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Creative director Neil Druckmann has revealed how the Uncharetd 4 development team went about ensuring strong women were represented in the game. When I’m introducing and describing a new character to our lead character concept artist, constantly she will ask, ‘What if it was a girl?’ And I’m like, Oh, …
Read More »Week one sales of Uncharted 4 reach 2.7m worldwide
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End looks on track to be a fitting commercial send off for the series. Sony has said that combined physical Blu-ray and digital sell-through of the game worldwide since its launch last week has hit 2.7m units. The game is the fastest selling first party PS4 …
Read More »Uncharted 4 debuts at No.1 in Japan
The latest entry in Sony’s Uncharted franchise has been a smash hit in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End sold 124,028 units in its first week, clearly in the lead ahead of Nintendo’s Kirby: Planet Robobot, which sold 241,134 copies. Third place was also a …
Read More »There’s a petition to remove Washington Post’s Uncharted 4 score from Metacritic
Change.org has been home to many a noble venture, but perhaps this is the most heroic of all. Washington Post’s review of PS4 action title Uncharted 4, which was titled This four-part series should have ended after Part One”, was not very positive. It ended: A Thief’s End is less …
Read More »Uncharted 4 beats Doom to No.1, is the series’ most successful launch
The final entry in Sony’s Uncharted franchise A Thief’s End has shot to the top spot in the UK charts, beating Week One sales records for the franchise. Uncharted 4 beat launch week sales of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception by 66 per cent. Meanwhile, the new entry in Bethesda’s Doom …
Read More »PlayStation: Uncharted’s fanbase has never been bigger
Sony is investing more marketing money in Uncharted 4 than it has with any previous game. Marketing manager Joe Palmer says that there has been an influx of PS4 owners that never owned a PS3 – which was the console the previous three Uncharted games were released on. Therefore the …
Read More »PlayStation and Channel 4 team up for Uncharted Gogglebox ad takeover
Gamers will have a chance to win Uncharted prizes during tonight (Friday, May 6th)’s Gogglebox. Sony and Channel 4 have partnered for an ad takeover in the first commercial break for the TV show. This will feature a ‘large’ section of gameplay from the upcoming release. Then viewers will be …
Read More »The Big Game: Naughty Dog on the end of Uncharted
Four appears to be the magic number for Sony’s Naughty Dog studio. It made four Crash Bandicoot games on the first PlayStation, before walking away from the smash hit series. It created four Jak and Daxter titles on PS2, and then waved goodbye to those characters. And now it says …
Read More »Games retail braces for hectic May release period
UK games stores are facing one of the most congested spring release slates in history. May in particular is rammed with six major titles arriving within four weeks: Battleborn, Uncharted 4, Doom, Homefront: The Revolution, Overwatch and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will all be fighting for gamer attention. We will be …
Read More »Uncharted 4 delayed for a third time
Sony’s PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has had its release date delayed for a third time. The game is now due out worldwide on May 10th. This is apparently not to allow for extra development time but is instead linked to manufacturing demands. As you know, Naughty Dog …
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