STACK #136 Feb 2016

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We review amongst ourselves via text every month. Here's Paul and Scott on The Gift.

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to the pace of the Uncharted universe that’s obviously not a Twitch-style multiplayer game; it's very slow and stealthy and deliberate. "So I think we’ve really gone to a unique place with it. We feel that it’s not only an important part of the game, it also feels very natural." Uncharted 4: A Thief's End , the concluding part in the compelling Nathan Drake series, will release on April 27.

and recently we spoke with Naughty Dog's community manager, Arne Meyer, who told us that the studio were happy with how it's shaping up. "With Uncharted 4 we think we’ve created multiplayer game, or mode, that is pretty unique in the space," says Meyer. "It's so unique to have high vertical environments that you can traverse and have this different viewpoint

T he final chapter in the Uncharted series, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End , was originally pitched to land in late 2015 before it slipped to March and then finally (hopefully) to April. Naughty Dog showcased the Uncharted 4 multiplayer in a December beta, and it was well- received. Multiplayer was introduced to the series in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves ,

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studio move

Brian Horton, the director of Rise of the Tomb Raider , has left Crystal Dynamics for a role at Californian studio Infinity Ward, the progenitors of the Call of Duty franchise. He joins Infinity Ward as studio art director, presumably to work on the developer's next Call of Duty title, due this year. This will be the first CoD game from the studio after it moved to Activision's new three-year development cycle for the series. Although little is known at this stage what the game will be, Infinity Ward's last CoD title was 2013's Call of Duty: Ghosts .

Entertainment website TMZ has obtained a copy of Motorhead singer Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister's death certificate and lists the cause of death as prostate cancer, cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure. Known for his hard partying lifestyle, Lemmy was diagnosed with cancer on Boxing Day and died two days later. cause of death

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