We all knew it was coming, but confirmation is always a good thing. According to the latest issue of PSM3, Uncharted 2 is now confirmed to be in development.

Curious to know why Ubisoft Montreal's Prince of Persia has a distinct and unique art style to the point that it stands out from the rest? The visual art director and the creative director behind the game have said that they picked style over realism. Details after the jump!

Homebrew Christophe has just rolled out a new build of PSPVICE, the PSP-compatible Commodore 64 emulator.

Since its initial release, and the PSP Slim port done by matypsp, there are many things that have been changed in the program. To know all about these changes, go over to the full article via the "read more" link below.


Download: PSPVICE v1.2

Did that nasty little region lock for the demo of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune get you? Worry not! (Cue Superman theme song.) The UK will get their hands on the demo on November 22.

Naughty Dog's Christophe Balestra has apologized in the PlayStation blogs and explained that the region lock was a mistake. Read more in the full article.

Thanks to Dr Egg for the tip.

Given the crisp, high-def scenery that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune will offer for the Sony PlayStation 3, we imagine the fans are hoping the game won't end abruptly as an intense, yet fondly remembered one-off hit. With that said, we're letting you guys in on a recent interview between Arstechnica and Naughty Dog's co-president Christophe Balestra, which reveals a few extra details about the dev studio's plans for the game.

Balestra explained that the team was fully aware of the teething problems that similar dev studios had experienced with the PS3, which included issues such as frame rate problems and engine inconsistencies.

Given that Naughty Dog was focused on PS3 development, it made it easier for them to cope with the said problems. And it looks like they did more than cope - Uncharted will reportedly use 30% of the Cell's processing power, and 91% of the Blu-Ray disc's 25 GB capacity.

That said, Balestra also explained that Sony's PlayStation Edge developer's kit was largely developed at Naughty Dog, and they were trying to help any other dev teams out there having difficulties designing games for the Sony PS3. Moving on, Balestra confirmed that much like Naughty Dog's previous works, Uncharted was going to have more than one installment. As he elaborated during the interview:

Crash was a franchise, Jak & Daxter was a franchise and yes of course Uncharted will be a franchise. It takes a lot of effort to create a universe like Uncharted and there is so much more we want to do. It would be a waste if we didn%u2019t have a sequel to make it even better than the first one.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for the PlayStation 3 has recently gone gold, and is expected to arrive in North America come November 20. A December 7 launch will follow for Europe. Be sure to look out for game demo that's expected to be available on the PlayStation Network by mid-November.

Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking recently authored a children's book about the cosmos. During an interview session with several reporters in Cambridge University, Hawking said he has plans to make real science as exciting as science fiction to increase awareness especially among the youth.

The said book is titled "George's Secret Key to the Universe" and will be released in French language this Thursday and in English a week from now. This book is actually part of a trilogy and will mostly revolve around the workings of the solar system, asteroids, and black holes among others.

The book was co-written with Hawking's daughter Lucy and Christophe Galfard - the first Frenchman to write a doctorate thesis on Hawking's observation. According to Hawking, the only fictional thing that readers can found in this book is a supercomputer named Cosmos that opens a door allowing travel into space aboard an asteroid.

The second entry in the trilogy is expected to come out some time next year.