Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Preorder Packs!

By Promoter Published 28 August, 2009

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves launches this October

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves the long awaited sequel to Uncharted: Drake's Fortune on the PlayStation 3 launches this October.

To paraphrase David Cage, how far would you go to run and jump on some ledges and shoot people while hunting for treasure? The answer is, or should be, that you would go as far as to buy Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the sequel to one of the PS3's best and prettiest games, and the likely new recipient of the latter accolade when it launches.

Not only is it as startlingly gorgeous as discovering a sun-kissed waterfall down the back of the sofa, but it has new characters and moves and a whole new multiplayer mode. It's no wonder that Sony is making a big deal of it with a number of celebratory pre-order packs, which you can check out by clicking on the links below.

Watch the Trailer!

Pre-order from Play now and be one of the first people to play Uncharted 2 online, thanks to early beta trial access from 15th September to 12th October.

Pre-order from Amazon to unlock Revenge mode, an exclusive multiplayer perk that lets you drop a live grenade when you die. That ought to leave your enemies laughing on the other side of their faces, which will have been propelled to the other side of the level in the process.

Pre-order from HMV and you can gain access to the Currency Multiplier. This special multiplayer perk hastens the speed at which you accumulate in-game currency, meaning you should gain access to bonuses faster than your opponents for a limited period.

Pre-Order from GAME and receive the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Special Edition game in an exclusive steelbook with a set of exclusive postcards, plus all of the following: downloadable gold weapons, for the online gamer who likes to look the part; two exclusive downloadable skins for use in multiplayer; and a downloadable XMB theme.

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  • Mr-Brett #1 3 years ago

    It's a shame that none of the bonuses affect you if you don't care about multiplayer.

  • Nephirion #2 3 years ago

    I don't buy from Game because they are overpriced, bonus items won't tempt me to purchase from another online retalier at a discounted price

  • el_pollo_diablo #3 3 years ago

    Preorder?
    I'd rather have the interest in my bank account thanks :)

  • WinterSnowblind #4 3 years ago

    I would have rather seen a cool limited edition with some little freebies, rather than these pre-order bonuses.

  • rotmm #5 3 years ago

    See, now this is just getting out of hand. To get all of those "pre-order bonuses" I have to pre-order the game from three different companies? How is any of that a benefit to the consumer?

  • HermitArcader #6 3 years ago

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  • Olemak #7 3 years ago

    Very interested in the game, not so much in any of the bonuses.

  • Triggerhappytel #8 3 years ago

    Good stuff, but I have already pre-ordered with Tesco and getting it for £29 using a clubcard voucher outweighs getting a snazzy edition.

    Really looking forward to this, though. It's probably the only new release I'm buying in the run-up to Christmas.

  • Slipstream #9 3 years ago

    Okay what about having all of these perks in one?

  • White_hell #10 3 years ago

    I think I'll go for the Special edition from GAME, mainly because i would prefer to have the exculsive unlockable skins and weapons, rather than perks that i can unlock after a day or two of playing, plus everything else is nice to have (Postcard things, XMB theme, Plus the steelbook case)

    As the for earlly beta test thing from Play.com, I'll be busy with Halo:oDST and Batman (when i get that next week)

    EDIT:
    Though i do agree with Slipstream, I would prefer to have all the perks available in one rather than just having the one perk.
    One of the reasons why im going for the GAME special edition, even though it seems like the Special edition is going to be priced at £49.99, which seems a bit much
    Edited by White_hell at 01/09/09 @ 19:46

  • Pacman8MyGhostkart #11 3 years ago

    I hate "perks" which break the game ( I don't care if it's for a limited period). Collector's editions should contain items such as behind the scenes DVD/sketches, postcards/watches, soundtracks, artbooks. At worst differing skins/colour of guns. But GTFO with perks no one can unlock, exclusive characters/areas or things that tip the scales in your favour; eroding the skill part of the game. Especially when you consider with the time sensitive perks the people you will be hosing are early adopters aswell (minus pre-order).[ /rant]
    Edited by Pacman8MyGhostkart at 01/09/09 @ 23:35

  • Marijn #12 3 years ago

    I have a question. How does an "advertising promotion" written by the "Eurogamer staff" reflect on your journalistic standards? That was rhetorical, by the way. You're actually advising your readership to buy a game of which you don't yet have any review code! What kind of ridiculousness is this?

  • erp #13 3 years ago

    @Svpamm1: dunno, I was thinking the same thing...

    Game do have a Limited Edition listed, but it's not the one linked to above by EG, and it's £10 more expensive than that one.

    Here's the link: [link url=http://www.game.co.uk/PS3/Action/~r343449/Uncharted-2-Among-Thieves-Special-Edition/?mid=343449&cat=11488
    ]http://www.game.co.uk/PS3/Action/~r34344...[/link]

    So which is it EG?

