Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Developer(s)Naughty Dog
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Director(s)
Designer(s)
Programmer(s)
  • Pål-Kristian Engstad
  • Travis McIntosh
  • Dan Liebgold
Artist(s)
Writer(s)
Composer(s)Greg Edmonson
SeriesUncharted
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
Release
  • NA: October 13, 2009[2]
  • AU: October 15, 2009[1]
  • EU: October 16, 2009
Genre(s)Action-adventure, third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the second game in the Uncharted series and was released in October 2009 for PlayStation 3. Set two years after Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007), the story follows Nathan Drake, Chloe Frazer, and Elena Fisher as they search for the Cintamani Stone and Shambhala while battling a militia led by war criminal Zoran Lazarević.

Development for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves began immediately following the success of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.[3] The development team drew inspiration from explorer Marco Polo and his expeditions through archipelagos and eastern Asia. Naughty Dog developed an updated proprietary engine for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which runs exclusively on the Naughty Engine 2.0 system. These improvements enabled extensive motion capture, greater in-game cinematic sequences, and inclusion of an online multiplayer component, a first for the franchise.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves received acclaim for its narrative, voice acting, graphics, technical achievements, and cinematic quality. It received Game of the Year accolades from numerous publications and award events, and is considered one of the greatest video games ever made and most significant games for the seventh console generation. It sold more than six million copies worldwide, and was re-released on PlayStation 4 as part of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection.[4] A sequel, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, was released in 2011.

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  3. ^ Purchese, Robert (September 22, 2009). "Uncharted 2 Dated for Europe". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  4. ^ Karmali, Luke (June 4, 2015). "Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Confirmed with Release Date". IGN UK. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2015.