Lawrence's footsteps in search of clues, and that's how Drake and Sully find themselves in a rotting Chateau in France a long, lost medieval site where Lawrence once trod in search of the fabled city. In Uncharted 3, Nathan Drake will pick up the trail with friend, mentor and father figure Victor "Sully" Sullivan. Lawrence's life was cut short before he could travel to the vast and deadly Rub' al Khali desert to search for the city. Iram, the city of pillars, was once a centre of trade before, according to Hebrew lore, God struck it down and buried it under sand. He travelled the world looking for clues of a civilisation mentioned in the Qu'ran. Lawrence was fascinated with a lost city a place he called The Atlantis of the Sands. But Uncharted 3 isn't as concerned with Lawrence's participation with the Arab Revolt in the early 1900s as it is with his archaeological interests. Lawrence, the British army officer whose life story was told in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. He'll be following in the footsteps of T.E. Based on the game's debut trailer it's evident that Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception will take the treasure hunter to the desert. This is for giving Uncharted a low score!Ĭreative director Amy Hennig the scribe responsible for helping make Nathan Drake and his many friends and foes feel down-to-earth lays the groundwork for Uncharted 3's plot. Sony is providing a larger, fully-featured motion capture studio for the Uncharted 3 team in Culver City.
The new Naughty Dog space has a small, on-site motion capture studio to aid in creating the game's uncanny character animations. (When Uncharted 2 went into crunch time in 2009 their old workspace became overcrowded. Community strategist Arne Meyer revealed that Naughty Dog had just moved into a new studio in anticipation of hiring as the game progresses. The press event hosted by a handful of the game's developers in balmy Los Angeles granted a tantalising first glimpse of the PlayStation 3 exclusive, due out next November.īefore the live demonstration, representatives from the Naughty Dog team provided some background on the game's plot, new features and the status of their development team. Just a day after unveiling the first trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception at the Spike Video Game Awards, Naughty Dog gave the gaming press their first look at gameplay.