Naughty Dog are in the process of rolling out patch 1.06 for Uncharted 3. The patch addresses some minor gameplay issues while preparing the game for the upcoming “Shades Survival” DLC to come later in March. Eric ND also responds on EU players missing their rewards for participating in the July Beta.
GAMEPLAY
- Players can now consistently earn the Return To Sender medal
- Players can now consistently earn the Hot Potato medal
- Players are now able to melee when automatically reloading a gun
- Players can no longer throw grenades while carrying an object
TECHINCAL
- Enemy AI now dies appropriately at the end of each Co-Op Arena round for players.
- Mute functionality has been improved; players should no longer be able to hear the other player on either side of the mute action
- Fixed an exploit with thrown objects being used to escape the level boundaries
- In Elimination in TDM, players will no longer initially spawn in the last location their buddy spawned
SERVER
- Late-joiners to multiplayer games no longer have a new set of power weapons when entering a game
- Fixed a rare issue in which certain users were inappropriately kicked out of a non-DLC matchmaking game
Patch 1.06 adds the necessary technical hooks for the upcoming Co-Op Shade Survival Mode to function.
Additionally, Eric-ND has mentioned that EU players will finally receive their rewards for taking part in the July Beta:
Eric also commented on balancing:
Source: ND Blog