Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the story of Nathan Drake, a fortune-hunter with a shady reputation and an even shadier past who is lured back into the treacherous world of thieves and mercenary treasure-seekers. The tenth game by premier PlayStation 3 developer Naughty Dog, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves allows players to take control of Drake and embark on a journey that will push him to his physical, emotional and intellectual limits to discover the real truth behind the lost fleet of Marco Polo and the legendary Himalayan valley of Shambhala.

Hold on to your Naughty Dog hats -- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is coming out Oct. 13, 2009. Yes, the sequel to IGN's 2007 PS3 Game of the Year finally has a release date and is set to drop Nathan Drake into another life and death quest for riches. Elena Fisher is back, but things don't seem lovey-dovey with her and Drake, and the game even introduces a new love interest in Chloe Frazer.

Fans have a lot to look forward to as October gets closer, but until then, the brand new box art below will have to do.

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IGN co-op hands on

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Gold Rush walkthrough from Comic-Con which shows the new co-op feature

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Uncharted 2 dated for Europe

Naughty Dog co-president Christophe Balestra has confirmed via Twitter that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be out in UK on October 23.
That's 10 days after the US release, which was confirmed for October 13, along with a bunch of pre-order deals that snag eager beavers codes to download gold guns in the game.

On a side note, Naughty Dog's Jennifer Clark has also today revealed that the firm has struck a deal with ESC-Toys to put out a line of Nathan Drake vinyl toys.

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New Trailer

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I figured I'd post since this thread looks like you lost your mind and talking to yourself.   

If I do pick up a PS3 this year (which is very likely), this will be one of my most anticipated purchases.

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cheers neato 

Uncharted 2 "impossible" on Xbox 360

Naughty Dog co-president Christophe Balestra believes the technical demands of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves make the game "impossible" to recreate, like-for-like, on Xbox 360.

"I guarantee that this game couldn't be working on Xbox 360. It would be impossible. I'm 100 per cent sure of this," Balestra told ars technica.

"It's the combination of Blu-ray and hard drive," he explained, revealing that "every single bit" of the 25GB disc had been filled.

"You can play the entire game without loading. We don't require an install. We're doing all the post-processing effects on the SPUs [Synergistic Processing Units]. The quality of the depth of field we have, you can't do that on the Xbox.

"We've invested a lot of time maximising the power of the machine," added Balestra. "That's our job, to make the PS3 shine."

It's not the first time Naughty Dog has talked-up technical prowess of Uncharted 2 or the power of the PS3 itself. The Sony-owned studio has said the sequel uses all of the machine's power, whereas the first game - a poster-child for PS3 - used only "30 to 40 per cent" of its capabilities.

Naughty Dog also houses Sony Worldwide Studio's ICE Team, which concentrates on making PS3 tools and engines to power first-party games.

It's no surprise that Balestra said Naughty Dog is "very open" to sharing advancements with third-party PS3 developers as well as closer siblings - like God of War III developer Sony Santa Monica - then. "That's part of our job," he offered.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune remains one of the best-looking games on PlayStation 3, and the sequel looks even better.

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Uncharted 2 Collector's Edition Includes Art Book, Knife



Introducing the Uncharted 2: Fortune Hunter Edition. It's the game's fancy-pants version, and includes a copy of Uncharted 2, art book, collector's case and a replica of the game's mysterious, ancient artefact. Sounds good. Only, there's a catch.

See, Naughty Dog & Sony want this to be a genuine limited edition deal. Not something anyone plonking down $5 at GameStop can get their hands on. So they're going to be giving them away in competitions on the PlayStation.Blog, the game's multiplayer beta and in PlayStation Home.

Interestingly, we've been told that in addition to the stuff outlined above, the Fortune Hunter Edition will also include codes for special downloads...not sure what those would be, exactly, but they definitely suggest some kind of rare downloadable content. Multiplayer skins/weapons, perhaps?

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I preorded the game at GameStop to get some bonus goodies, including early access to the Multiplayer beta.  However, they keep shifting the dates for when the beta begins, I have no clue when it will actually start.  I may have already.   

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Uncharted 2 public demo announced

We all know there have been numerous opportunities for PS3 owners to play Uncharted 2. Firstly, there was the closed beta and starting in less than two weeks there will be the multiplayer beta that you can gain access to by simply preordering the game at a local GameStop location. If you didn't preorder the game at GameStop and missed out on the closed beta from a while back, don't be discouraged, Naughty Dog and Sony are going to give you shot at the end of the month.

That's right; starting on September 29th, there will be an open multiplayer demo available to all. What kind of content the demo will offer isn't known, yet. It will be different from the closed beta from June, though. If it'll be different from the GameStop beta isn't known.

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Creative Director Interview from PAX 09.

Apparantly Naughty Dog have maxed out the PS3 hardware with this game.

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Playstation won't be happy with them saying that, they'd want people to think the best is yet to come!

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Playstation won't be happy with them saying that, they'd want people to think the best is yet to come!

Agreed.  Expect a retraction sometime in the near future.   

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Uncharted 2 gets 21/20 in French PSM3
Better-than-perfect, sets "a new milestone" says mag

According to French gamers who've got hold of their localised edition of PSM3, Uncharted 2 has been given a better-than-perfect 21/20 score. But that's not the only high-five it's been given.

According to translations, the mag's verdict states: "Long, visually stunning, deep and explosive, Uncharted 2 combines all the qualities you can find in a videogame, and more. A new milestone has been reached in videogame history." So they quite like it, then.

Drake's second outing has also done well in the US Official PlayStation Magazine, getting a 5/5 score in the issue which has Drake himself on the cover.

"We've been working incredibly hard over the past two years to make Uncharted 2 the best game we've made yet and we're all smiles to hear that we're not the only ones who think we've got something really great on our hands," said Naughty Dog marketing man Arne Meyer of the glowing OPM review.

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Uncharted 2 gets 21/20 in French PSM3

That's effen retarded.  Even if it is the best game ever made, you cannot exceed the spectrum of your own scale.  That just makes it look like a marketing play, instead of an actual rating.