic -Fixed a bug in which reconfigured control schemes were not being saved Read more...

We’ve seen a tremendous amount of feedback during the first few days of the Subway Taste for Adventure full competitive Uncharted 3 multiplayer experience. Many of you drew upon your experiences from the Late June/July multiplayer beta and we have been listening to your concerns. We pushed a new update live today that will address some of those concerns. The changes include that tweaks to kickbacks, weapons, and the timing of sprint. Specific changes are: - Stopping Power is back. - RPG Kickback cost has changed from 8 medals to 10 - Sprint duration has changed from 6 seconds to 4.5 seconds - AK-47 recoil is tuned - G-MAL recoil is tuned Comments have been made about the increased effectiveness of run and gun, but the accuracy has actually been reduced since the Beta. The removal of stopping power is what created this perception. So the old Spray n’ Pray remains true to the phrase. So aside from the turn radius of the sprint, your gameplay Read more...

Penny Arcade and Naughty Dog have been mutual fans for quite a while -- we compiled their Jak II and not one, but two, Uncharted 2 related comics in a post here on NaughtyDog.com way back in 2009. We couldn't be more thrilled to find a way to work with them as closely and as often as possible -- we try to have some sort of presence at every PAX and we sent over an Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter Edition for the Child's Play Charity Dinner Auction in 2009, among other thing. They're all just a really good crew at Penny Arcade. We've never been able to team up in any sort of official capacity, but that time has now come. As revealed on PlayStation.Blog and by Gabe on Penny-Arcade.com, Gabe put his signature artistic style of a selection of the Uncharted 3 cast for a poster. The ONLY way to grab this poster is to pre-order the Uncharted 3 standard edition or Uncharted 3 Collector's Edition from GameStop - either online or in-person. Check out the full poster artwork Read more...

I can't tell you how excited we were to premiere a new Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception gameplay demo (and reveal) at the PlayStation press conference at Gamescom 2011. We had shown this very demo to a very select group of press back at E3 2011, yet we kept it under wraps until our planned public reveal at Gamescom. If you missed the PlayStation press conference, and my on-stage LIVE playthrough of the cargo plane gameplay demo, check out the video below for direct feed of the same demo. We had a treat for the press who came to our behind closed doors presentations at Gamescom - they got to see what happens to Drake after he climbs back up into the plane. As a special treat to our fans, we brought that same demo to PAX Prime just a week later and showed it off in our Uncharted 3 theater in back-to-back-to-back demos for three straight days! If you missed us at PAX Prime (for shame!), check the video below to see the rest of the cargo plane sequence. While we were at PAX Read more...

We’re under two months away from the release of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and what better way to get caught up with the series than to play Nathan Drake’s first two adventures – UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune and UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves. To help you do just that, we've put together the Uncharted Greatest Hits Dual Pack. The Uncharted Greatest Hits Dual Pack includes the Greatest Hits versions of both Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves -- Game of the Year Edition for only $39.99. The Dual Pack is also packed to the brim with bonus content, including a “Super Voucher” containing all of the DLC content from the Uncharted 2 Game of the Year Edition, as well as two DLC items from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception – the Uncharted 3 Announcement Nathan Drake PSN Avatar and the Uncharted 3 Announcement Dynamic Theme! To recap, the Uncharted 2 Game of the Year Read more...

Don't forget to watch the SCEE Press Conference TODAY at 10:00 AM PDT. You can find out what time that is in your timezone here: Time Zone Check A live stream can be found on the PlayStation Blog EU at PlayStation Blog EU Don't miss out! Read more...

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that the NaughtyDog.com website will be unavailble for an undetermined amount of time on Sunday, August 14, as we do some site maintenance and prep the site for some minor upgrades and a facelift. We'll keep you updated on our Twitter (@Naughty_Dog) when we expect the site to come back up! Read more...

