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Amazon lists Uncharted/DualShock 3 combo pack
by David Hinkle 
{ Dec 1st 2009 at 6:00PM }
For $60, you'll get a black DualShock 3 controller and experience every earth-shaking explosion in Nathan Drake's first adventure through glorious rumble or -- given the time of year -- gift your procrastinator friend or loved one with one sweet bundle, granted they haven't already acquired a new console in the last year or a new PS3 Slim.
There's no word whether Sony will offer other bundles and together the two will only save you $7 right now (Amazon is pricing the game at $27 and the controller at $40), but we still wouldn't suggest playing Uncharted without a DualShock 3. What are you, some chump on the street not getting the fullest from your games? No, you hold yourself to a higher standard.
[Thanks, Yingerman!]
Rumor: Uncharted movie gets new writers
by Justin McElroy { Nov 23rd 2009 at 3:26PM }
Reportedly, Sony is considering filling his slot with Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, the duo that's currently writing a relaunch of Conan.
The bigger surprise, of course, is that movies based on video games have scripts. Who knew?
80GB PS3 on sale for $249, 160GB Drake's Fortune Bundle for $349
by Griffin McElroy { Oct 12th 2009 at 4:45PM }
Equally tantalizing is the 160GB PS3 Drake's Fortune Bundle, which includes Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, a voucher a free download of Pain and an additional DualShock 3 controller for $349. Again, if you don't mind the additional chunky pounds, an added $50 on top of the PS3 Slim cost is a small price to pay for these savory bonuses. Hell, if they'd throw in the David Hasselhoff Pain DLC, we'd probably buy two.
[Thanks Ian!]
Users report Firmware 3.0 causing Uncharted freezes
by JC Fletcher { Sep 2nd 2009 at 9:32AM }
We're contacting Naughty Dog to determine whether this is a known issue and to get an ETA on a fix, but in the meantime, considering that most of us have probably updated by now, our only advice is to find something else to play -- or make a game out of the freezing. Try to time it so that Nathan is in a funny pose!
[Thanks, Tristan]
Uncharted, SOCOM Confrontation going Greatest Hits on August 16
by Griffin McElroy { Aug 13th 2009 at 4:53PM }
Fans of the SOCOM series will likely be thrilled about Confrontation's markdown -- but every self-respecting PS3 owner needs to have Uncharted in their collection. Now that you can make that happen with just a Hamilton and a Jackson, you've really got no reason to go without.
Deal: PS3 160GB Uncharted bundle drops to $450 on Amazon
by Griffin McElroy { Aug 4th 2009 at 11:40AM }
If you were thinking about picking up the basic 80GB model, it might be worth it to trade up. For $50 extra bucks, you can grab one of the best games on the system, a fun little PSN title, and an amount of hard drive space that some might consider gratuitous. Then again, perhaps it's worth waiting for an even slimmer deal.
Joystiq interview: Talking Uncharted 2 with Naughty Dog's Evan Wells
by Kevin Kelly { Feb 4th 2009 at 11:11AM }
When he wasn't busy showing us the best way to get Nathan Drake killed, Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells was patiently listening to our questions about facial hair, multiplayer plans and the adventurer's latest female companion.Thankfully, he answered everything we lobbed at him (without lobbing any physical objects back). Read on after the break to find out what other secrets Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has to offer.
Avi Arad producing Uncharted: Drake's Fortune film
by Alan Tsang { Oct 2nd 2008 at 5:30PM }
The film won't bring you to the island as quickly as the game did, according to the producer. Instead, the film will add some background to the story and "explore some of the modern day piracy that's going on today in South America." How do you feel about this film thus far? Is Arad the right guy for the job? Or would you rather have Brett Ratner?
