Uncharted 2: Among Thieves [PS3]

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is out, you're playing it, and you love it. Even if you're just joining the tale of Nathan Drake you probably have a pretty good idea of what happened in the first game, but you can always double back and play the IGN PlayStation 3 Game of the Year 2007.

But what about before that?

Tomorrow, Sony and Naughty Dog are kicking off a four-part motion comic on the PlayStation Network set a few months before the opening of Uncharted: Among Thieves. These comics were penciled by Marco Castiello of Witchblade fame and then broken up and animated by Sony. There's movement, voice work, particle effects, and more. Want a taste? Click on the movie below – this isn't what you're going to see tomorrow; instead, this is an extra special example. This is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in the motion comic styling and not tomorrow's PSN prequel.

The story will follow Drake as he teams up with a Daniel Pinkerton, an American who has become a big bad criminal in Indonesia. Now, Drake usually doesn't team with the really bad guys, but in this prequel he's trying to save up the money to raise Sir Francis Drake's casket. He's desperate and willing to do what he has to, according to Neil Druckmann, Naughty Dog co-lead game designer and the writer of these Motion Comics.

"Here, he's willingly getting hired by a known criminal," Druckmann said about delving into Nate's shady past. "It's still Drake. He's got his good side."

The duo is on the trail of the Eye of Indra, but Sony's promising that a whole bunch of familiar faces from both games are going to pop up in the four-part adventure. A new love interest will play into the comics (Nate, you cad!), but the cast members you know and love from the games are on hand to reprise their roles and Naughty Dog even let them stick to the traditional format of improvising some of their lines.

The episodes should be about five minutes each and at this time we only know that tomorrow's will be free. The rest are coming in November, but no one was ready to talk about if they'll cost money or not.

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