Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Details and Beta Date Emerge

Following an Uncharted 3 press event, a slew of details have been revealed about Uncharted 3′s multiplayer modes.

Two maps have been discussed: The Airstrip and The Chateau. The Chateau is “a more traditional style arena map” with ziplines and many height levels to fight amongst, whereas The Airstrip is a two part map, which takes place “on a massive cargo plane being chased by trucks,” with the second part of the map taking place as a plane is about to take off. then there’s another change to to the “airstrip hangar area.”

New modes have been outed, too: alongside the traditional Team Deathmatch is “Three Team Deathmatch,” which is, as you might guess, 2 vs. 2 vs. 2. There’s also Free For All, which is self-explanatory.

Naughty Dog have also implemented “Late Join,” an obvious matchmaking tool which will smooth out the online play immeasurably (presumably). There’s also a split screen online mode:

We’ve heard that many of you want to play with a friend on the same couch and we’re really proud to say that we were able to not only implement same-console split screen but you can log into two independent PSN IDs for most gametypes – the ones you can’t are to prevent unfair collusion between players.

Playing with friends and creating a team environment is extremely important for us and we’re trying to encourage this with the Buddy system. Each player will be partnered with a Buddy and you’ll be able to collectively share your successes throughout the match with each other. You can even pick up Treasures — more on that later — for your Buddy. The Buddy system also allows you to choose to spawn on your Buddy if they are safely out of combat so you can jump into the action together quicker. This is key since most of our game modes are all about team play and teams that stick together will do far better than teams who don’t.

Character customization is yet another new addition to the game, along with emblems and weapon customisations, new boosters, a rewards system, and a sprint button.

The Multiplayer Beta for Uncharted 3 begins on June 28, 2011, with early access for PlayStation Plus members.

Via PS Blog