In Japan. According to Famitsu.. Can't wait. I'll be looking at screenshots of old shacks from Crysis until then.

With all this talk about Uncharted's graphic's, what about the gameplay? What is being improved upon in the sequel? What does Uncharted do, that not many other games do as well? All I hear is hype.

The game will be one of the best games this gen. It'll have more stealth elements, co-op and online and those are all reasons why it is getting hyped.

The game is getting hyped primary because it's a PS3 exclusivity, every PS3 exclusive gets it's dose of hype. And you can add to the default hype the PS3 exclusives get that it's the second instance of a good to great game, with great graphics, and all the other reasons sabby said.

Well he dosen't own a PS3.

@above

A lot is being improved from uncharted 1. Have you played it? You'd know that not only were the graphics far superior to every other console game at the time, but it also contained some of the best "feel" and "player control" any game has ever had. The characters felt human their movements just felt so right.

The cover system in uncharted handled and controlled better than even the cover system in gears of war 2, from the uncharted demo I played at E3 I assure you it is even better. It handles and feels so smooth and natural that you don't even think. There are never missed animations, and it always looks as if nathan is actually running into the cover as a real person would. The animations in Uncharted 2 are first class, there is no game and no game coming out any time soon that is even remotely close to as good as Uncharted 2 when it comes to these aspects.

Character Development: From what I can see the developers have put more emphasis on this than the first, which must be a daunting task because the characters in the first game are still more believable and fleshed out than anything else on the market.

Color: Uncharted has kept to its original theme of colorful, vibrant and believable worlds. Mind you there are some cities that are brownish, but they are believable cities and they are only brown where they absolutely should be. Bright signs and some of the best model/shader work to ever grace ANY game on any platform bring it all to life.

Gameplay: New objectives, more emphasis on platforming, more use of the climbing and grappling, more innovative and challenging puzzles, more weapons, better gunplay, stealth gameplay that outdoes even Metal Gear Solid.

Graphics: Left this for last... since it's obvious. These are the best, the bar has been raised. Every other console software developer is going to have their titles compared to uncharted 2, because this is the most beautiful, technologically advanced piece of software on a console to date and it FAR exceeds every other game, including Gran Turismo 5P and Forza 3(At least what has been revealed so far)

So, that's what has been improved.. I'd comment on the story, but the E3 demo and the trailers just haven't given enough away. It looks as if it will be the best crafted videogame story of this generation though.

I honestly doubt anything that comes out in 2009 or 2010 or maybe even 2011 will out do this game. It has done absolutely nothing wrong and is top of class in every single element of game design.

Fixes that made the old uncharted less than 95+ on metacritic:
Enemy AI: Vastly improved, no comment on just how much, but apparently they have more actions and react more intelligently than KZ2 and worked with Guriella to develop the AI.

Blood: Looks a lot better, still a little shiny though.

Variation in gameplay: The vechicle sections and puzzles in uncharted 1 sometimes felt out of place. They just felt dead to what was a stellar game everywhere else.. this caused these sections to appear a lot worse than they are. From the few segments I played I can assure fans and haters alike, the set pieces and events that occur in this game weave together perfectly. It is literally like playing an absolutely top ranked action movie.

Multiplayer: been added, it isn't a sell portion of the game, but it does everything gears of war 2 does with a better netcode, better graphics, more features and a few more modes even after all the DLC gears has obtained, it even has more maps. (55 stock maps are shipping with Uncharted 2) The maps are also larger and have multiple strategic levels of play due to the climbing and platforming aspects) The only issue wth MP is that unlike gears, the game doesn't come with a set of stock generic characters to populate it, and there is no real purpose.. I mean with Gears 2 you can just say that its a random battle between the gears and the locust, these Multiplayer aspects of uncharted feel out of the overarcing goal of the story, but it works.

Co-op: Appears to be fantastic. Completeing objective based goals together that require brain and strategy as well as environmental use.. think Resistance 2(because Insomniac helped them develop it) with a lot more refined modes and character interaction. Sadly no full game multiplayer though.. But it just wouldn't fit. It's drakes story. supporting characters are more for story development rather than gameplay. however they are used for that on occasion.

Hope it helps.

^^^ That actually helps a lot, finally.

@Digi: Does it make julienne fries?