Feb 9, 2011 23:01 GMT  ·  By

Uncharted 3 is one of the biggest upcoming titles of the year, and even if we've seen a lot of details appear in the last few months, Naughty Dog, the studio behind it, has just presented some of the key features of the new title.

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception was officially announced back in December, with Naughty Dog releasing a wide array of videos and screenshots of the new title shortly afterward.

Now, Arne Meyer, community strategist at the studio has shared some of the biggest features that Uncharted 3 will bring over its predecessor.

"I think that the key ones are the new melee options and an expanded repertoire of stealth movement, one of which sees Drake jump from above for a stealth kill," Meyer said.

"I’m personally excited about the new brawling moves, which let you take on many enemies at once and use the environment, whether that’s grabbing a chair, slamming an enemy into a wall or even removing their gun and dispatching them that way."

Meyer also highlighted some of the finer additions to the game like improved animations or better physics.

"We’ve also taken a look at the traversal gameplay and made some improvements there, many of which are physics based, so objects react more realistically when Drake climbs on top of them."

"A lot of the work we’re doing is on animation, so that there’s more realism when you start running from standing, for example. Essentially, we’re adding more steps to each character animation so that it blends better when you switch from one routine to another," Meyer added.

Uncharted 3 is set to push the PlayStation 3 to its extreme limits, according to Naughty Dog, who said that the development team was using all of the resources offered by the Japanese console.

The story will follow Nathan Drake once more, as he and his longtime partner Victor Sullivan search for a lost city nicknamed the Atlantis of the Sands, through a variety of locations, ultimately leading to the Arabian desert.

The game is set to appear on November 1, this year, exclusively for the PlayStation 3.