Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Demo Goes Public Today, Twitter Functionality Tweaked

September 29, 2009 10:01 AM

With the Uncharted 2's October 13 release date drawing ever closer, developer Naughty Dog and publisher Sony are today opening the game's multiplayer demo--previously only accessible to pre-ordering customers--to all PlayStation 3 owners in North America.

Slated to be available via PlayStation Store at 11AM PST / 1PM CST / 2PM EST, the 1.3 GB download allows players to sample four maps, four competitive modes and two co-op modes from the PlayStation 3 exclusive's multiplayer component.

In addition, Naughty Dog revealed that the game's built-in Twitter functionality will be tweaked upon release so as to not spam the social networking service with frequent updates regarding single-player campaign progress.

The decision to rework the "updates on chapter completion" option came after some reviewers (and their Twitter followers) experienced a flood of automated tweets as they blazed through Uncharted 2's twenty-plus chapters.

"The [updates on chapter completion] option will still exist in the menus when the game ships on 10/13, but if activated, it will do nothing," Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells explained. "After the game has shipped, we'll release a patch to reactivate the feature, but with a limit on the frequency of updates."

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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Johnnsen

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September 29, 2009 10:22 AM

What was changed in the title of these news? When I reloaded the page something changed.
- Chris Faylor
  
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  September 29, 2009 10:24 AM
  
  'Twitter Functionality Suspended' to 'Twitter Functionality Tweaked' to better reflect that it's a slight reworking of the way the game handles Twitter, not a complete removal of the feature.
  - Johnnsen
    
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    September 29, 2009 10:31 AM
    
    Ah thank you.