Today, the Mall in PlayStation Home will be updated with lots of new content. In addition, lots of existing items will go on sale in a the brand new Exclusives store. Uncharted fans can pick up costumes for Nathan Drake, Sully, Chloe Frazier, Elena Fisher, and Tetram in addition to treasure for your personal space.
The first episode of Uncharted: Eye of Indra is now available to download from the PlayStation Store, and its free! Eye of Indra is a four part motion comicand the original prequel store to Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. A Motion Comic is essentially an animated comic book – you watch it like a movie. Characters move, there’s some 3D effects, and cool panel transitions. Eye of Indra has actually been over a year in the making and was only recently announced by Naughty Dog.
If you are unfamiliar with the story of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune but want to play Among Thieves, Naughty Dog has released a motion comic to fill you in on the action. The motion comic will be available in four parts, of which, we have a trailer of the first episode below. The Uncharted Motion Comics’ first episode goes live on PSN later today, and the complete set of four will be available by the end of November. The individual price for each episode has yet to be confirmed but you can purchase all four episode for $2.49.
Naughty Dog are releasing a prequel to the original Uncharted, as a motion comic. The announce was made during a live chat on the PlayStation website by Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog, “We have an exclusive announcement! We’re releasing a prequel story to Uncharted 1 as a motion comic voiced by your favorite actors from the two games. Stay tuned for more info.”
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has officially gone gold in North America, which means development on the game is complete. That means only 32 days until it hits store shelves. If you can’t wait for the game to come out, pre-order the game and get exclusive access to the multiplayer beta which is scheduled to start later this month.
The September episode of Qore is bringing you details of some of the most anticipated games this year, including Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Gran Turismo PSP. Veronica Belmont sits down with Naughty Dog Creative Director Amy Hennig to discuss her devoted and innovative approach to the Uncharted sequel. Veronica also takes the new PSPgo out for a test drive into the real world.
In need of another Uncharted 2: Among Thieves fix? We’ve got a new trailer for you to watch – the one that was shown during Sony’s GamesCom Press Conference. The footage in the trailer is generated directly from the Naughty Dog 2.0 engine. After the trailer to there is a short interview between Naughty Dog’s Arne Meyer and PlayStation.Blog’s Chris Morell, in which they talk about the single-player campaign.
Didn’t get enough of the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Multiplayer Beta first time around? Don’t worry, as a second beta will be commencing next month. The second beta will run from September 15th to October 12th 2009, and will feature more game modes and more maps for you to enjoy. The catch? You have to pre-order the game from Play.com in order to get your voucher code.
Nathan Drake is soon to appear at a cinema near you. Sony Computer Entertainment has signed a deal with Columbia Pictures for a movie adaptation of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and it will be produced by Avi Arad, Charles Roven, Ari Arad and Alex Gartner. Sony has been working with Avi and the folks and Columbia for quite some time and additional details on the film will be released in the near future.
