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Archive for Nathan Drake

New Naughty Dog Franchise – The Last of Us

Dec11

Naughty Dog, the company I founded, has just released the trailer for their new game — and new franchise! This is the first new series since Uncharted launched in 2007. I have to say the new one looks totally awesome because it’s well — post apocalyptic zombie (which I love) — and in true Naughty Dog fashion totally gorgeous. Plus I love spunky heroines. This one, seemingly, but not actually voiced by actress Ellen Page of Juno fame* is totally cute, in a kind of jailbait sort of way.

I can totally see how the kind of intimate hand to hand and gunplay mechanics that Naughty Dog has been perfecting with Nathan Drake would adapt perfectly to this sort of The Road meets Juno world.

So I’m even more excited than I was for Uncharted 3, which is saying a lot!


*NOTE: According to this website, the leads are Miss Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker, as given by tweet from someone at Naughty Dog. And @Neil_Druckmann, my friend and the lead designer confirmed via twitter too, so it’s accurate.

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Uncharted 3 Reviews Live

Oct27

Reviews have started pouring in for Naughty Dog’s latest masterpiece, Uncharted 3. Given that this is the sequel to Uncharted 2, the multiple game of the year hit of 2009, one might’ve worried that there was nowhere to go but down. But not so for the unstoppable team at Naughty Dog. Check out the scores below pouring! IGN’s reviewer even goes so far as to call it his “new favorite game of all time!” Now, I can take no credit for any of the hard work the amazing team has put into the entire series, but I will stake a small claim to having brought the company up with an attitude of quality, quality, quality = consumer first = fun! Congratulations guys for keeping the torch burning brighter and brighter.

  • Edge – 9
  • Playmania (Spain) – 9.9
  • OPM Spain – 9.8
  • Power Unlimited – 94
  • PS Mania – 4/5
  • Level Magazine – 10 (Second opinion: 8/10)
  • IGN Germany – 9.5
  • JeuxVideo – 9
  • XGN – 9.4
  • GamePro – 5/5
  • TheSixthAxis – 10
  • Eurogamer.pt – 9
  • CVG – 9.5
  • Eurogamer – 8
  • IGN – 10
  • Giantbomb – 5/5
  • Joystiq – 4.5/5
  • GameReactor Sweden – 10
  • PlayStation Lifestyle – 10
  • 1UP – A
  • The Telegraph – 4.5/5
  • Videogamer – 9
  • Paste Magazine – 9.1
  • OPM UK – 10
  • NowGamer – 9.7
  • GameTrailers – 9.5
  • Metro – 9
  • Everyeye.it – 9.5
  • GamersGlobe (Denmark) – 8
  • Eurogamer.cz – 10
  • 4Gamers (Belgium) – 9.4
  • Playfront.de – 10
  • Kotaku – “Yes”
  • GamesRadar – 9
  • Gamersyde – N/A
  • Shack – N/A
  • IncGamers – 10
  • Play3.de – 9.5
  • GameReactor Norway – 9
  • VaDeJuegos.com (Spain) – 9.4
  • Eurogamer Benelux – 9
  • SPOnG – 89%
  • Vandal (Spain) – 9.6
  • Game Informer – 9.50

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