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As the rest of the team has been working incredibly hard on the remaining tasks to complete Uncharted 3, other folks at the studio - namely Jason, our in-house web developer - have been working really hard to allow you to view some of your Beta stats. We’re glad to let you know that you can now view a LIMITED set of BASIC player profile stats and a summary of your game history, right here on NaughtyDog.com. To check your stats, make sure you’re logged into PSN on NaughtyDog.com and hit the “Uncharted 3: Beta Stats” navigation item in our menu above or click on this link! We wanted to be sure that everyone who is looking forward to the Uncharted 3 Beta rewards (details at the end of this post) have an opportunity to check up on their progress. This will allow you to do that – the Uncharted 3 Beta stats allows you to check your level and go through your game history to figure out how many games of each gametype you’ve played. We’ve Read more...

Earlier today, July 12, we started getting reports that some users were logging back into the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta and finding that their progress in the game has been reset. Many players have had to re-accept the online agreement when logging in to the Beta and their profile shows they are at level 1, with no XP accumulated or Cash remaining in their profile. We’re actively looking into what caused the issue so we can prevent it from happening in the future. We know this is particularly worrying for those of you who have been working towards to the Uncharted 3 Beta rewards – we’ve reposted the details on the Beta rewards at the end of this post. IF you were one of the players affected by this profile reset, here’s the scoop: The GOOD news is that your progress towards those rewards has NOT been lost – we still have all of your detailed play history by game stored safely and ALL games you have played in the past and are playing right Read more...

Today, Sunday, July 10, marks the beginning of the final week of the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta! You've only got just over 4 days left to get your fill of this preview of Uncharted 3 multiplayer and to achieve the requirements to get your rewards for the full version when Uncharted 3 is released in November.  The Beta recently hit 1 MILLION unique players and our player count was growing steadily over the weekend. I'd love it if we could hit 1.5 million players - that's absolutely within reach, so be sure to let any of your friends who haven't checked out the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta to grab their free download from the PlayStation Store and jump in for a match or two, or twenty. As we head into the final week of the Beta, we made a decision to make sure that everyone was able to try out all of the gametypes and maps! As of today, when you head into matchmaking, you'll notice that ALL of the gametypes are available to choose from. Be sure to try them Read more...

The Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta 1.02 patch was released this morning in Europe and Asia, and will continue to roll out across all regions participating in the Beta. The full patch notes to update 1.04 are listed below. Available: June 8, 2011 Technical Fixed an issue with the Facebook friends list where it would display duplicate and/or incorrect PSN IDs for some players Fixed an issue where some players would gain cash/XP during the playback of some Cinema files Read more...

Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta 1.03 patch was just released and will be rolling out across all regions participating in the Beta. Available: July 6, 2011 Technical Fixed an issue that prevented some SCEE (European) region players from finding a match       Read more...

Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta 1.02 patch was made available at 10:30 PM PDT for the North America PlayStation Store and will roll out across all the regions participating in the Beta over the next few hours. The full patch notes to update 1.02 are listed below. In addition, we have updated the available gametypes to bring back Plunder! As a result, Free for All has been removed from this week’s available gametypes. Available: July 5, 2011 General Last place team in Three Team Deathmatch now gets placed into Observer Mode in Sudden Death Gameplay Disabled the accumulation of medals to stack Medal Kickback activations. Now, if your Medal Kickback is waiting to be activated, you cannot earn more medals that count towards your Medal Kickback counter until you have activated your current Medal Kickback. Players will still be awarded medals Disabled the activation of a Power Play after 40 kills have been reached in Team Deathmatch Increase the minimum time between Power Read more...

We’re just one day away from the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta going public tomorrow, Tuesday, July 5 – if you haven’t been able to find a voucher code from the multitude of sources to play the Beta, it won’t matter tomorrow as anyone and everyone who can access the PlayStation Store will be able to join in.  You’ll find the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta as a regular download on the PS Store sometime tomorrow! Today also marks the beginning of the second week of the Beta and that means our scheduled updates to the available gametypes have been pushed – we’ve added in Team Objective and Co-op Hunters to the mix for this week. Once you’ve logged in, the version number on the top right should read 1.00.647. On tap for this week are the following gametypes and modes: July 4 to July 9 Gametypes: Team Deathmatch, Free For All, Team Objective, Hardcore, Co-op Hunter Maps: Airstrip, Chateau In addition, the video playlist Read more...

