Bruce Straley is one of the lead developers at Naughty Dog, and has been the game director for some of their biggest games, including Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End & The Last Of Us. He will now be leaving Naughty Dog, and had this to say: It’s impossible to summarize 18 of the most influential years of my career in a blog post, but here we are — today, with the heaviest of hearts, I am announcing my departure from Naughty Dog. This has been the hardest decision of my career. Naughty Dog is home. The Kennel is family. I’ve learned and grown so much from working with this incredible team. But after heading up three extremely demanding projects, and taking some extended time away from the office, I found my energy focusing in other directions, and I slowly realized this was the signal ...
Everyone has their own backlog of video games, and it’s often not easy to play every single game that comes out. So we’ve picked out some of the best games of this generation which will bring you up to date on the state of video games today. These games are obviously not for everyone, but all of these games have something unique about them that sets them apart. So here are the top 10 games of this generation that every Indian gamer needs to play. Witcher 3 Excellent story telling and world building, and still one of the best looking games on PC and consoles. While the combat is not the best, it’s strong enough to be enjoyable, and the incredible cast and excellent writing will keep any player hooked till the end. Also, the DLCs are fantastic. Destiny Despite initial stumb...
While there are a lot of games that get love across the world, here are some of the most popular games among gamers in India. This list is based on what gamers talk about the most across our social communities, and you won’t find a lot of smaller Indie titles here. This list is not definitive my any means, and I am sure that many of us Indians play and love a lot of other games apart from those on this list . Here are the top 10 video games that Indian gamers are crazy about: [interaction id=”59647014ed4f1400778e9d9d”] Far Cry 4 Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of ...
There are alot of Single Player games out in the wild, Here is a list which would help you to go on a epic journey while sitting on your couch. These are the games that you better checkout. Witcher 3 Wild Hunt The Witcher: Wild Hunt is a story-driven, next-generation open world role-playing game set in a visually stunning fantasy universe full of meaningful choices and impactful consequences. In The Witcher you play as the professional monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, tasked with finding a child of prophecy in a vast open world rich with merchant cities, viking pirate islands, dangerous mountain passes, and forgotten caverns to explore. Prey In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humani...
The announcement of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy was an exciting moment at the PSX, and now Naughty Dog has shed some more light on what we can expect from the game. Speaking to the PlayStation Magazine UK, studio Creative Director Shaun Escayg said, “It will be tonally different, but in the same context of the Uncharted world. India’s got really nice iconography: hidden temples and weird deities we can play off of, so it’s a perfect setting for Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.” Game Director Kurt Margenau also added that there will be some differences in the gameplay. “I would say we’re going a little more wide this time. I don’t want to give too much away, but it’s something we’re excited about on the gameplay side, this kind of contrast of an urban setting and a rural setting; a tighter ...
The Survival update for Uncharted 4 is out now. It’s a major expansion, and is about 3.8 GB of data download. The DLC adds a ton of new content to the game, including a co-op survival horde mode and new multiplayer maps. New DLC Content 2 New Maps: Prison Train Wreck (Flashback map) 5 Flashback Weapons: M4 Assault Rifle PAK-80 Light Machine Gun Micro 9mm automatic pistol Para 9 pistol Desert 5 pistol (Heavy Weapon) Classic Uncharted 2 & 3 music added to in-game & menus 48 Character Skins 40 Vanity items 10 Taunts 25 new color options for every skin! 10 new levels (81 – 90 for competitive), with two new vanity unlocks 12 New Co-op Trophies New Challenges for new items & Survival challenges You can now set your challenge preference to Multiplayer, Survival, or a mix of both...
Naughty Dog has been dropping the biggest announcements at PSX 2016 with The Last Of Us 2 and a new story DLC, called The Lost Legacy, for Uncharted 4. The DLC is set in India and follows the adventures, or misadventures of Chloe and Nadine. Chloe first appeared in the series in Uncharted 2, while Nadine was introduced in Uncharted 4. Here’s the reveal trailer: Naughty Dog also shed light on further details about the DLC and here’s what they had to say: The Lost Legacy is set after Uncharted 4: A thief’s End It was started as a DLC but now it’s termed as a “Story Expansion,” it can be considered as a beefy stand-alone game. The video showcased today was the beginning of the game, where Nadine and Chloe have to go to a warn-torn city to find “a clue.” All the platforming hallmar...
Blizzard’s competitive multiplayer shooter, Overwatch was showered with laurels as it took home the Game of the Year Award at this year’s The Game Awards. Check out the list of winners in all the categories below: GAME OF THE YEAR For a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields. Doom (id Software/Bethesda) Inside (Playdead) Overwatch (Blizzard) Titanfall 2 (Respawn/Electronic Arts) Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment) BEST GAME DIRECTION Recognizing a game studio for outstanding creative vision, game direction and design. Blizzard (for Overwatch) Dice (for Battlefield 1) id Software (for Doom) Naughty Dog (for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End) Respawn (for Titanfall 2) BEST NARRATIVE For out...
Naughty Dog is releasing a wave-based horde mode for its critically acclaimed title Uncharted 4,adding on to the game’s multiplayer component. Known as Uncharted 4 Survival, the mode pits your against human enemies (NOT zombies, thankfully), including the standard Shoreline mercenaries and more difficult foes like snipers, hunters and brutes. The Survival mode will offer about 50 waves of increasingly tougher enemies, and will span about 10 maps. According to a report by IGN, the mode is split into 10 sets of 5 waves and will have a progress save feature so you don’t have to start from scratch every time. You can also set the difficulty at the beginnning. Once you defeat the game on Hard, it unlocks the Crushing difficulty. Every 10 waves, you’ll encounter a boss battle w...
In a somewhat awkward fumble by Naughty Dog, the latest story trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End had featured artwork from an Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag art book. While Ubisoft was quick to point it out, and Naughty Dog fixed that error promptly and rather gracefully, it did bring to mind the question whether the art work was used only in the painting set on the mantle or elsewhere in the game. To put it bluntly, was it used as a location in the game itself? If you watch the video carefully, you’ll notice that the locale shown right after the painting appears carries an uncanny resemblance. You can see the image below: If this does turn out to be the case, then Naughty Dog is surely scrambling to re-make this section of the game. Not only does any resemblance to ...
Naughty Dog’s has released some pretty bad news this Christmas, they’re delaying Uncharted 4 to April 26, 2016. “This is our largest Uncharted game to date, and the team has been working incredibly hard to meet the challenge of closing out the game’s development in a timely manner,” directors Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley wrote on the PlayStation Blog today. “However, as we approached our final deadlines and started wrapping up the game’s levels, we realized that several key sequences needed extra resources to bring them to the finish line. After carefully considering all of our options, we decided to extend our schedule, making sure that we get a few more polish passes before submitting our gold master (the final disc for manufacturing).” This is the second delay for Uncharted 4, which...
When Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End will launch the game’s multiplayer mode in 2016, it will feature microtransactions from the beginning. Eric Monacelli who was working at Naughty Dog up until October being its community strategist has supported the action game’s use of micropayments. Speaking to MCV, Monacelli–who presently works for Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward–stated that controversy around microtransactions in gaming is nothing unusual. He mentioned that “people bridled” when Bethesda sold horse armor for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion back in 2006. “But if it is good enough content and you desire to pay for it, why not buy it?” he mentioned. “That is exactly what it comes down to.” Monacelli also questioned the concept that developers cut content from a game to sell it piece by p...