inFAMOUS Demo/Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta Announcement Monday April 27th!

[Shin-Ra]

SCEA is planning a consumer BETA program for UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves beginning June 3 through June 28. Consumers who purchase one of the first copies of inFAMOUS, the open world superhero action adventure from Sucker Punch Productions launching May 26, have the opportunity to be among the first to test the multiplayer modes of UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves via an access key packed in the box.

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/976/976762p1.html

Uncharted 2 to Include Multiplayer, Beta Starts June 3rd
Posted by Evan Wells // Co-President, Naughty Dog

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.

[OMGWTFBBQ Trailer]

[Goodintentions]

it better not be a demo packed with infamous or something . i have no interest in that game but would but it just for a demo of uncharted.. much like i did with ZOE for the MGS demo ..

[Shin-Ra]

I hope it is, inFAMOUS deserves all the attention from the 2M+ Uncharted fans.

edit: and Uncharted 2 the attention from the new inFAMOUS fans.

[sega_smasher]

if its a demo of uncharted packaged with Infamous then i would have an awesome surprise when i take my copy home.

[fsavoie]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

I hope it is, inFAMOUS deserves all the attention from the 2M+ Uncharted fans.

edit: and Uncharted 2 the attention from the new inFAMOUS fans.

But just to release a demo on PSN will draw enough attention...

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by sega_smasher

if its a demo of uncharted packaged with Infamous then i would have an awesome surprise when i take my copy home.

That or if its actually on the disc like LOTR: Conquest.

Imagine the sales for inFamous if they included it on disc compared to a pre-order code for the demo on the PSN.

[dereksworl]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

That or if its actually on the disc like LOTR: Conquest.

Imagine the sales for inFamous if they included it on disc compared to a pre-order code for the demo on the PSN.

Dead Space also did this with Burnout and Battlefield: BC. after they were already released of course, but included nevertheless.

[BluOgre]

Originally Posted by fsavoie

But just to release a demo on PSN will draw enough attention...

Yeah but why not cash in a little with the demo. Look at what FF13 demo did in Japan for the FF anime movie....I think I read it trippled the sales of the number 1 selling anime in Japan in just one week. I think Sony's mouth watered at the possiblity of generating more sales.

[xtop]

demo would be awesome

[browinie]

I'm partially interested in inFamous, if a demo were to be packed with it, it'd be a day one purchase for me. But I don't think SCE are that smart... or are they!? :P

[Shin-Ra]

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

*t-shirt photos*

The announcement is that they are putting a shirt for purchase in Home?

[Monkey]

I hope it is a demo for Uncharted 2.

I hope it isn't some stupid gimick dealing with Home.

[Shin-Ra]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

There is an inFAMOUS+Uncharted 2 t-shirt in the threads store, in the mall, in PlayStation Home (North America) now.

And poster ads for the same inFAMOUS+Uncharted 2 announcement.

[browinie]

I think he was joking? Because it so damn obvious.

[Septimus Prime]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

There is an inFAMOUS+Uncharted 2 t-shirt in the threads store, in the mall, in PlayStation Home (North America) now.

I'd be more interested if they make that a real shirt.

I hope the "electrifying" announcement is more than just that, though.

[Shin-Ra]

Originally Posted by Septimus Prime

I'd be more interested if they make that a real shirt.

I hope the "electrifying" announcement is more than just that, though.

It's not an ad for a home tshirt. The t-shirt is part of the advertisement.

4 - 27 - 09

The home poster uses these pics, cropped to Cole/Nate:



(just the art, not the boxart graphics)

[browinie]

Basically Uncharted 2 demo with inFamous. ¬_¬

[Septimus Prime]

Maybe the two protagonists will be playable in each others' games.

[Shin-Ra]

Crotchtight jeans!