The first weekend during the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta also happens to be a long holiday weekend. We’re expecting a higher number of players than during the week – as is typical in our experience – so we wanted to make sure that everyone knows where to leave us feedback. We can’t stress this point enough – we want to hear from you about anything and everything you like, dislike or any issues you encounter while playing the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta. The best place to do that, and make sure that we get it, it to post it on the Multiplayer Beta discussion forum on NaughtyDog.com here. Many of us have been playing in the Beta with you during the week and we’ll be on this weekend as well – see you online! Read more...

Much, much earlier today, Wednesday, June 29, we pushed out the 1.01 update to the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta. Full patch notes to the update are listed below. Available: June 29, 2011 Relevant minor updates prior to 1.01 Temporarily removed Plunder gametype from matchmaking Added in Free For All to replace Plunder Temporarily disabled Facebook integration Gameplay Removed Yemen from map rotation in Free For All. Yemen will return during its regularly scheduled week. Temporarily removed Cursed from Power Play rotation Technical Fixed issue where a crash would occur when backing out of multiplayer Fixed frequent slowing of framerate that could lead to the Beta freezing Fixed a crash involving Emblems   Read more...

With the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta right around the corner, I’m sure you all want to know exactly what we’re putting into the Beta and what you can expect over the three weeks it is active. A few weeks ago, just before E3, IGN posted a thorough first sneak peek at the details of our upcoming Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta. Now, we can give you the FULL rundown of the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta for things that weren’t necessarily covered in the IGN reveal. We put together a handy little FAQ below with ALL the details. When can I start playing?Tuesday, June 28, for all Infamous 2 and current PlayStation Plus members, who all get early access to the Beta.Unfortuantely, PS Plus Members under the Welcome Back program won't be able to get early access in the following countries: Germany, Portugal, Spain and New Zealand. Sorry! If you’re not an owner of Infamous 2 or a current PlayStation Plus member, we’re opening the floodgates to the Uncharted Read more...

We only just wrapped the very hectic, very awesome E3 Expo just a couple of weeks ago – and we’ve been working tirelessly on putting the finishing touches for what I can only believe to be the mouth-frothingly anticipated Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta. We’ll have a full, in-depth look at everything and anything you want to know about the Beta within the next few days, so you can get the scoop before it launches. Speaking of which, the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta will be available for all owners of specially marked copies of Infamous 2 and for current PlayStation Plus members on Tuesday, June 28. We’ll be sure to give you a not-so-subtle reminder when it’s ready to be downloaded. Enough about the Beta! I’m here because we’ve been so busy, we didn’t get a chance to give you a quick look at all our single-player reveals from the week of E3. We had two massive reveals to kick off the week. Putting together an E3 trailer is one of Read more...

Over the past week or so, since PSN has come back up, we've been looking into an issue with NaughtyDog.com that's preventing all of you from logging in via PSN to leave comments on the blog or log in to the Naughty Dog forums. We're still looking into the issue so we can make the necessary changes (if needed) to make sure everyone can log in to our site through the PSN log in process. Since this has been taking a bit longer than we would have liked, we've temporarily enabled the Facebook Comments box plugin, which allows you to leave a comment on our blog posts through your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL or Hotmail accounts. We'll leave the Facebook Comments enabled until we've properly fixed the PSN log in process on NaughtyDog.com. Unfortunately, this means you're still unable to log into the Naughty Dog forums for the time being. NOTE: Once PSN log ins have been enabled again, all of the past Facebook Comments will not be available on each individual blog post any Read more...

