Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the second game in the Uncharted series. 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 Serbian war criminal Zoran Lazarević. Development for Uncharted 2 began immediately following the success of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. 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 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. 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 most significant games for the seventh console generation and amongst the greatest video games ever made. It sold more than six million copies worldwide, and was re-released on PlayStation 4 as part of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. A sequel, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, was released in 2011.

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Developer

Naughty Dog

Publisher

Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment America

First release

October 13, 2009

Series

Uncharted

Cover

Official thumbnail

Record ID

Q17146