  • erp #14 3 years ago

    @Marijn: well said.

  • Mugwum Verified Operations Director, Eurogamer Network #15 3 years ago

    Marijyn's comment:

    "I have a question. How does an "advertising promotion" written by the "Eurogamer staff" reflect on your journalistic standards? That was rhetorical, by the way. You're actually advising your readership to buy a game of which you don't yet have any review code! What kind of ridiculousness is this?"

    Looks like you have a question after all!

    It's the kind of ridiculousness best explained by waving the finger of blame at our content system, which demands a byline. Whoever input the copy evidently misunderstood my warning about how it must be badged. I've had that changed so it's unambiguous.

    However, I'd like to also reply to a point you made in your shouty email, if I may, since it's worth exploring:

    "Putting up "advertising promotion" at the top of the article is not good enough - your editorial staff should have NOTHING TO DO with the commercial side."

    I'm the only person who gets involved in "the commercial side", as you describe it, and far from recoiling from it, I think it's *essential* that I do. The reason is because if I did not, there would be nobody to stand up for the site's editorial interests. You won't find an editor, whether s/he's in charge of a website, a newspaper or a hopscotch periodical, who doesn't believe that the line between editorial and advertising is probably best not left to the ad-men to police by themselves. Their job, after all, is to take advantage of you. I try to make sure they cannot.

    With that said, I always watch the response to things like this closely, because I don't just want to objectively be able to say that something is unambiguous and therefore valid (as I had hoped would be the case with a page you can only reach by clicking on an advert, which is then labelled as an advert when you reach it) -- I need to make sure people understand that in practice. If they don't, or they feel something is invasive or deceptive in some way, then I can get into it with our sales director, windmilling fists across the office until there's no confusion as to what's acceptable on either side.

    So, thank you for your feedback, and I will get into it with them and hopefully you won't be given cause to feel so upset again in future.

    Tom.

  • Doctor_What #16 3 years ago

    While the labelling could have been moderately clearer, I don't think the article was anything less than transparent about being a promotion. The author is 'Promoter' and the content is clearly there to generate revenue.

    I come on this site every day, usually several times a day, and I appreciate the humour and broad coverage that it offers. I know from experience how hard it can be to generate enough revenue to support staff from a website, so I've got no problems with this style of promotion. I knew what I was going to see when I clicked the link, and I did it anyway because I'm interested in the game and felt that I would see a comparison of what preorder options were available to me.

    Personally, I don't give a damn about online multiplayer and that's why I loved the first game so much, so these are odd perks to be offering on a game whose reputation rests on the single-player experience of Uncharted 1. They don't interest me, but I don't have any grievance with EG over telling me about them.

    It's good to see that you are monitoring the response to this kind of thing Tom. Thanks for taking advertising seriously and trying to strike the right balance.

  • erp #17 3 years ago

    Nice response Tom, thanks.
    Edited by erp at 02/09/09 @ 13:21

  • Marijn #18 3 years ago

    @Doctor_What: Instead of "Promoter", the byline used to say "Eurogamer staff", which is what caused my, seemingly somewhat misguided, agitation. Your point on it being hard to keep a free site like this afloat is well taken, though.

    @Tom (Mugwum): Thanks for clearing that up. I'm sorry if my tone was somewhat heated/shouty; I just get easily rattled by this kind of thing (especially since I hold your site in such high regard). It's much better now that it says "Promoter", but I still think you shouldn't run an advertisement in the same layout as the editorial part of your website (it looks like you're giving editorial space to a promoter, while you're actually letting them advertise - two different things completely). Also, I didn't click an advert to get here, I opened a mail in my Eurogamer account which came from "Eurogamer".

    I completely agree with your point about the involvement you have with the "commercial side" - in my e-mail, I of course didn't mean to say that that kind of oversight is anything but essential (poor wording, I admit). Good to hear your response; thanks once again.
    Edited by Marijn at 02/09/09 @ 20:38

  • onlineatron #19 3 years ago

    Will Shopto.net have any preorder bonus, perhaps the collectors edition?

    shopto are the only online shop I fully trust and I really want to keep my pre-order from them.



    ALSO: Preorder bonuses that let you get ahead in the online multiplayer are awful, bad form Sony.

  • erp #20 3 years ago

    @onlineatron: If you want to trust just one online retailer, please please please don't make it ShopTo.net.

  • ccfb #21 3 years ago

    Regardless of the site editor's comments on their neutraility, or refuting accusations of bias, people should still be wary of promotions that come through free-of-charge games websites whose job it is (in part) to act as buyer's guides.

    Just saying.