Due to the continuing PlayStation Network outage, we will be postponing this weekend’s combined “The Lab” and Triple Cash event in UNCHARTED 2 Multiplayer until next weekend – Friday, April 29, through Monday, May 2. We’ll provide another regularly scheduled update on NaughtyDog.com on the Thursday prior to “The Lab” start. We will run both “The Lab” and Triple Cash as we had scheduled for this weekend. As always, be sure to check the PlayStation.Blog US, PlayStation.Blog EU and the @PlayStation Twitter accounts for up to date information on the PSN Outage.   Read more...

Welcome back to final “The Lab” weekend in April! I’m sure everyone has been carefully reviewing all the UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception multiplayer details we revealed earlier this week and – I hope – you are all looking forward to getting some hands on when the beta hits on June 28, 2011. However, that’s still a couple of months away – and our episode of “The Lab” this weekend can take care of that online multiplayer itch. “The Lab” is a special, limited-time playlist for UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves multiplayer that is active every other weekend. “The Lab” playlist features one or more custom-tuned gametype variations chosen by our game designers to test potential new settings, try out alternate gametypes in a real-world setting or just mix things up for the sake of variety. “The Lab” is open from Friday, April 22, at 10:00 AM PDT (what time is that in my city?) through Monday, Read more...

We're extremely proud and excited to finally start revealing our plans for the multiplayer modes in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. There's a massive post that just went up on the PlayStation.Blog that just gives you an idea of how much information there is to share, and really, we've just scratched the surface. We wanted to have the opportunity to give you the definitive guide to all of the information we've shared with the media since our Multiplayer press event last week. Before we get started, make sure to check out our Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Trailer below or directly on our YouTube page. It is your crash course into all of our reveals -- and there's even more if you watch closely. There's so many features and ideas for multiplayer we packed into this trailer, that repeat viewings will shed light on things you may have missed the first few times around. The music selection for this is a custom Naughty Dog remix of "Kill Everybody" by Skrillex. Cinematic Production Read more...

We're looking forward to "The Lab" in April - we've got a new gametype that hasn't been seen outside of Custom Games and we're capping off the month with a one of our favorite past episodes of "The Lab." We hope you'll join us! 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. Your April 2011 schedule for “The Lab” is: April 8 - 11 Deathmatch – CrushingThis gametype variation hasn't actually been seen in "The Lab" yet - t's only been available as an Read more...

We’re proud to support Gamers Heart Japan – a collection of members from the global videogame community who have come together to help put together a special video – to not only show appreciation for the Japanese videogame industry, but also raise donations to aid in the Red Cross relief efforts for the people of Japan. Check out the video below for a ton of notable folks from the videogame industry talking about why they love Japan and Japanese videogames. Stick around for the whole sixty minutes to check out Naughty Dog Co-President Evan Wells’s submission and even a special guest appearance from Nathan Drake, Victor Sullivan and Elena Fisher! Don’t forget to head over to www.GamersHeartJapan.com to get more information and to donate to the Red Cross relief efforts!   Read more...

Welcome back to “The Lab.” Our final episode of “The Lab” in March features the return of Snipers & Pistole, a popular gametype variation we removed from the All Competitive Types playlist a month ago. “The Lab” is a special, limited-time playlist for UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves multiplayer that is active every other weekend. “The Lab” playlist features one or more custom-tuned gametype variations chosen by our game designers to test potential new settings, try out alternate gametypes in a real-world setting or just mix things up for the sake of variety. “The Lab” is open from Friday, March 25, at 10:00 AM PDT (what time is that in my city?) through Monday, March 28, at 10:00 AM PDT (what time is that in my city?). The removal of Snipers & Pistole from the All Competitive Modes playlist was our way to try to mix things up a little bit outside of running our “The Lab” weekends. We removed a Read more...

