Naughty Dog has announced that the latest update for Uncharted 3’s early access multiplayer has gone live. Aside from fixing a few bugs players have been experiencing, the first patch also adds two new maps, Highrise and Molten Ruins.
Those who purchased the multiplayer DLC for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will immediately recognise the two latest additions, Molten Ruins being a volcanic twist on the Drake’s Fortune map with Highrise now being set during the night.
From hours of experience with Uncharted 2’s multiplayer I can say that both maps are exceptional and do a fine job in showing off the gameplay’s verticality.
The total number of multiplayer now stands at 8, and they’re a varied bunch I can tell you, though it seems that even more are on the way. When cycling through the multiplayer menus you will notice that in the background is a section from a multiplayer map which cycles at random.
Prior to ND’s latest announcement we had actually spotted a background which looked identical to the newly announced Molten Ruins map. Having also seen an updated version of The Museum and a snowy backdrop (which also features a frozen submarine,) we suspect more maps are inbound, hopefully launching before the full game launches on November 2nd.
We’ll have the full review soon.
Source: Naughty Dog
Aquastyle
Just tried them out, hugely impressed with what they did with Molten Ruins, looks sooo good! Only rivaled by Desert Village when it comes to awesome-lookingness.
The patch did some things to the leaderboards though. They’ve filled in the K/D ratio column for the kills leaderboards, but also reset a lot of players stats, me being one of them. (the 3.5 K/D I’ve got now is pleasing to look at though)
And lastly, as you mentioned Teabags, the icy-submarine is part of the Facility map from UC2, in it’s frozen down state. The Museum will also probably be in UC3. :)