"Will you be utilising the uncharted engine for upcoming titles - PS3 Jak anyone?

We will most definitely continue to build on the Uncharted code base with all of our future titles for the PlayStation3. We have a lot of very sophisticated systems that are general purpose and could be used for a wide variety of genres. It’s very exciting to think what we can do with this tech now that it’s in place and we can focus on accomplishing something even more ambitious. And Jak and Daxter is a defin..."

"It's time for another installment of Anonymous Hollywood Insider Reports, here on Joystiq. Last time we caught wind of some Hollywood fat cats eying up the BioShock license like a so many pounds of plasmid-injected steak (Take-Two's chairman later listed a cinematic adaptation of the property under "potential opportunities"). This time, a well-placed source close to the deal tells us that the movie rights to Naughty Dog's highly cinematic action-adventure game, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, hav..."

"If you find the "strange relic" treasure in the game, you will quickly recognize it to be a precursor orb from the Jak games. There are strange symbols wrapped around the orb. These symbols correspond to letters of the alphabet as already known from the Jak games. So I used this to decipher it

The top row of the egg says "naughty dog".

The bottom row with bigger symbols says "manmad".

At first I thought, what the hell is a manmad? So i googled it.

It seems that Manmad is the name ..."

"The Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 have brought HD gaming into the mainstream. After years of High-Def in the living room being a hazy concept that really only affected A/V aficionados, the more technologically inclined, and the affluent, these videogame machines have made HD Gaming as simple and affordable as “plug n’ play.” But as with any consumer device, the hardware, for all its potential, is just that — untapped potential. What really brings out the true worth of the machine is the soft..."

"While Home for the PlayStation 3 may have generated plenty of buzz for Sony at last year's Game Developers Conference, its late arrival and the setting in of reality may have made it put a damper on the hype surrounding the service. We've had our doubts that Home may ultimately be nothing more than a prettier Second Life, a glorified 3D chat room, one that only makes getting to the games we actually want to play a bit of a chore. But we've recently learned some very interesting things about h..."

"There’s no denying that the Tomb Raider franchise and the recent PS3-exclusive Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune have their share of similarities. But directly comparing the two games is unfair to both since, at the end of the day, they’re still two very different games. Both do include a healthy amount of pathfinding, but Uncharted is a lot more focused on the action while Tomb Raider has always been a puzzle/adventure game first and foremost.

But a lot of gamers still fear for some reason that ..."

"The PlayStation 3 is a complex yet powerful system. We could not pull off the rich, seamless world of Uncharted on any other console. Because the system is so powerful, it means that tapping into that power requires great engineering efforts. We’re lucky that Naughty Dog has some of the best programmers in the industry. I can also tell you that as we’re finishing Uncharted, we’ve found new ways of optimizing our engine to take advantage of the hardware. All of which means that, as beautiful a..."

"Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has this week rolled the covers off what appears (at first glance) to be a rather tempting ‘Pick N Mix’ retail deal that will see UK consumers able to snaffle the PlayStation 3 and two games for a total price of £349.99 GBP. Image credit: MNgilen."

"Several prominent industry figures have recently been quoted in a Games Radar report as claiming that after a year of the PS3’s life cycle videogame developers are finally growing more accustomed to channelling the considerable capabilities hidden beneath its ominously rumbling hood."

"Naughty Dog, which initially promised a sequel late last year, has now revealed that Nate’s heroic adventures are set to continue. Specifically, company president Christophe Balestra has this week revealed in an interview with French gaming magazine Jeux-France, that work on Uncharted 2 (working title) is well underway."

"Hit the jump to see the winners and then make up your own list of winners in the comments. I'm interested to see how different the list would have been had it been entirely in your hands.

GOTY DS:
The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass

GOTY PC:
Portal

GOTY PS2:
God of War II

GOTY PS3:
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

GOTY PSP:
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters

GOTY Wii:
Super Mario Galaxy

GOTY Xbox 360:
Bioshock

GOTY XBLA:
Alien Hominid HD

GOTY PSN:
Everyday Shooter..."

