One of the primary designers of the Uncharted series is leaving Naughty Dog to pursue a professorship at the University of Southern California. Richard Lemarchand was co-lead designer on Uncharted 3, but soon he'll be teaching at the Interactive Media Division, and working on experimental games for a research project.

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Inspired by Indiana Jones, the Uncharted series is one of the most cinematic productions in gaming right now. Instead of waiting for the live action Hollywood adaptation of the franchise, morphinapg on YouTube decided to take matters into his own hands: edit footage of all three games in the series into three feature-length films.

To do so, morphinapg not only grabbed every cinematic from the games, he also added the "minimum amount of gameplay" necessary to make sure the story would still make sense to someone that's never played the game.

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It would appear that Nathan Drake is going to go through a spat of déjà vu before his next adventure unwinds. According to CVG, an Uncharted Collection will launch on the PlayStation 3 next month.

The Uncharted set is scheduled to arrive alongside the previously confirmed Resistance Collection. The Uncharted bundle had briefly appeared on Best Buy's website; however, it has since been removed. The game was reportedly priced for $39.99 and set to launch on July 22. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is packed with images and footage of almost every Nintendo 3DS game we know about. We've also got media for a handful of other titles. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for League of Legends, Bulletstorm, Overgrowth, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, DC Universe Online, MotorStorm Apocalypse, and Rift. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features the first look at Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters, and media for Fight Night Champion, League of Legends, Lost in Shadow, and Rift. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for Medal of Honor, Art Academy, Battlefield Heroes, League of Legends, Monday Night Combat, Earthrise, Epic Mickey, Dead Rising 2: Case West, and Rift. Read more »

Could Marky Mark be the live-action version of Uncharted's wise-cracking hero, Nathan Drake? According to a recent interview with MTV, the former Funky Bunch frontman is expected to star in the videogame-to-film adaptation that starts shooting next summer, directed by David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter). (via Joystiq)

Whalberg doesn't confirm whether he'll be starring as series protagonist Nathan Drake, but it seems likely, given his assertion that director Russel is writing parts for other Hollywood heavy-hitters. Apparently, he's got Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in mind to play Whalberg's character's father and uncle, respectively. Those characters would be new to the Uncharted canon, having not appeared in either game, but given Russel's track record and the talent he's trying to involve, we're begrudgingly inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. Read more »

The hardest part of a DotA-style game is learning how it actually works, while dealing with the entrenched communities that have little to no patience for new players.In an effort to combat this, Riot Games has added a tutorial mode called "Battle Training" to League of Legends.

I was able to preview the mode last week and you can read my impressions now. Read more »

Riot Games is adding an advanced tutorial to its DotA-alike game League of Legends. While the game has a basic tutorial that explains the very basics of the game in a non-game scenario, the Battle Training mode takes place on the game's 5-versus-5 Summoner's Rift map.

Players can also earn experience and influence points--albeit at a reduced rate--in this mode, which adds some replayability. The tutorial covers everything from the character selection screen through the post-game report. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is jam-packed with content, so let's get going. We've got new media from Trine 2, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution, Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Rift: Planes of Telara, Battlefield: Heroes, Dead Rising 2, EA Sports MMA, League of Legends, Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy, and Tron: Evolution. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features new media from Splatterhouse, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, Bloodline Champions, Vindictus, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, Vanquish, Monopoly Streets, League of Legends, Saw 2: Flesh & Blood, and a teaser trailer announcing the first original release from developer Demiurge Studios, a downloadable title for Xbox 360 and PS3 dubbed Shoot Many Robots. Read more »

Valve's announcement of Dota 2 is sure to give massive exposure to the RTS sub-genre that became popular with the Warcraft III custom map "Defense of the Ancients" (DotA). To that end, we here at Shacknews thought we'd explain what DotA is and how you can play it--or a game based upon it--while you wait for Valve's 2011 release.

Defense of the Ancients is actually based upon the "Aeon of Strife" custom map for the original StarCraft, but was brought to Warcraft III as DotA. Many different developers worked on the map, but IceFrog--now working on Dota 2 with Valve--has updated the game since 2005 with DotA-Allstars. Read more »

Riot Games' League of Legends was the star of the first Games Developers Choice Online Awards last night, coming away with five of the nine awards, which were established to reward "innovation and excellence in the art of making online games."

LoL scooped awards in categories from 'Best Online Game Design' to 'Best Online Technology.' Other winners included EVE Online for 'Best Live Game,' MMO juggernaut World of Warcraft for its customer service and NCSoft's Aion for sound. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is another big one, adding various screens and movies for Fighters Uncaged, Cities XL 2011, Active Life Explorer, DC Universe Online, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, NBA 2K11, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Yakuza 4, Shogun 2: Total War, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, Shaun White Skateboarding, Vanquish, Okamiden, League of Legends, Nail'd, GoldenEye 007 Wii, and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved. Read more »