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...

The 2008 SPIKE Video Game Awards was a big day for us as announced UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves through a world exclusive trailer that was introduced by Busta Rhymes. We’ve embedded the trailer below and the video is also up on the PlayStation Store so you can download and view it on your PS3. PlayStation.blog recorded a video interview with Josh Scherr that you might want to check out. Josh is our Cinematics Lead here at Naughty Dog and is responsible for making sure all our cut scenes get done and look great. Read more...

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves was revealed today with a video on GameTrailers.com and an upcoming cover and feature article in Game Informer. GameTrailers.com posted a video of an ad we prepared for Spike for their 2008 Video Game Awards show and Game Informer announced their January 2009 issue, featuring UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves on the cover. We’ve listed all the information that was revealed today, along with links to the video on GameTrailers.com and the Game Informer January 2009 issue announcement in a post on PlayStation.blog. Read more...

UGO writer Locke Webster posts an article called “Narrative in Games: Where Interactivity Meets Story - UNCHARTED Edition” which explores the design choices, with a little insider info from Game Director Amy Hennig, which influenced the narrative style in UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune. This is the first in a series of articles Locke is writing that takes a look at the different ways narrative in games are developed and presented.  Read more...

Gamasutra posts a postmortem for UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune that Neil Druckmann and Richard Lemarchand penned for the April 2008 issue of Game Developer magazine. The postmortem follows the standard Game Developer format and gives an insightful look at what went right and what went wrong over the course of development on our debut PS3 title.  Read more...