Okay, okay, so we missed posting the March 2011 schedule for “The Lab” earlier this month like we should have. We blame the dangerous proximity of GDC and PAX East for our delay. We hope you didn’t miss our tweet notifying you of our first “The Lab” weekend in March last week – if you missed the update, you may want to also follow our Twitter stream. Along with the “The Lab” you have to look forward to next weekend, we’ve recapped the description and information for the first “The Lab” weekend in March in the schedule below. 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 Read more...

PAX East is right around the corner and we hope that any of you who were interested in attending managed to get tickets before the convention sold out on Monday. We had a great time at the inaugural PAX East last year with our panel Naughty Dog Live & Unleashed - Game Design with the Dogs. So much fun that we wanted to come back even though the studio is massively busy cranking away on UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception. We had the incredible privilege recently to work with 2 Player Productions – you may remember them from PATV Season 1 and the massive buzz surrounding their Minecraft Kickstarter project – on a behind the scenes piece covering the lead up to the announcement of UNCHARTED 3. I know many of you have seen Part 1 of their UNCHARTED 3 behind the scenes piece and have been wondering when Part 2 will be released. Wonder no more – during our PAX East panel with 2 Player Productions, titled The Making of an Announcement – Uncharted 3: Read more...

Last week, a few of us headed up to San Francisco to attend GDC 2011 for a busy week of sessions and an extremely well-attended press event. With the PlayStation.Blog blogger lounge at the W hotel filled to near capacity, we presented two new aspects to UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception - gameplay in stereoscopic 3D and the main antagonist, Katherine Marlowe. It's awesome to now be able to talk about this as the press embargo lifted earlier this morning -- apart from our blog post here and on the PlayStation.Blog, be sure to visit any of the numerous publications who attended for their take on the event and the reveals. The press event started off with a demo of the UNCHARTED 3 burning chateau gameplay sequence, but it was presented in stereoscopic 3D for the first time ever outside of the studio. As I had mentioned over on the PlayStation.Blog, I feel that with this small snippet of gameplay we’ve proven that we’re able to perfectly retain all of the Read more...

We hope everyone has had a great first day of GDC 2011 and that some of you were able to attend the absolutely packed GDC Microtalks session yesterday. Today, we've got several sessions we recommend checking out if you're a Naughty Dog fan. The full list of sessions for today with times, locations and descriptions, is reproduced below. Visit our Facebook events page or the GDC Schedule builder if you want to add these sessions to your calendar, export them or print them out. Keep checking back on the GDC11 tag to stay up to date with the sessions and our goings on throughout GDC. Experimental Gameplay SessionsThursday, March 3, 20111:30 PM – 2:30 PMRoom 303, South Hall SpeakersAndy Schatz (Pocketwatch Games), Asher Vollmer (University of Southern California), Jason Rohrer (Independent), Hanford Lemoore (Independent), Michael Brough (Independent), Nicolai Troshinsky (Independent), Mihir Sheth (University of Southern California), Chris Read more...

We're just kicking off the first day of the main conference sessions here at GDC 2011. There's plenty of sessions during each time slot that promise to be interesting, compelling, educational or entertaining. I know it's been difficult for me to narrow down some of the sessions I've wanted to attend! Of course, one of Naughty Dog's own, Richard Lemarchand, is running a panel today that I've always enjoyed - and it's in it's third straight year at GDC! Titled GDC Microtalks 2011: One Hour, Ten Speakers, Hundreds of Fun New Ideas, the panel collects a diverse group of industry notables and gives them a highly constrained forum to discuss their thoughts on this years theme. I've copied the full session description below, so check it out for more details and I hope that some of you will attend! The full list of sessions, along with dates, times, locations and descriptions, is reproduced below. Visit our Facebook events page or the GDC Schedule builder if Read more...

