Just in case there wasn’t enough hype already surrounding Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Sony and Naughty Dog have released the above 15 second commercial showcasing the title.

Of course, there isn’t really anything we didn’t already know featured in the video other than a few clips of gameplay but it’s nice to watch anyways, especially if you’re anticipating the game.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will hit store shelves exclusively for the PS3 on October 13th.

Naughty Dog has recently announced a new incentive for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves beta testers. If you can’t guess from the above picture, they are holding a contest that will give a lucky beta tester a full copy of the Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter edition.

In fact, they are giving out 10 copies per day until the game is released and all you have to do to enter is hop online in the multiplayer beta this weekend.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be out exclusively for the PS3 on October 13th.

A few weeks ago it was made known that Uncharted 2 would feature the ability to update your Twitter feed when you recieved a Trophy, connected to a multiplayer game and more.

In theory, this sounds like a good idea, but someone following an Uncharted 2 fiend would undoubtedly get ridiculous annoyed. Naughty Dog seems to have taken note of this, issuing the below statement:

“Some reviewers have had early access to the game and selected the option to update their Twitter accounts as they completed each chapter of the game. This has resulted in some Twitter feeds being updated multiple times an hour. We obviously want to provide the best experience for everybody, so for the time being we’ve disabled Twitter updates on chapter completions. The option will still exist in the menus when the game ships on 10/13, but if activated, it will do nothing. Some time after the game has shipped, we’ll release a patch to reactivate the feature, but with a limit on the frequency of updates.”

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Naughty Dog has recently announced that that public multiplayer beta for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be made available on the PlayStation Network at some point today.

According to the PlayStation blog, 4 maps, 4 competitive modes and 2 co-operative modes in addition to Cinema for replay viewing and a Stage map for machinima making  will be included with the 1.3GB multiplayer demo.

Not planning on downloading it? You crazy.

Now here’s an idea — It was recently discovered that Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will feature out of the box Twitter compatibility. No, you won’t be able to manually update your Twitter feed from in the game but instead, if you opt for it, the game will send out periodical tweets showing your followers when you have obtained a new Trophy, completed a single-player mission or even connect to a multiplayer game.

This probably isn’t the most exciting feature out there but for you avid Twitter users who feel the need to keep the world updated of your every action, this may be a god send.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will hit store shelves exclusively for the Playstation 3 on October 13th, 2009.

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In the package includes a retail copy of the game, an autographed copy of the Collectible Art Book and Collector case, and even exact in-game replica of the Phurba Dagger Artifact and stand. Unspecific downloads are also thrown into the mix.

More news about how one can obtain this collectible will be revealed soon.

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Sony was kind enough to release a batch of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves screenshots for us to look at as we prepare for the game’s launch in November.

The sequel is set to have online multiplayer modes, and new gameplay mechanics. In addition to gameplay improvements, the game will have no loading screens and have updated graphics. Hit the jump for the rest of the screens.

Naughty Dog is looking to really further the Playstation 3’s development, recently announcing that they will make the entire source code for Uncharted available to all of Sony’s first-party developers.

Evan Wells, co-president of Naughty Dog, said the following:

“We’re very fortunate to have a great group of first party developers within Sony that we’re able to collaborate with. We’re frequently exchanging technical ideas and even share some code from time to time. We’ve even posted the entire source code of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune to Sony’s internal severs so that any first party developer can look through it, or borrow from it and we plan on doing the same thing when Uncharted 2 ships.”

Let’s hope that Naughty Dog’s contribution to the community will help other game developers get their games on par, at least graphically, with Uncharted.

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The Uncharted series is one of those series that makes the PS3 what it is, you know, like Uncharted is to the PS3 as Halo is to the Xbox 360. Okay, not really, but you get the point.

Anyways, Naughty Dog has just released the above video giving us the first look at what the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves singleplayer gameplay will look like. The visuals are absolutely stunning not to mention the ingame physics but take a look at the video and see for yourself.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is currently slated for a Fall 2009 release as a Playstation 3 exclusive.

If you’ve been around since the original Playstation console there’s no doubt in my mind that you have played at least one Crash Bandicoot title. Well, Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin are the masterminds behind the popular series and founders of Naughty Dog, developer of said series.

Anyways, these guys have branched off and announced the founding of their latest development studio, Monkey Gods. The new studio is said to cater mostly towards the casual PC demographic but their debut title will be the introduction of Snood for the iPhone.

Snood has been around for over 10 years now with versions of the game being released for the PC, Mac, Gameboy Advance and even TI-83 and 84 graphing calculators. Yes, you will be addicted.

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As the inFamous pre-order box suggested, UNCHARTED 2 will in fact feature multiplayer — This information was recently announced by Sony over at their Playstation Blog where they state the game will feature both multiplayer and co-op game modes.

And to top it all off, that beta voucher you’ll get when you pre-order inFamous will be put to use on June 3rd when UNCHARTED 2’s multiplayer beta goes live.

Check out the above trailer showcasing the game’s multiplayer effectively confirming that this game will kick major ass.