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inFamous Shocks Us With Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta

he switch on Sony's "electrifying announcement" may have just been flipped, as a Best Buy pre-order box for inFamous reveals the existence of a multiplayer beta test for Uncharted 2.

Yesterday Sony began teasing "an electrifying announcement" to take place on April 27th regarding both Sucker Punch's inFamous and Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Today a reader sent us this photo of a batch of newly opened Best Buy pre-order placeholder boxes for inFamous, which indicate that not only do pre-orders score players early access to the inFamous demo, they also receive a voucher for entry into the multiplayer beta test for Uncharted 2.

They key word here is multiplayer. Announcing that the sequel to one of the best single-player games on the PlayStation 3 is adding a multiplayer component certainly qualifies as electrifying. I'm certain we'll hear much more on this come April 27th.
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-317559.aspx

That is another positive development from Sony. Attracting gamers to new genre with free Beta offers. Its more interesting as it is between two different studios. So definitely they are trying and making good efforts. I m sure it will also help push, although not much, but few Infamous boxes.

I think it is done first time by the Sony, although MS has used it with their games.