Uncharted 3 News: Villains and 3D

There’s a wealth of new Uncharted 3 news, no it’s not Nathan Fillion being cast as Drake in the upcoming film (which is a crime we think!). It’s about a new villain, 3D gameplay and more.

Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Richard Lemarchand and Arne Meyer were at GDC 2011 to give a demo and speak with the press about Uncharted 3 – the embargo just lifted this morning.

Tthe press event started with the first ever demo outside of Naughty Dog halls of UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception in stereoscopic 3D.

They showed off the burning chateau sequence premiered in late December.

According to Arne Meyer:

In my opinion, with this small snippet of gameplay we’ve proven that we’re able to perfectly retain all of the spectacular visuals and effects that you’ve come to expect from an UNCHARTED game into the 3D presentation. Playing in 3D gives you some added benefits to gameplay as well, such as improved aiming around corners and an excellent read on depth for all traversal sequences, no matter how tricky. Unfortunately, until you get the see the UNCHARTED 3 running in 3D at an event or in your home this November, you’ll have to rely on impressions from our attending media for how good it looked and played.

They then let loose details on the central antagonist that will plague Nathan throughout the game, Katherine Marlowe. Sort of reminds me of Mrs. Archer from the series, Archer.

OK, maybe not the drunkenness.

Some background on Katherine Marlowe: The coldly calculating leader of a secret society whose roots date back over four hundred years to the court of Queen Elizabeth I. She has a long-standing rivalry with Nathan Drake over Sir Francis Drake’s ring – something they both contend is rightfully theirs and is also the key to an ancient mystery. As you can tell from the cut-scene above, Marlowe is a much more cerebral enemy than Drake has confronted in the past, using both psychological and physical tactics to get what she is after. Marlowe also has the assistance of her team of highly-trained agents in this secret society – they are far more elusive and dangerous than the hired guns Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan have faced before.