New issue of the free PlayStation 3 magazine includes the new GTA IV video trailer together with an analysis, plus Little Big Planet preview and Turning Point developer interview.
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There's a nice comp running over at www.unchartedps3.com; a Google Maps-powered Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (ARG) alternative reality game. Track down Nathan Drake first and the prize is two return flights to Cancun, seven nights all-in accommodation in a four star hotel and two activities - GPS scavenger hunt and snorkel, and a submarine trip. Ten runners up bag a 26? TV. The comp runs until the end of January.

Ah yeah, and if you're a bit handy at this treasure hunting caper, best not to post your solutions to the tasks on here, as you'll only have a slew of other contestants stealing a march on you!
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This week's top rental charts from U.S. game rental company GameFly, representing the most requested games for the week ending December 3rd, highlight both to-be-released and already released games in a unique demand-specific chart.

This week's top five all-platform requests show little movement once again, after last week saw the list barely ruffled. Assassin's Creed still takes the top spot for a third week with Mass Effect in second for its second week in a row.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which spent the last two weeks at number four, slips a bit to the fourth spot to make room for Kane and Lynch: Dead Men to move up one spot into the fourth spot, but that's the only movement -- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune stays at number five, where it entered last week.
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IGN via PS3 News:

A slew of solid PS3 titles came out in November, but only one game can be named the IGN Game Of The Month. While IGN readers selected Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for the November crown, the editors decided to go with Call Of Duty 4.
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VG Chartz has a list of the upcoming releases in Japan for the Wii, DS, PS3, PS3, PSP, and Xbox 360. Not all games are listed - only major releases are listed. The list includes release dates.

Source: Sinobi (Japanese)
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US Games

* The Golden Compass

EU Games

* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
* Singstar
* Medal of Honour: Airborne
* World Series of Poker: Battle for the Bracelets

Asian Games

* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* Conan
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The Chanticleer's Art & Entertainment editor Toni Merriss picks her ten best games of 2007.
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VG Chartz' hardware sales for Black Friday week in North America are as below (ranked by units sold):

1. DS: 684,202
2. Wii: 421,419
3. Xbox 360: 254,680
4. PSP: 194,723
5. PS3: 174,045

The full report also includes the top ten software titles for the week for Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3.
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Nov 27, 2007 We know Naughty Dog love their franchises, first there was Crash Bandicoot then came Jak and Daxter and now, with the ending to Uncharted: Drakes Fortune giving more than a few hints that a sequel is on the cards, it seems its Nathan Drakes turn to be given the sequel treatment. But the ending of the game isnt all thats led us to believe that Drakes return is on the horizon. A recent piece of art work sent out by Sony came complete with a document entitled ‘Lost and Found ... » Read More

David Seymour, Design Director of Slant Six Games writes:

"Happy Thanksgiving from Slant Six! While we celebrated our Canadian turkey day earlier in October, we hope that you all have a great holiday. I have actually taken the week off to spend time with family and to play some games. I finally have some time to dig into my fearsome PS3 backlog, including Uncharted, Assassin's Creed and Motorstorm Devil's Weekend".
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Uncharted has guns. And guns shoot people. Shooting people causes people to bleed. Not in Japan, apparently! When played on a Japanese PS3, Uncharted is bloodless. Sure, Japan has done this before with games like Dead Rising and Resistance. It doesn't matter where you bought Uncharted as the game's still bloodless. The origin of the disc does not matter, but rather, the hardware does.
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Say Uncharted is a system selling game. Also point out that the danger-dealing elements deliver much of Uncharted's perfectly paced gameplay

5.0/5 Graphics
4.8/5 Control
5.0/5 Music / Sound FX / Voice Acting
4.8/5 Play Value

4.8/5 Overall Rating - Must Buy
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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was one of the first PlayStation 3 titles shown during Sony's unveiling conference at E3 2005, and Naughty Dog has been on the frontlines with their Indiana Jones-inspired action adventure title every step of the way since. For some games that works, but when Uncharted became a target for criticism, the folks at Naughty Dog realized maybe they'd made a mistake pulling back the curtain so early, as studio co-presidents Evan Wells said to 1UP last week.
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IGN: "Today Sony announced Uncharted: Drake's Fortune has shipped and is waiting to be discovered at your local game shop. Developed by Naughty Dog, makers of Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter, Uncharted is a new IP that takes Tomb Raider-style gameplay to the next level.

"The power of PS3 has really opened up the doors for game developers in terms of creating realistic worlds and believable characters," said Evan Wells, Co-President, Naughty Dog. "We are extremely proud that we accomplished what we set out to do: create a game that combines the fun and adventure of our previous games, presented in a real world setting that immerses players and makes them feel like the star of a big-budget blockbuster film.""
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A demo of John Woo's Stranglehold has gone live in the PS Store in this week's relatively low-key PSN update.

The demo, which 360 fans got back in August, lets you go berserk with Inspector Tequila (Chow Yun Fat) and his duel-wielded guns and blast your way through the massively destructible Hong Kong marketplace level.

There's also yet more Motorstorm goodies to download - new skins for your cars - and some game and Blu-ray trailers up for the taking.
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Nov 15, 2007 Uncharted: Drakes Fortune is undoubtedly one of the stand out PS3 games of the year, and one that we certainly cant put down. Due to hit US stores in a matter of days, 17 November, with the UK release following on 7 December, Christmas may well come early for owners of Sonys black box. As those of you who have downloaded the demo from the PlayStation Store will already know, Uncharted is full off incredible visuals and set pieces and, thankfully, these dont end when the demo ... » Read More

Pacific Crest Securities' Evan Wilson says new version of Nintendo's portable complete; holiday release torrent creating retail woes.

Wilson notes that not all games will be affected by insufficient retail space. "Clearly, the end-of-year squeeze creates limited space at retail, which limits the size of initial orders of games with less publicity and reorders of games with lower quality." He anticipates games with high preorder rates such as Guitar Hero III, Call of Duty 4, Assassins' Creed, Mass Effect, WWE, and Rock Band to be less affected by insufficient retail space. "Titles that could be at risk of getting squeezed," he continues, "include Haze, Kane & Lynch, and Uncharted."
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NeoGAF member egmfan89 has posted score from latest EGM magazine:

"Mario and sonic olympics: 6,7,6
Geometry wars galaxies: 8.5,7, 8.5
Fire Emblem: 9,9, 8.5
Need For speed pro street: 8.5, 7.5, 7
Tony hawk: 5.5, 6.5, 7.5
Manhunt 2: 4, 5, 7
CoD 4: 9.5, 8.5, 9.5
Blacksite Area 51: 6, 5, 6
Kane and Lynch: 7.5, 7, 7
Uncharted: 3 8.5s"
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Sure you've heard some rumors that Uncharted will be hitting stores November 15th. But that isn't true, at least from what we are told from the Sony Blog.
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Nov 12, 2007 Naughty Dog says that the region-locked Uncharted demo that hit the US was "an honest mistake", and has now fixed the problem so that everyone can play. PS3 owners who regularly enjoy the PS3's glorious region-freeness by downloading demos from other-region PSN Stores were shocked furious last week when the US demo of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune proved to be locked to US PS3s only. People went mental, and Naughty Dog promised to sort it out. "We just didn't know people from other ... » Read More