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If you've spent any time in the "All Competitive Modes" playlist, or selected this variation in Custom Games, there's a chance you may recognize this weekend's episode of "The Lab" - RPG - 7s Only - from the "All Competitive Modes" playlist as RPG's. Why would we put RPG - 7s Only, which you can already find in an existing playlist, into "The Lab" you ask? Because we have updated some of the gametype modes within the "All Competitive Modes" playlist. The update to "All Competitive Modes" removed the RPG - 7s Only and Snipers & Pistole gametypes entirely from rotation. In their place, we've added two gametype modes from "The Lab" - No Power Weapons and Desert 5 - Shootout. The current "All Competitive Modes" playlist now includes: Chain Reaction Plunder Turf War King of the Hill Pistol & Grenades No Power Weapons Desert - 5 Shootout We'll be keeping an eye on how the playlist changes shake out - we're thinking of making a couple more updates to the playlists Read more...

Looking over the full list of sessions, it looks like GDC 2011 is going to be pretty cool conference this year, as the conference celebrates its 25th anniversary. For the occasion, the GDC Advisory Board has even scheduled a great series of Classic Game Postmortems, running the gamut from Pac-Man to Bejeweled, not to mention one on Marble Madness by one of our favorite industry luminaries, Mark Cerny. GDC 2011 is going to be a relatively quiet conference for Naughty Dog as everyone is back at the studio working on UNCHARTED 3 – we’ve only got 8 months left until release! Although we’re not hitting GDC full force like we did last year, there’s still a few sessions you should consider if you happen to be attending the conference. The full list of sessions, along with dates, times, locations and descriptions, is reproduced below. Visit our Facebook events page or the GDC Schedule builder if you want to add these sessions to your calendar, export them Read more...

This weekend is a long weekend for many of us in the United States, as we celebrate the Federal Holiday that is known as Presidents Day on Monday, February 21. It’s also been about a month since our last Double or multiple Cash weekend and I’ve been hearing more than a few people ask when the next such weekend will happen. That weekend is now. We’ll be running Triple (3x) Cash in ALL playlists from Friday, February 18, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is that in my city?) through Tuesday, February 22, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is that in my city?). When we ran the last Triple Cash weekend in early January, a few people here and there were wondering why we chose to do 3x cash instead of the usual Double Cash. After running some mega cash multiplayer events in December, it felt to some of us that we set a little bit of a new expectation with multiple cash weekends and that it was a downer to take you all the way back down to “just” Double Cash. Feel Read more...

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Welcome back to “The Lab.” For our first episode of “The Lab” in February, we’re bringing back the most popular gametype variation from the original three episodes of “The Lab” from way back in June 2010 – Shotguns Only. Here’s some trivia, Shotguns Only was the favorite gametype of nearly 45% of the over 2,400 players who voted in our front page poll, handily beating out Sniper Extermination and 2 vs 2 Team Deathmatch, both tied at about 27% of the total votes. “The Lab” is a special, limited-time playlist for UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves multiplayer that is active every other weekend. “The Lab” playlist features one or more custom-tuned gametype variations chosen by our game designers to test potential new settings, try out alternate gametypes in a real-world setting or just mix things up for the sake of variety. “The Lab” is open from Thursday, February 10, at 10:00 AM PDT (what time Read more...

We’ve into the second month of 2011, and we’re only EIGHT months away from the release of UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception. I know everyone is also looking forward to seeing what we’ve got in store for UNCHARTED 3 multiplayer and we’ll be scratching the surface of what I think is an incredibly deep multiplayer offering in due time – I mean it can’t be too long now right, since we’re running out of months before release. In the meantime, our focus is still with UNCHARTED 2 multiplayer and our “The Lab” series. For February we’re mixing things up a little – one of the very first “The Lab” gametype variations, Shotguns Only, returns for a standalone weekend. For the second “The Lab” weekend, we’ve pulled out an existing All Competitive Modes gametype variation. If you’re new to “The Lab,” welcome! “The Lab” is a special playlist we will be running Read more...