"Did you hear the news? Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare won Game of the Year on PS3 Fanboy. (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune won the reader's vote.) So, what did other major media outlets pick as their PS3 GOTY? We searched the web and found out.
GameDaily chose Call of Duty 4. "The campaign excels where most of its competition fails, delivering a nail-biting experience we couldn't walk away from until the explosive finale."
GameTrailers chose Call of Duty 4. "The authenticity on display here is t..."

"I was looking at the weekly "US" sales charts over at www.VGChartz.com when something completely dawned on me. Where in the hell was Uncharted: Drakes Fortune on the top 50? After all, the game has been acclaimed by many in the gaming community and was also on many lists around the net for Playstation 3 Game of the Year 2007. Uncharted: Drakes Fortune was nowhere to be found.

So seeing that made me think about a question for all of you, one that needs to be asked to the average gamer out ..."

""

"While there is no denying the ever-evolving nature of the videogame industry, modern day software releases are still reliant on gameplay inspiration provided by retro offerings from years gone by."

"Cheesemeister

01./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 149,587 / 411,000
02./06. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 106,995 / 646,000
03./00. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco) - 104,317 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony) - 87,231 / NEW
05./01. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 75,609 / 370,000
06./04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 63,447 / 795,000
07./00. [360] Lost Odyssey (Microsoft) - 54,581 / NEW
08./00. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (K..."

"Speaking in a recent Three Speech interview (Part 1, Part 2), Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells said Uncharted was developed as the first part of a franchise, and we are likely to see sequels in the future:

"We developed Uncharted as a franchise. The pulp action/adventure genre lends itself perfectly to serialisation and continued episodes, which is one of the reasons we were attracted to it.

[Regarding the team’s next project] …but even if we don't do an Uncharted sequel right away..."

"Developer Naughty Dog has designed Uncharted to be a gaming equivalent to the great pulp adventure stories of eras past. Think Indiana Jones meets Tomb Raider and you'd be on the right track. As such, the lead character Nathan Drake is something of a loveable rogue; a treasure hunter who's used to operating on the fringes of society and looking out for number one. He's a character everyone is familiar with – charming and funny, the sort of guy who's probably talked his way out of more scrapes..."

"Nintendo, which has been historically criticised for not providing enough software for its platforms, emerges as the clear winner this week – at least in terms of quantity.

Specficially, American gamers get to choose between eight DS titles over the next five days, including the likes of Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008 and Pocket Pets. Also, a quintet of Wii releases are available through Friday, which includes the towering arrival of Godzilla Unleashed and Myth Makers: Super Kart GP."

"

1. Playable Demos:

* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
* Blazing Angels 2

1. PSOne Games:

* G-Police (£3.49)

1. Add-ons:

* MotorStorm: Rascal & Governor (£1.49)
* Folklore: The Alchemist Pack (£1.49)"

""

"Xbox 360:

Rock Band

Mass Effect

College Hoops 2K8

Avatar: The Burning Earth

Final Fantasy XI Online: Wings of the Goddess

Final Fantasy XI Online: Vana'diel Collection 08

PS3:

Rock Band

Medal of Honor Airborne

College Hoops 2K8

Time Crisis 4

Timeshift

Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Nintendo Wii:

Nintendo Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow Training

Ghost Squad

AMF Bowling Pinbusters

Soul Calibur Legends

Trauma...

"

""

"It's been a rough year for PlayStation 3 owners. Exclusives have been lost, a handful of titles have been bumped from the bottom line-bolstering holiday season, and Lair was Lair. With each disappointment, more and more fans have looked to Uncharted: Drake's Fortune -- a title whose screenshots have been lauded for months -- to be the saving grace of Sony's 2007.

