michael said:
*edit: Le Saboteur, I have to ask, do you work with Naughty Dog in any form?
You don't expect me to honestly answer this, do you?
Seriously though, I have a very casual relationship with a couple of devs at ND, but I do not work for them in any capacity. I wouldn't decline an offer if extended, but everything I do here is of my own initiative. As previously mentioned, it's to ensure that
Uncharted is experienced by as many Indy fans as possible! I don't think it would be much of a stretch to say that both fanbases are not mutually exclusive.
michael said:
I tested out the Lab this weekend, with the 2 v 2 deathmatches. I don't have many PSN friends, so it's charming teaming up with a "random" and doing absolute work against the other team. Not sure if I'm gonna enjoy the shotgun only matches in the next Lab, but I will give it a try none the less, just gonna have to do a lot more sneaking around! Hopefully they make that weekend another Double Cash, because this previous one I was able to make it to level 50. I'd almost think they'd have to with all the other amazing games out there to play.
Good! Glad to know that somebody out there is enjoying all the extra work ND is putting into the multiplayer experience! I'm tempted more and more to try the online component. One of these days I may actually follow through with it.
michael said:
I ALMOST prefer for nobody to have a mic too, as crazy as that may seem.
I prefer that nobody does. For every thoughtful comment or assist, there's a tonne of inane chatter. I really don't care how drunk you actually are or aren't.
michael said:
Here's to more maps like that in the future and Uncharted 3!
Speaking of
Uncharted 3 (just say no to numeric continuation!), there's a bit of a buzz swirling around the 'net. The German knockoff of Facebook, meinVZ, has an official Nathan Drake
pagethat was recently updated with ""Wahrscheinlich ist es Wahnsinn, aber ich will der Sache nachgehen. Werde nach Fredrikstad fliegen, Amundsen Heimatort. Muss es wissen!" Translated to English it reads "This is probably crazy, but I'm looking into it. Flying to Fredrikstad, Amundsen's home town. I must know!"
According to
Kotaku, Fredrikstad is a town in Norway, and is the birthplace of Roald Amundsen, a famed polar explorer who was the first man to ever reach both the South and North Poles.
Where it gets interesting is that Amundsen went missing in 1928, and while the plane he was flying in was later found, his body was not. And where it gets really interesting is that previous updates left on the meinVZ page earlier in the year tell of Amundsen writing about finding 25 million year-old cities buried under the ice.
Another snow outing? Maybe. It would fly in the established idea of changing locales from outing to outing that Amy has talked about. Could it be possible DLC, an interim outing like the new
Tomb Raider game? Speculation abounds!
Latest update:
Nathan Drake said:
Morgen geht endlich der Flug. Fühle mich beobachtet. Ein Mann verfolgt mich seit Tagen. Sollte mich vielleicht mal mit ihm unterhalten.”
Roughly translated it says "Tomorrow is the last flight. I feel like I’m being watched. A man followed me for days. Perhaps it’s time for me to talk to him."
Now that I've made you read this much, I hate to say it, but it doesn't appear to be a legitimate storyline. Kotaku updated their article after (apparently) receiving a note from ND:
Kotaku said:
Nothing to see here, sadly. While the page is indeed the series' official meinVZ portal, we've been told the Amundsen references were just PR folks getting into character, and not part of any marketing campaign for a future Uncharted product. Shame! For a bunch of advertising types, it was a pretty good stab at an Uncharted plotline!
Considering that Amundsen was the first person to make it to
both Poles, it could be an interesting story. I just hope to hell that it has absolutely nothing to do with Atlantis.
All things considered, ND didn't out-and-out say that this wasn't true. Keep your ears and ears focused on E3!
Sufficiently distracted?
In other actual news,
Title Update 1.08 was finally released stateside. It continues to address spawning issues, and also
* Addressed exploit where players were able to use three Boosters simultaneously
* Additional changes made to address players exploiting within matches by leaving normal map boundaries
* Players who have reached Level 60 will have their level displayed in-game with an icon next to their PSN ID
* Players with DLC and the DLC Matchmaking option selected in their online profile will find games in those maps more consistently
* Improvements made to team balancing calculations
* Removed Twitter update functionality from in-game menu