As you all know, many games have received Christmas themed goodies this holiday season. As of yesterday, Uncharted 3 has joined the list and will be offering gamers in-game items for only a short time. Go adorn yourselves with Christmas cheer and obtain a brand new map by playing some multiplayer today!

There is something quite Stat-tacular when a game series reaches a certain maturity.  The Halo franchise recently created an infographic showing how many times the game has been played over the years and now it is the turn of the Uncharted series.  The franchise has been co-op since the second game and with over 15 million games sold, let’s hope for more.  Check out the gallery for the full size image and bask in the history of Nathan Drake and the fact you have all been playing the games for more than 2500 years.

This Saturday, December 10th, we're hosting a co-op night featuring Uncharted 3 on PS3, starting at 8PM Central. We haven't done many PS3 events, and you've all been asking for them, so here you go! We're going to keep running co-op nights for all three platforms so there will be more to come for PS3 fans.

I love the holiday season, don't you? All the hot games are out so there's plenty of fun to be had, everyone is in the holiday spirit, and we all burn the last of our vacation only to spend it at home. Plus it's so freakin' cold that you don't want to leave the house. Alright, well maybe that's just a problem for us Northerners. Wherever you happen to live, you're welcome encouraged to join us for three (3) co-op nights this December. Yes, you read that correctly, three (3) co-op nights in a month. Are we crazy? Probably, but that just makes our co-op nights even more enjoyable.

It's been two years since we discovered the secrets hidden in the mountains of Tibet. Nathan Drake is back, headed to the desert, and he's bringing an improved co-op mode along for the ride. Will it soar to the heights of the single-player campaign, or will we once again be left wanting?

No, Kevin Butler is not trying to force choke you.  If he was, you'd already be dead.  He's simply demonstrating a way for you to win some cash monies in a new Uncharted 3 contest.   If you have a webcam, some free time, and some rock-solid deltoids, you can win yourself $10,000 bucks.  That's right.  Ten. Thousand.  Dollars.  That's like a bazillion nickels, or all of the pennies in the whole world*!  Simply go to grabthering.com, register, start up your webcam, and grab that damn ring.  Then hold it for (as of this writing) at least 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 36 seconds.  You didn't thing it would be easy, did you?  

Happy Halloween, folks!  We have a few high profile co-op releases this week.  Game titles boasting high impact words like "survival," "war," "deception," and "otomedius."  Wait, what the hell is an "otomedius?"  Let me Google that.  Oh.  O-o-o-h.  Moving forward.

What could quite possibly be Drake's biggest adventure yet is a mere week away. That's right, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception hits store shelves next Tuesday, November 1 and I for one can't wait to see what's up with that smoking plane in the background. Developer Naughty Dog has brought out out the big guns in anticipation of the game's release, and we're not just talking about another launch trailer...

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Naughty Dog has announced that Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception has gone gold and will be available to retailers on November 1st.  The PlayStation 3 exclusive game is one we've been watching for a while, along side one of the most entertaining single player experiences in video games this generation - Uncharted 3 will offer a variety of multiplayer modes including several cooperative modes for three players.  

This may not exactly be co-op news, but Sony's latest ad campaign for the PlayStation 3,  called Long Live Play, is certainly worth watching.  Not to give too much away, but the idea is how a player impacts the lives of the characters they play in modern day games.

This week we kick off a brand new batch of This Week in Co-Op articles. Over the next two months we’re going to be bringing you a unique spin on our weekly feature, the Co-Opticrew are playing with various members of the gaming industry including developers, PR, journalists and podcasters.

Are you trying to get into the Uncharted 3 beta, but you're not a PlayStation Plus member?  Did you miss out on our awesome beta code giveaway?  Never fear, steadfast gamers, the Uncharted 3 beta goes public today!  This marks week two of the game's multiplayer beta.  You will find it as a regular item in the PlayStation Store.  I did some in-depth research (I turned on my PS3) and yep, it's available.  

The Uncharted 3 Beta is underway with full support for the game's various co-op modes over its 3 week period. Not only can you enjoy the game online, but you can check out the split-screen addition as well. To celebrate the launch Naughty Dog has provided us with 20 beta codes to give away!

The Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta kicks off today for PlayStation Plus subscribers and owners of inFamous 2.  The rest of the world gets access on July 4th with the entire beta ending on July 13th.  During the beta period Naughty Dog will be making three maps available to play, with two at any one time in rotation.  They'll also be rotating game modes in and out throughout the weeks.