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- 1 (Single Player)
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PlayStation Vita
22nd Feb 2012
22nd Feb 2012
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- en.wikipedia.org
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Review Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PlayStation Vita)
Full Drake or half-baked?
As the first portable entry for the Uncharted series, Uncharted: Golden Abyss sets itself apart from its console counterparts in a variety of ways. Firstly, the game isn’t directed by franchise creators Naughty Dog, helmed instead by Bend Studio, the team that brought Resistance Retribution to the PSP. Secondly, the...
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Uncharted: Golden Abyss News
News Days Gone Dev Sony Bend Talked About Making an inFAMOUS Game for PS Vita
Plus an Uncharted: Golden Abyss PS4 remaster
Game Informer's month of coverage on Days Gone is drawing to a close with one last video interview, in which a trio of Sony Bend devs answer reader-submitted questions. It's definitely worth a watch for anyone wondering about framerate, cut-scenes, and other small details about the open world title...
News Naughty Dog: Uncharted: Golden Abyss PS4 Not Out of the Question
Buried treasure
Uncharted: Golden Abyss, the not-bad black sheep in the exclusive series, could yet come to the PlayStation 4. In an interview with Australian website Finder.com, community strategist Arne Meyer explained that a port of the Vita launch title is "not out of the question" – but ultimately it's not up to Naughty Dog whether it happens...
News Here's Why Uncharted: Golden Abyss Isn't in Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Not quite a full collection
Uncharted: Golden Abyss wasn't included in Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection because it fell too far outside of the trilogy's story arc, Naughty Dog has revealed. "It was definitely under consideration, because we were trying to see how we could collect all of the Uncharted games," community strategist Arne Meyer...
Rumour Is Sony Bend's Next Title Venturing onto PS4?
Brave new world
Uncharted: Golden Abyss developer Sony Bend could be working on an action title for the PlayStation 4, if a leaked resume is to be believed. The eagle-eyed folks over at NeoGAF uncovered the Linked In profile of Rick Stalder, a senior user interface artist who’s working on an unannounced title for the impending system out of the...
News PlayStation Vita Games Get Discounted on PSN Next Week
Glad tidings
Black Friday may be little more than a ruinous memory at this point, but that’s not stopping a fresh batch of discounts from flooding the North American PlayStation Store. Announced on the latest episode of the PlayStation Blogcast, Sony has revealed that a total of ten games will see their prices slashed as part of next week’s...
News Sony Bend Recruiting for Blockbuster Vita Game
New blood
Sony Bend, the North American first-party studio responsible for the Syphon Filter franchise and the recent Uncharted: Golden Abyss, is staffing up for a new blockbuster PlayStation Vita title. A job listing for a Senior Staff Technical Animator on Gamasutra notes that the developer is currently looking for “top artistic talent to help...
News PlayStation Plus Expands to Vita in Style with Free Copies of Uncharted and Gravity Rush
Service launches next week
Frequent participants in the PlayStation Plus predictions post might want to pull up a pew – because the first Instant Game Collection update for PlayStation Vita beggars belief. Premium subscribers in Europe will be able to download free copies of both Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Gravity Rush when the service expands to...
News Sony Bend on the Struggles of Creating a Convincing Female Lead for Golden Abyss
Elena job
For as interesting as Nathan Drake is, the protagonist has always relied on strong female characters to properly etch out his personality. According to a recent post-mortem with Gamasutra, that’s one area where Uncharted: Golden Abyss developer Sony Bend struggled. The game’s writer and director John Garvin has revealed that female...
News Uncharted: Golden Abyss Wins Best Handheld Game Gong
True treasure
Uncharted: Golden Abyss was the best handheld game of 2012, according to the Golden Joystick Awards. The swish event – which took place in London this afternoon – honoured Sony Bend’s excellent PlayStation Vita adventure ahead of Super Mario 3D Land and Kid Icarus: Uprising. We reckon the Nintendo Life guys might
News Sony Bringing New PlayStation Vita Bundles to Europe
A kind of price drop
While the industry screams for a PlayStation Vita price drop, it looks like Sony's considering a different way to stimulate sales of the troubled handheld. The platform holder announced a new batch of European Vita bundles over the weekend. For the standard sum of €249 you’ll be able to grab a Wi-Fi Vita with a 4GB memory...
About The Game
Developed by award-winning Sony Bend Studios, UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss™ is the portable system debut of the multi-million selling UNCHARTED™ franchise.
Sony Bend has utilized their expertise in creating high-quality titles such as Resistance: Retribution™, Syphon Filter®: Dark Mirror and Syphon Filter®: Logan’s Shadow to create a cinematic experience on-the-go. With industry-leading motion capture, a rich storyline, highly-detailed environments, and special effects, UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss immerses players in a living, breathing world with more than 30 action-packed levels, hours of gameplay and challenging puzzles, perfecting capturing the look and feel of the UNCHARTED universe.
STORYLINE
Uncover the dark secret behind the 400-year-old massacre of a Spanish expedition as Nathan Drake follows the murderous trail of an ancient and secret Spanish sect. Caught in the middle of a rivalry between Jason Dante - his old friend - and Marisa Chase - the granddaughter of an archeologist who has mysteriously vanished without a trace - Nathan Drake races into the treacherous river basins, undiscovered temple ruins and karst caverns of Central America in search of a legendary lost city, only to find himself pushed to the edge of the Golden Abyss.
KEY FEATURES:
Through utilizing the technology of the OLED screen, UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss delivers the signature UNCHARTED cinematic experience on-the-go.
Experience the adventure with intuitive, immersive controls as you touch, steer and tilt PS Vita to snipe, swing, and jump. Traverse environments using front and back touch, and also control the movement of Drake on ropes and slides using the motion sensor.
Versatile gameplay for the UNCHARTED fan – Traditional (Dualstick Analog/button) or interactive (PS Vita features) allows players to choose the method that compliments their playing style.
Epic single player campaign that takes players through richly detailed realistic environments and undiscovered lands.
Comments 9
I am looking forward to this out of all of the PS Vita games announced so far.
WOOOOOT!
I played Uncharted 2 at a friend's house and it was awesome! Then I got a PS3 bundled with it, but i LOST it! it drove me crazy for weeks!
Now I can play a game like it on the go!
This is going to be my first Vita game :3
Cant wait this is defiantly going to be my first pick up right along with umvc3
I've already bought my copy, Now i get to stare at it for a week till i pick up my system
Now I HAVE Uncharted 2 (Yay!)
Still a buy If/When I get a Vita
Own almost all of the Uncharted series, love it
(Hence my username)
Would buy a Vita just for this game
Bought a vita just for this game
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