But pinning so much on one title pretty much guarantees a letdown, doesn't it? Can Naughty Dog live up to more than a year of mo..."

"Xbox 360:

Assassin's Creed

BlackSite: Area 51

Beowulf: The Game

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Need for Speed Pro Street

Monster Jam

Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back

America's Army: True Soldiers

WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW 2008

Xbox Live Arcade:

Screwjumper

PS3:

Assassin's Creed

Need for Speed Pro Street

Beowulf: The Game

WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW 2008

Uncharted Drake's Fortune

Nintendo Wii:

Super Mario Galaxy

Geometry Wars: Galaxies

Cars: Mater National

Spongebob: Atlantis Squarepanti...

"

"Sony Europe has confirmed that a playable demo of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, released on the US PSN Store yesterday, will hit UK PS3s on November 22.

European PS3 owners have been disappointed to discover that the US demo of the Naughty Dog's much-anticipated jungle adventure is region locked, meaning those with US PSN accounts on their UK PS3s are unable to play. While Sony's US network regularly gets content ahead of its European equivalents, the company's open attitude to region coding..."

"It’s not often that we can jump up for joy and say that we were right about something, but today, Amy Henning has confirmed our initial report regarding the Uncharted Demo on the Official Playstation blog. If you remember our previous story from last week, we unearthed a statement from Evan Wells, the co-president of Naughty Dog, stating that the demo for their upcoming game will probably hit PSN twelve days before the release of the game. We stood behind that report, stating…
“As far as we ..."

"Aside from the technology of the hardware, what is Naughty Dog doing with the title to leverage features unique to the PS3? Are there plans for downloadable content through the PSN, for example?

Uncharted has a trophy system to unlock a lot of cool features and also gives you an idea of how a good a player you are. In the future, we’ll be looking at how to incorporate those features into Home.

Naughty Dog is a studio built on successful franchises. What are the plans for Uncharted? Is ..."

"Hello again!

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune has gone off to manufacturing, and we thought we'd celebrate by giving everyone an early Halloween treat a brand new trailer, highlighting some of the games finished environments and teasing out just a bit more of the story.

Were also pleased to share another nice bit of news with you all Uncharted: Drakes Fortune will now be available in the U.S. on November 19, so you’ll be able to set out on your adventure a day earlier than expected!

Spe..."

"1. Shadows Bring the Jungle Alive
2. Hand-to-hand Combat is Awesome
3. Our Hero Does Gymnastics
4. Facial Animations are Better than Heavenly Sword
5. It Borrows from Gears of War
6. Wrinkle Physics are so Hot Right Now
7. Monkey Press, Monkey Do
8. Not Just a Bunch of Joe Henchmens
9. Naughty Dog are Super Talented
10. It'll Make you Want a PS3"

""

"Finally a reason to be thankful in November. Forget the coming cold and use these reason to stay inside the entire month. We all know this year has one of the best holiday line-ups ever, but we didn’t know how good. Here is an entire top 7 list of games just coming out in November. And below, I have all the awesome games that didn’t make it on the list. Obviously game release dates are subject to game publishers dart boards, so all games are what I at least think is coming out in November."

"Naughty Dog president Evan Wells says Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is just about done. Which is good news, partly because it's a promising PS3 game that's not being delayed, mostly because I was about the only person at TGS who didn't get to play it and get their rainbow-coloured, individual-toed socks blown off. The good news doesn't stop there: Wells also rolls up his sleeves, trawls through the comments on the post and decides that due to fan feedback they'd go ahead and implement 1080i supp..."

A member from Neogaf has compiled a group of images from Uncharted: Drakes Fortune. The images are taken from the target render from 2006 and from the latest screens in 2007. As you can see Naughty Dog has done a amazing job in making the game look better then the target render.

"A bunch of new screenshots from the PS3-exclusive adventurer “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune” were released at today."

"Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune for the Playstation 3 has been given its official US release date today. November 20th is the day, which was revealed by the game’s director, Amy Hennig at a press event in Croatia. The game is set to be released near Christmas time in Europe. I wonder if we will get a demo before then?"

Gamers-Creed has acquired some brand new screens and artwork from Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Their new IP is based around the lead character Nathan Drake, who is on an adventure to find the lost treasure of Sir Francis Drake. It turns out he is not the only one after the treasure though, as modern pirates will stop at nothing to get it.

Gamersyde has released two new videos for Uncharted Drakes fortune. they were taken form this years Gamers Conference in Germany. The game is being developed by Naughty Dog, the same team behind Jak and Daxter and Crash.

The game has you playing has Nathan Drake. As you discover the lost diary of Sir Francis Drake. In His dairy he tells of a lost treasure in the Amazon. Nathan Drake then goes on the hunt to find the treasure. But he is not the only one after it.

Hit the jump to view th...

"The floodgates are well and truly opening on the release avalanche that will carry us through to the New Year. There's going to be a veritable treasure trove of gaming on offer over the next few months. We've already got BioShock and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (in the States), but it's not long until the likes of Skate, Super Paper Mario (in AU), World in Conflict and Halo 3. Then after that we slide neatly into Guitar Hero III, Rock Band (in the States - did I mention curse you?), Need for ..."

Given that the Playstation 3 currently doesn't have as many games available as the other consoles, it still does hold a fair bit of games. But are people making the most of the Playstation 3's capabilities? Well it seems that out of the many games that have been released only around 16 games so far are using the Playstation 3's SPE.

Whilst there may be more, the 16 games that are listed below have pretty much been confirmed to be using the PS3's SPE:

1. Resistance: Fall of Man
2. Ratchet and Clan...

""

"The Playstation 3 exclusive Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune focuses on a descendant of the historical explorer and sailor, Francis Drake. When Nathan Drake finds out that his ancestor faked his own death, he begins searching for the fabled treasure of El Dorado. On his quest he discovers a previously unknown island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The storyline looks to be a relatively strong part of the game. Although the use of a historical figure may irritate those of us nerdy enough to c..."

""We specifically didn't want [Uncharted: Drake's Fortune] to be a launch title," developer Naughty Dog, the creator of Jak & Daxter, has unsurprisingly revealed. Uncharted's ambitious visuals and animation tap into PS3's power to a degree that probably would not have been possible had it been crammed into PS3's launch day line-up.

"We wanted time to really understand the hardware," explains Evan Wells, co-president at Naughty Dog. This understanding has been heavily assisted by the close r..."

"Developer Naughty Dog, of Jack and Daxter fame, hopes to take gamers on a treasure hunting thrill ride in its upcoming PlayStation 3 adventure, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The impressive, third person shooter features a slick graphics engine and death defying escapes, plunging gamers into a world bursting with danger and excitement.

The one level demo, shown at Sony's recent Gamers Day, drops people into a lush, tropical jungle full of modern day pirates. Instead of packing scabbards and s..."

"Let’s talk story. The Drake in the title refers to a Sir Francis Drake whom history buffs and insomniac purveyors of the History Channel will know as the celebrated 16th century Englishman who sailed around the globe pissing off Spaniards… among other things. Like most people from that era, he is dead now, and it is in his coffin that modern day fortune hunter Nathan Drake (is he/is he not a relative?) – or you - discovers a clue to the whereabouts of the fabled treasure of El Dorado. Turns o..."

"Here's an interview with Richard Diamant, the Lead Character Artist of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune at Naughty Dog. He has also provided some models of the two leads from the game.

"3DTotal : What is your main role at naughty dog?
Rich : I was initially hired as a character artist but was quickly promoted to Lead Character Artist, in charge of overseeing anything character related. I deal mostly with character pipelines and coming up with both new and innovative ideas. I also get the hono..."

"Too bad this game doesn't get as much publicity, it looks like it will be a AAA"