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Fan acts his heart out at Uncharted developer’s motion-capture studio

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 12, 2012
1 min

Get an extended peek inside Uncharted developer Naughty Dog's motion-capture studio, a state-of-the-art facility where cameras record actors covered in reflective balls that help computers capture movement data.

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The Last of Us is even smarter than you think

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 8, 2012
3 min

You don't survive the apocalypse by being stupid. So for The Last of Us, developer Naughty Dog populated their world with people who react to what they see and hear like real people might. That builds a realism and immediacy no other game to date can match.

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Struggling publisher THQ names game veteran Jason Rubin as president

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 29, 2012
2 min

Jason Rubin, the co-founder of famous game developer Naughty Dog, has been named the president of struggling video game publisher THQ. Rubin will report...

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Bringing back Tomb Raider: Our need to fill the old archeologist’s shoes

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 24, 2012
6 min

Indiana Jones inspired both Lara Croft and Nathan Drake, and with the Tomb Raider reboot around the corner, these adventurers are here to stay.

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The Last of Us demo shows brutal, dramatic survivalist combat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 16, 2012
3 min

Naughty Dog showed off its highly anticipated PlayStation 3 game, The Last of Us today. The game is one of the biggest titles of the...

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3 min

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How a lucky fan became an Uncharted character

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 15, 2012
1 min

We all love to use our imaginations to insert ourselves into our favorite video games. Well, Jeremy "Spyder" Gallant won't have to fantasize about being in Uncharted anymore.

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Uncharted designer Richard Lemarchand leaves Naughty Dog after eight year run

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 30, 2012
1 min

Richard Lemarchand is leaving famed developer Naughty Dog for a teaching job at the University of Southern California. Lemarchand worked at Naughty Dog for...

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Those damn spiders in Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (spoilers)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 30, 2012
2 min

[Warning: spoilers coming for those who never did play Uncharted 3.] The spiders of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception are never properly explained in the...

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Uncharted: Golden Abyss is a flawed flagship for the PlayStation Vita (review)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 21, 2012
10 min

Uncharted: Golden Abyss is the marquee game for Sony’s all-or-nothing bet in portable gaming, the PlayStation Vita. This handheld device is Sony’s last stand...

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10 min

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The DeanBeat: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception tops our list of the 10 best games of 2011

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 16, 2011
12 min

This year, with our ramped up our GamesBeat review team, we’ve taken our Game of the Year choices much more seriously than we have...

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12 min