Naughty Dog has been hard at work on their next title update for Uncharted 2, and it releases today.

Version 1.06 of the game will feature refinements to many aspects of the multiplayer to produce a more thrilling experience.

Today Uncharted 2 was updated today to version 1.05, and it adds minor improvements to the multiplayer aspect of the game – after all what would they change to the single player!

Highlights include thirteen new medals, updates to the various maps, rebalancing of weapon damage and attributes, and changes to the penalties for leaving matches early.

A new piece of downloadable content from our old favourite Uncharted 2 has been announced, giving us a sense of déjà vu as it steps back to the game that started it all of; Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

When it becomes available on the 25th of February, you will be able to add new maps and player skins to your system.

The shortlist for the BAFTA GAME Award 2009 has just been announced, and you can now vote for your favourite! This is the only award at the British Academy Video Game Awards which is voted for by the public, so it’s fitting that it’s also the most prestigious.

Some great games have been nominated, including seven titles on the PlayStation 3, one of which is exclusive (bet you can’t guess which one).

Having diligently hoovered my original PS every month since the day one purchase, I think that there was dust in places that there really ought not to have been. The fan would kick in even after being on for 10 minutes and the heat coming from my original 60Gb PS3 was a concern to say the least.

So I decided to go for the fat-to-slim upgrade. Turns out there a few things I should have known…

When I first started writing this story, the idea was to have a list of ten PS3 games which have made me laugh. Unfortunately, after I got up to four, thinking of any others suddenly became about as easy as completing Demon’s Souls single-handedly (i.e. not very easy at all). I honestly couldn’t think of any other games which I can legitimately describe as being funny (excluding games like Damnation and Rogue Warrior of course, which are funny for a completely different reason).

We have two great pieces of news on Uncharted 2 today.

The first is the announcement of Uncharted 2 downloadable content release number one.

At least not for the third person perspective genre.

Speaking to G4TV, Naughty Dog’s co-president Evan Wells has discounted any possibility of future Uncharted games getting the motion controller treatment.

That’s not to say one of the best studios in the world aren’t interested in the technology, they’d just prefer to use it on a new property designed from the ground up with the device in mind.

With all this talk of PS4 and Sony’s cloud technology, it’s good to see that at least one studio reckons there’s life left in the old PS3.

Everyone’s favourite action adventure game for the PS3 has been updated again, adding in some minor but worth noting features.

Again Naughty Dog has improved the online multiplayer experience further, which should make many fans very happy.

Naughty Dog has announced that this Friday, players of Uncharted 2 will receieve a free patch for the game, and in the patch is a map!

They are setting off the first DLC in the form of “The Fort” map for free. This is said to be based upon the “Fortress” chapter in the first game.

We hate plug-pullers*. Really, if there was one practice we’d like to abolish from online gaming, this would be it.

Many studios are now implementing “penalties” for leaving a game early, the latest being Naughty Dog who are dishing out hefty 40,000 fines for players who mysteriously vanish from the fray.

Replying to comments over on the official Naughty Dog forums from players who deem this penalty to be “unfair” and “excessive”, Naughty Dog’s Arne Meyer believes the studio are following the correct path in order to keep the game honest for everyone.

Not prepared to wait on previously attached screenwriter Kyle Ward and his other game-to-screen adaptations, LatinoReview have reported that the producers of the upcoming Uncharted movie are now circling new writers.

Favourites for the gig are Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer who are in talks to pen the first of what will surely be many Drake adventures on the big screen.

Naughty Dog are delighted that so many of us are enjoying their latest game, Uncharted 2, and so who better for them to go to when looking for advise?

They asking the community to vote for their favourite future playlists in the addictive multiplayer mode.

This week on the Homerun we will cover the new content to arrive for PlayStation Home in Europe and North America.

So keep reading for this week’s injection of news and views of what’s new in Sony’s online world.

Sony and Pepsi have teamed up to deliver drinkers of the Cola brand free copies of Uncharted 1 and 2, plus a PlayStation 3!

You also have the chance to win just Uncharted 2: Among Thieves or the first comic episode.

Halloween is tomorrow and to celebrate, Naughty Dog is releasing a patch for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves which primarily focuses on the multiplayer modes.

In addition, this weekend will be the first Double Cash Weekend.

The list of tweaks are as follows…

Uncharted 2 is without question our favourite game of the year, and even for the whole PS3 lifetime, so far.

It’s so good that it has surpassed the expectations held by developers Naughty Dog.

A warm welcome to another Homerun this week with lots of news and views on the new content to arrive for PlayStation Home.

There is a ton of new things arriving on Friday – yes that’s right a day late – so we’ll go straight into it shall we?

This is a bit of a surprise, but a very welcomed one! IGN has just posted a motion comic version of the original Uncharted’s opening sequence!

You know what the cool thing is? This isn’t even the motion comic that is releasing Thursday on the PSN, it’s a different one!

El “God Damn” Dorado!