[Via Variety]
SCEA: 160GB PlayStation 3, Uncharted, Pain, DualShock 3 for $500
by Christopher Grant { Aug 20th 2008 at 12:44PM }
Picking our way through the system's specs, it looks like the 160GB PS3 offers only 2 USB ports and no flash card readers, leading us to believe its functionally identical to the 40GB (now 80GB) low-end model. To put it another way: it appears the 160GB model will not have backwards compatibility for PS2 games. As for availability, the press release vaguely states "November." We'll try to get something definitive on the backwards compatibility situation.
Naughty Dog designer: we are using only 30-40% of PS3's power
by Alan Tsang { Aug 5th 2008 at 6:30PM }
Richard Lemarchandm, Co-Lead Game Designer at Naughty Dog, sat down with Three Speech in a lengthy interview to talk about their latest developments. He goes on extensively about how Uncharted: Drake's Fortune's trophies were implemented, Cell architecture, and one tidbit of detail concerning rooms in Home, but it's nothing new if you've been keeping up. If you want to read the man's own words, Three Speech has your interview right here.
Unfortunately, Lemarchand is rather reticent about Naughty Dog's next project, offering no information other than they are "quite a way into our next production cycle now. " He does, however, give his two cents about the future of multiplatform games: with a set of tools "developed on the Naughty Dog premises, actually, by a group of very, very senior games programmer, some from Naughty Dog and some from elsewhere" called Edge, he believes third-party developers "are going to be able to use them in their own ways, to get more and more and more out of the PS3 over the years." In fact, Lemarchand believes that even Naughty Dog is currently only using 30 to 40 percent of the PS3's power.
The video game designer concludes the interview with by speaking well of the relationship they have with other PS3 developers: "We have this culture of open communication ... we're always trading war-stories with Insomniac and Evolution and Sucker Punch. We're just one block away from Sony Santa Monica -- the guys who made God Of War -- and we get our designers together ... and I think it makes everybody stronger and smarter." Sounds about right to us.
Trophies: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
by Jem Alexander { Aug 4th 2008 at 5:30PM }
Uncharted trophy patch drops in Europe
by Jem Alexander { Aug 4th 2008 at 10:32AM }
What? No fanfare? The trophy patch for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is now available. At the moment this is only true for Europe, but no doubt the patch for other regions will be up soon. We'll be sure to update you when that happens. This patch contains a full set of 48 trophies, 47 of which correspond to the medal system already found in the game. The final, platinum, trophy is only achievable once you've obtained the others.
So go ahead and give Uncharted a dusting off, stick it in the drive and start collecting. Your PSN level depends on it!
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Unlock the Uncharted Trophies beginning Aug. 22 ... or not [update]
by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 25th 2008 at 1:25PM }
TalkPlaystation.com has allegedly confirmed that Trophies will be added to Naughty Dog's Uncharted Drake's Fortune on August 22. Despite a form of "achievements" originally being part of Uncharted, we'd been told previously that the Trophies will not be retroactive, so prepare to play the adventure all over again.
Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells mentioned previously that adding the Trophy patch for the game was "incredibly easy" because of the medal system the company already implemented in the game. Now that's thinking ahead.
Zero Punctuation seeks Drake's Fortune, snorts some GDC
by Alexander Sliwinski { Feb 27th 2008 at 4:30PM }
Included after the break with this week's NSFW review of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is ZP's video presentation at the Game Developers Choice awards.
Gametrailers.com listens, compares component and HDMI
by Chris Powell { Jan 19th 2008 at 10:45AM }
As many of you know, Gametrailers recently came under quite a bit of scrutiny when it was learned that the PS3 and Xbox 360 comparison videos they've been posting were used at the PS3's default video settings and using component cables. To silence its critics, Gametrailers posted a video comparing Uncharted: Drake's Fortune using standard component cables like they have in the past and what many PS3 owners have wanted – HDMI, full RGB and with adjusted ultra white levels.
After watching the video several times, we have to say, it's kinda hard to tell a difference. In the end, this whole controversy might have been a bit overblown, but we think it'd probably be smart on Gametrailer's part to just use the HDMI settings in any future comparison videos. It just might save you guys a lot of hate mail.
