So the rumors are true and we can finally talk about it! As you’ve heard and read, UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves will have both competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes.
We managed to keep the secret completely safe for over a year and a half, but right in the home stretch before the embargo lifted today, word got out all over the internet. Of course the leaked info was only the tip of the iceberg and there is a ton of coverage being released today on dozens and dozens of websites. So, pick your favorite videogame news site and go check out the coverage from our event last week. If print magazines are your thing, we’ve gotten word that we’ll also be in more than a few magazines around the world in the next few weeks.
If you’ve been looking closely at our interviews, our team here at Naughty Dog has been growing rapidly and we now have quite a few more Dogs on staff than when work finished on UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune. It shouldn’t be a surprise that we had to grow our studio to tackle the task of creating fully-realized multiplayer and co-op modes that would live up to our own high standards and do the UNCHARTED universe justice. I’m incredibly proud at the excellent work our team has done so far and it shows in the solid gameplay and incredible polish of the little slice we showed press last week. And if you’re dying to get your own hands on it, don’t worry, we’re having a multiplayer beta! It starts on June 3rd and you can get access to it through vouchers in inFamous, which goes on sale May 26th.
We’ll be back soon to talk more about our single player campaign – don’t think for a second we’ve forgotten about that! The rest of our team at Naughty Dog has been hard at work pushing our engine to its limits while creating a campaign that is more expansive and more ambitious than UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune. They’ve even learned a few tricks from our multiplayer and co-op development – truly a win-win situation as all aspects of UNCHARTED 2 are benefiting from the work we’re putting into both single player and multiplayer modes.
Oh, wait! Before you leave check out a multiplayer trailer we just finished before the weekend.
yaaaay
BOO YAA!
UNCHARTED!
YES can’t wait
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!
thats cool
OMG!!! that looks INSANE!!, cant wait for this game to come out now!…..
yay co-op!
SWEET! Can’t wait for U2.
Oh man that looks insane and just to make sure the uncharted beta comes with all copies not just bestbuy, right?
how do we get in the beta, do we ask here if so i can i have a code =D
Wow this is gonna be AMAZING!
Awesome video!
That’s a lot of blood too O_o
UNCHARTED BABY WOO HOO, FREAKING AWESOME, YOU GUYS ROCK SONY AND ND!!! :D
UNCHARTED!!! I cant wait, this looks sick!
err wow.
So no cloth creasing or wet clothing :(
This is awesome, but please, make the SC as great as U:DF
Sorry to be negatuve, it does look absolutely amazing :D
Just a bit of a shame, sice I thought the technology was already there.
Yes, please clarify if this is just Best Buy copies or is it any retailer!
posting on legendary blog post!
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Competitive MP? Really?
Coop should be fun, but I’m not so sure about the competitive mode. Uncharted was a great game and worked really well as single player only. So I’m a bit skeptical about the addition of multiplayer.
But I also think that ND are one of the best (maybe even THE best!) developers around. So I hope for the best!
Nevertheless I can’t wait for that game to be released.
AWESOME!!!
Evan, I love you too much to complain about the whole “buy this game to get a beta” thing. So instead I’ll just say “you guys rule”.
-Foo
GOTY CONFIRMED :D
Oh Hell Yeah! Looks Fantastic! Honestly I dont know how xbots pull the veil over their own eyes and totally dont acknowledge some of these titles we got coming out. Oh well their loss. Infamous and Uncharted 2 is a day 1 purchase for me.
Day ONE.
AWESOME. Can’t wait for single-player footage.
I want to play a single-player demo so badly. I wish I was going to E3.
Congrats guys-
Well done on keeping on the down-low for so long.
Looking forward to the next installment of Uncharted. The last is still a huge favorite of mine.
Too cool.
argh, I hate multi-player.
I’m a trophy [DELETED], and I have about 9 platinums right now, but I can’t stand playing multi-player for trophies. Please don’t include trophies for the online aspect. I’d have a Resistance 2 Platinum if it weren’t for that ridiculous “kill 10,000 people in competitive mode” trophy.
DAY ONE!
InFamous sales +1
Please attempt to make the modes seamless ala Burnout Paradise.
You already have the no-loading thing down pat, so a seamless online interface is essential to maintaining the same level of uberness.
Make it happen ND!
inFAMOUS + Uncharted 2 = O_O
DAY 1
Will this trailer be out on PSN this week for download?
DAY
ONE
PURCHASE!!!!
Keep it coming guys, Keep it coming!
Ambient occlusion as he climbs up the wall – really nice!
Wow! I\’m so happy you noticed that… but not as happy as our rendering programmers will be! :) Screen space ambient occlusion is one of the many cool new features we added. Thanks for noticing!