Can you believe that 2011 marks the FIFTEENTH anniversary of the release of the original Crash Bandicoot game? That’s right. Later this year – August 31 to be precise – will mark fifteen years since Crash Bandicoot was released in the United States for the original PlayStation console. Europe got to experience Crash Bandicoot just over two months later, in November. That would a series of blog posts covering the entire making of the original Crash Bandicoot game quite timely, don’t you think? Lucky for all of us, last week Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin, did just that. The six-part series of blog posts by Andy, with additional insight from the other Naughty Dog co-founder, Jason Rubin, is a great, uncensored look at both the development the inaugural Crash Bandicoot game and game development in general during the mid-1990s. Click on the links below to read all of the “Making Crash Bandicoot” articles. Making Crash Bandicoot – Read more...

Welcome to our second episode of "The Lab" in 2011! As the studio continues to work hard on UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception, "The Lab" will spend the next months revisiting some of the best and most popular episodes from 2010.  "The Lab" is open from Friday, January 28, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is that in my city?) through Monday, January 31, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is that in my city?).  For this episode of "The Lab" we're bringing back a community favorite gametype variation from a very long time ago - June 2010 to be exact - with Sniper Extermination. All players will be equipped with only Dragon Sniper rifles - NO sidearms - as you play through this variation of the Elimination gametype. You've 99 bullets but only one life each round, and the first team to completely exterminate all players on the other team wins the round. Best of five rounds wins the match. Stick behind cover as much as possible, and take your shots carefully, as the range and power of Read more...

Not sure how many of our community may be attending Sundance 2011 - but if you happen to find yourself at or near Park City and the festival, there's a video games panel you may not want to miss. That panel is called Video Games: The Plot Thickens and takes place at New Fronter at the Miner's Hospital on Wedesnday, January 26, 2011, and features panelists from the video game industry who will get together and discuss narrative and character development in the unique interactive medium of video games. We're honored to see Naughty Dog Neil Druckmann make the trip out to Sundance 2011 to take part in the panel -- he's more than well-qualified to discuss the topic, having served as one of our game designers - along with some writing duties - on the UNCHARTED games, wrote and directed the UNCHARTED: Eye of Indra motion comic series, and is author of his own graphic novel, A Second Chance at Sarah. You can grab the full description of the panel below - or on the Read more...

I spotted this homage to one of the greatest moments in televised history on one of the many whiteboards we use around the studio. (Don't go looking for secrets or hidden messages, what you see is what you get.)   Read more...

Welcome back to "The Lab" - we've got a full schedule ahead of us in 2011, not to mention that game we're working on that you may have heard of, UNCHARTED 3. The Lab is open from Friday, January 14, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is that in my city?) through Tuesday, January 18, at 10:00 AM PST (what time is that in my city?). This episode of "The Lab" is No Power Weapons - that is, the standard Team Deathmatch rules, but without power weapons available on the map. In the maps listed below, we've removed all trace of the Desert - 5, Dragon Sniper, Moss - 12, SAS - 12, Pistole, RPG - 7, GAU - 19, and the M32 - Hammer. As a result, the only tools left in your arsenal are the AK47, M4, FAL, 92FS - 9MM, Micro - 9MM and the Mk-NDI grenades. The active maps for this weekend of The Lab are: The Lost City The Plaza The Sanctuary The Temple We'll be opening a brand new No Power Weapons discussion thread on the Naughty Dog community forums at about the same time The Lab Read more...

Welcome everyone to 2011 and a brand new of year of “The Lab” in UNCHARTED 2 Multiplayer! If you’ve been playing UNCHARTED 2 multiplayer for the past six or so months, you may recognize episodes of “The Lab” we’ve listed below for January. As the studio continues to work feverishly on our next game, UNCHARTED 3, we’ll be easing up on the workload of our game designers so they can kick ass at making UNCHARTED 3 multiplayer awesome. We will help them out by focusing “The Lab” more on gametype variations we have already tested and deployed successfully. While this means we won’t be able to explore some of the hundreds of gametype and playlist suggestions you’ve given us, we’ve been able to map out our schedule for “The Lab,” Double (or greater) Cash Weekends and even some updates to the Playlists for the forseeable future. We’re still dedicated to making an effort to keep things Read more...