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...

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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...

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’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...

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...

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...

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...