Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Multiplayer and Co-Op Detailed

The rumors were true. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will indeed feature both multiplayer and cooperative gameplay modes. The news broke today, as well as the first screenshots and video of these new modes, that are looking pretty sleek.

In co-op, you team up with a friend or two and complete missions that are distinct from the main storyline. You’ll do the typical Uncharted thing, which is progress through the level, shoot enemies, and add in some team exercises here and there to get a full kick out of the co-op experience. That includes moving large objects and boosting your teammate to high unreachable areas. In co-op, you can play as either Drake, Chloe, or Sully, who returns from the first game.

Deathmatch is the first of the multiplayer modes; it doesn’t tend to start anything new in this category. The game is five on five and it’s pretty standard in comparison to deathmatch modes in other games. You have your weapons across the map, maps from the single-player mode that were customized for multiplayer, and the intent to kill everyone on the other team.

The second of the multiplayer modes is Plunder. Plunder is your Uncharted 2 version of Capture The Flag. In Plunder, you’ll find the hidden treasure and carry it back to the base. When you’re carrying the hidden treasure, typically gold, you’ll walk slower and will be unable to shoot anybody in your path, so your team has to have your back on this one.

As of now, only co-op, deathmatch and plunder were revealed for multiplayer modes. However, you can probably expect to see more when the game ships.

Check out screenshots of the multiplayer mode at the gallery. The debut trailer for the game’s multiplayer can be seen below.

PLAYSTATION(R)3 Computer Entertainment System Exclusive UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves(TM) Expands Gameplay by Introducing Online Multiplayer Features to Franchise

Featuring Five-Versus-Five Player Matches Competitively, and Up To Three Player Cooperative Modes; Franchise Adds Hours of Replayability

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment America today announced that UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves, exclusively for the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) system, will introduce online competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes to the franchise. Developed by premier PS3 software developer Naughty Dog Inc., UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves, the highly-anticipated follow up to UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune™, will feature up to 10 players in 5-versus-5 competitive gameplay. Cooperative multiplayer modes allow up-to-3 players to progress through a variety of environments by working together to accomplish set objectives. Utilizing a robust party system, groups of players will remain together in ranked and custom matches while earning currency, which used in combination with currency earned in single player missions, will unlock additional content and upgrades.

Presented with multiple modes of competitive gameplay, players battle in ranked matches that include Death Match and Plunder, a unique style of multiplayer competition that encourages team work to transport a treasure over dynamic terrain such as ledges and obstacles. Plunder brings truly vertical game play to traditional multiplayer modes. With maps based on environments from the single player campaign, players are taken from the nighttime streets of a war torn city to a Nepalese village and have the ability to create custom games allowing them to play any type of game on any map.

“Adding a multiplayer aspect to the UNCHARTED franchise is a significant step in the replayability of the game,” said Christophe Balestra, co president Naughty Dog. “UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves will be the most impressive and ambitious game that Naughty Dog has done and we are thrilled to let our fans experience it this fall.”

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.

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 PS3 software 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.