Uncharted 3 Goes Gold, Starhawk Beta Key Included With Game

Naughty Dog announced that they've wrapped up development on third-person action-adventure Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. The PS3 exclusive will arrive as schedule in the first week of November.

All copies of the game will come with early access vouchers for the Starhawk beta. The beta is set to begin in early 2012. This is in all likelihood a one-time use code. In other words, if you buy a pre-owned copy of Uncharted 3 you'll miss out on this early access - unless the previous owner is weird and didn't use the code.

Starhawk, if you're not aware, is the spiritual successor to multiplayer shooter Warhawk. It features an all-new single-player campaign set on the frontier of space. The large-scale, vehicle-based multiplayer from Warhawk will return as well, with new features like flying mechs and base building.

The beta voucher isn't the only bonus included with Uncharted 3, though. The game disc will also have four behind-the-scenes videos. The videos should give you some idea as to how Naughty Dog threw this here video game together.

In Uncharted 3, Nathan Drake and his mentor Victor Sullivan are searching for a lost city on the Arabian peninsula. They'll have to travel the world to find clues as to the city's exact location. The treasure hunters will also have to contend with a centuries-old secret society also intent on finding the city.

UC3 will hit North America on November 1st and Europe on the 2nd.

Pete Haas

Staff Writer at CinemaBlend.