The moment I opened Sideshow Collectibles' Sixth Scale Nathan Drake figure from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is the moment it stopped being a Nathan Drake figure. No, this is a creepy six-legged spider figure with a Nathan Drake accessory.

Without any spoilers, my favourite part of Uncharted 3 -- by far -- was the relationship between Drake and Sully. Naughty Dog just did a great job of nailing that bromance cum father/son relationship thing. In fact, after watching this 'reimagining' of the game's plot, maybe Naughty Dog did too good a job...

To say that Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception was successful would be an understatement. The game received overwhelmingly positive reviews and shipped millions of units in its first week of sale... so was it worth the hype? Kotaku reader and regular reviewer, Tristan Damen, isn't so sure if the game was deserving of all the glowing praise it received. Here is his review.

The following post contains plot spoilers for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception dispels any doubt regarding the series' aspirations. Uncharted strives to step into the void left by Indiana Jones as popular culture's premiere pulp-adventure series. It's an impressive effort.

Telling a story is as much about what isn't included as it is about what is included. It's easy to overwhelm with too much: Too much story, too many people, too much detail. Artful brevity, careful selection is key to how a story is told and perceived.

The weekend before last was one of those rare weekends when I got to spend absolutely every single waking hour playing games -- which resulted in me finishing off Batman: Arkham City, and completely loving it. This weekend was supposed to be about me playing a decent chunk of Uncharted 3, but that got the kibosh real quick. So I'm really relying on you guys for this week's Community Review!

Today Uncharted 3 is released in Australia, but it could have been so different. As a high end, prestige development team, Naughty Dog has always had high-end expectations for its work and the end product. This time round, things were even trickier than usual, resulting in a crunch period that Uncharted 3's Creative Director described as the most difficult period she's ever endured in the games industry. We spoke to Keith Guerrette, Lead FX Artist at Naughty Dog about this difficult time in development.

On November 1, Nathan Drake ventures into the hidden depths of the Earth to capture the most elusive treasure he's ever sought -- the heart of game reviewers everywhere.

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is the follow-up to inarguable the best game released in 2009. That predecessor managed to lock in more than 200 game of the year awards, including our's. How do you think Uncharted 3 will fair in the long shadow of Among Thieves? Here's our gut check on Uncharted 3, due out early next month.

Though the third chapter in the Uncharted saga isn't due out until November 1, Naughty Dog just couldn't wait to show us the full trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. After watching it yourself you'll see why.

Eschewing the generic Season Pass label many games are using to package together downloadable content, Sony and Naughty Dog opt for the much classier Fortune Hunters' Club to give Uncharted 3 fans a discounted price on upcoming DLC.

That copy of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception you're probably going to buy anyway has an added incentive -- one ticket for early access to the Starhawk public beta.

You may have seen this sandy, sun-soaked footage of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception before--Naughty Dog showed at Eurogamer Expo, but yanked the footage from YouTube. But now you can see it again in great detail and high-definition clarity. Hooray!

Nathan Drake will be gorging on sun, guns and fun in the Rub' al Khali desert, one of the many destinations featured in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. First footage of Drake's (potentially spoiler-ish) desert-going adventure is now in the wild, excavated from the recent Eurogamer Expo.

Sony is sandwiching Uncharted 3's November 1 release between a brand-new novel and a six-issue comic book series, delving deeper into Drake's fiction than ever before.

Sony kicks off their television campaign for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception with this brand new commercial.

Nolan North isn't just the voice of Uncharted 3 star Nathan Drake, he's also a pretty awesome video game unboxer. Sure, it's no Gawker HQ rooftop unboxing, but it gets the job done.

Even those of us in Kotaku Tower relatively unenthused by the Uncharted franchise sat up and took notice of the Uncharted 3 gameplay demo at Sony's Gamescom 2011 press conference. Witness action movie cliché at its finest!

There are easier ways to catch a flight than chasing a plane with jeep, climbing up its landing gear and then fighting a large man in an open cargo bay. But that's how Nathan Drake catches a plane in November's PlayStation 3 exclusive Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.