Posts Tagged ‘Uncharted 2’

Have you got any embarrassing, guilty, regretful and, above all, funny anecdotes involving games? I’m not talking “I played Superman Returns just for the Achievements” or “I spent $100 on a Pokemon game” – I want stuff that’s a little more unusual. To get the ball rolling, I asked around the office. Not naming any names, but the staff of Play and its sister publications have dark gaming pasts…

A game series that can go through more than three of four iterations without losing at least some of the magic that made the first couple of titles such classics is a rare thing. A steady decline as a series goes on is common, but some series don’t just gently decline, they dive-bomb in a most spectacular fashion. Here’s five of the worst…

Being ill isn’t nice, but playing games can help you feel a bit better. Here’s the six best games to play when you feel under the weather.

The last 12 months has been a funny time for games. So funny that it proved easy coming up with 10 funny titles for this list, although I had to leave out quite a few games that, while amusing, didn’t tickle my funny bone that hard. Anyway, here they are…

When it comes to games, I definitely have masochistic tendencies. I’ll give you an example…

What’s wrong with being sexy? Nothing, of course. But being sexist… now, that’s bad. We all know that games, by and large, do tend to be a bit sexist, what with being targeted at confused adolescent males an’ all. But what of the sexism of characters within games themselves? Here’s a list of the five most sexistist characters ever…

A useless phrase or just poorly defined? Play defends one of the most overused and misunderstood phrases in the games industry today.

Sucker Punch development director tells us “You’ll look at inFamous 2 and see that there’s no way we could have done this game on 360.”

Rumours are pointing towards some polar exploration and a missing explorer driving the plot of Uncharted 3, but what and who else could Drake go looking for next time out.

So Drake and [spoiler] [spoilered] the [spoiler]. But what would we have [spoilering] done different?

Full list of winners after the jump

All the good looks, production values and positive reviews in the world can’t change the fact that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is nothing more than a liberal borrower of ideas

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leads the pack in this year’s gaming BAFTA awards with nine nominations including Best Game, Best Original Score and Best Action game. Modern Warfare 2 is a close second with eight nominations while LittleBigPlanet PSP, PixelJunk Shooter and Flower picked up two each. Get the full awards listing after the jump.

Some Uncharted 2: Among Thieves DLC is coming February 25 and Sony has revealed some of the key details about what you’ll be getting. The pack includes two multiplayer maps based on locations from the first game and a whole bunch of character skins too. Plus there are loads of new trophies and medals to unlock and it only cost £3.99. Full details and screens after the jump.