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Infamous 2 arrives June 7

Superhero/antihero actioner to arrive exclusively on PlayStation 3 this summer; $100 Hero Edition revealed.

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In late May 2009, Sony released Infamous, the critically acclaimed action adventure from Sony and second-party studio Sucker Punch. The game told the tale of Cole MacGrath, a lowly bike messenger who, after a bomb destroys much of his home city, gains superhuman abilities based on electricity. The game gave players a choice: Use Cole's powers for good to fight crime or crush the humans that seem puny compared to his powers.

Infamous 2 sees Cole MacGrath's electric powers recharged.
Infamous 2 sees Cole MacGrath's electric powers recharged.

Now, this summer, players will have the choice of continuing Cole's adventures. Sony announced today that the game will ship in North America on June 7. The PlayStation 3 exclusive will be available as a $60 stand-alone title or as part of a previously revealed $100 Hero Edition. The latter will come with an 8.5-inch Cole MacGrath statue, a sling pack modeled after Cole's own in-game gear, an Infamous mini comic from DC Comics, the official Infamous 2 Hero Edition Soundtrack, and a voucher code for unidentified in-game content.

Infamous 2 will see Cole leave the metropolis of Empire City and travel to New Marais, a city based on New Orleans. Along the way, he faces the same narrative duality of choosing to either help or hinder humankind. Once he arrives at his destination, he must face an evil entity simply called "The Beast."

For more on Infamous 2, check out GameSpot's latest preview of the game.

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@LoganWesker @AnimeKen15 I respect both of your opinions. I found the game to be different and unique. We gamers have different taste in games. Enjoy your day. Btw, LoganWesker, if you are referring Ezio as a fool in the hood, you better watch out. Because there are a lot Ezio fans that won't be happy about that comment.

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I dont get it, the first one was awful. No depth, too easy, stock world and story. Not even average.

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it will be epic

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No gameplay of red lightning yet hope they haven't cut it out D:

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@ mdg4 lol how many times do u get suspended?the force is strong in u......lol

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they should have put the good karma gameplay here instead. its more epic.

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In stores my birthday!

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infamous was really addictive. i generally keep 4-5 games pile and pick up whichever feel like. (oblivion and gta 4 are in it since ages). only few games i complete from start to finish without touching other games in between. it was one of them along with assassins creed 2 and bioware games that are open world titles that take 30 hrs or so to finish.

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Well laying it off after an hour is maybe abit too rushy, but it wasn't nearly as good as the hype, it wasn't original, the city was kinda dull to look at, and the enemies were all the same just reskinned for each area - BUT it had pretty fun boss fights, and the story was pretty good, nothing too special, but it was original - the sequel seems like a good upgrade though, but i don't know yet, gonna have to see some more gameplay videos and peoples opinions

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@plaintomato... It's a shame you gave it up after only an hour. It's a really great game, and one of the reasons to own a PS3. This is going to be an expensive year. I need to figure out how to pre-apologize to the wife for spending all that money. Battlefield 3, Killzone 3, inFAMOUS 2, Mass Effect 2, MLB The Show 11, Jungle Green DS3, etc.

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I never found out if the first game lived up to the hype. I tried it, but I had enough of the tween baditude by the time I was an hour in. I just can't stomach the prepubescent tough guy crap. Funny how after all these years, still there isn't a truely great sandbox game that hasn't come from Rockstar, unless you count RPGs. Well, I guess there was Saints Row...at least the stupidity was tongue in cheek in that case.

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@ AnimeKen15 @ Ex-DarkBlade I agree with Ken's stance..I don't mean to be a hater I just got frustrated that you basically run around and fight constantly respawning enemies with pointless missions..it felt like Borderlands and I know everyone loves that game but I thought it was terrible as well. As far as 'sandbox' games go this one just didn't measure up, certainly not to all the hype it's getting. Cole McGrath? Lame. Almost as lame as that fool in the hood in Assassin's Creed. To each his own of course. Im not tryin to be a meanie..just my opinion.

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@Logan Wesker Infamous's plot was dry. The missions were just fighting off dozens of reapers, dustmen, or first sons. That is fun?? The story was weak it had so much potential being an original superhero game. But it didn't live out to be so good. The storyline starts that out you must find John then it turns into defeating Kessler. IN the game i had to do more than 20 pointless missions then to find John and have him die in three more missions. NO stability at all the whole storyline is wobbly.

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First game was amazing but I wish they would tell the story more heavily, it was good comic style but it looked like to me that they were afraid to bore people... Infamous' story and twists are far better than many of the recent games.

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I have only briefly played the demo for the first, but I know this game will be a hit.

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Why am I not interested in this game...

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Got to love sucker punch. Anyways I hope after they release this they go right back to work and get Sly 4 ready :D.

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@Ex-DarkBlade The one thing that weakened Infamous for me was the lack of variety, most missions where based in pretty much the same thing, with very few exceptions. Having said that, I'm really looking forwards to infamous 2, hopefully we get a much better game this time around.

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I will buy the game of course but not the CE i just want the game please.

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i personally thought the 1st was one of the ps3's weakest exclusives. HOWEVER, it has major potential and i hope they live up to it this time round. better graphics, less cliche voice acting & characters, and make the missions less repetitive and this game will be a win.

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@AnimeKen15 @LoganWesker How can Infamous be bad? It had a great storyline, great gameplay, and etc. What makes infamous bad?

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Really looking forward to this, the first one was amazing. Might actually play it again, I have yet to play the campaign as a good guy....

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this one looks great, but considering all the exclusives coming out this year + mass effect and la. noire, I think that sadly, I'm going to have to pass

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@tyskenfan But good things come to those who wait. :)

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oh yeas. i've been waiting!!

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At last.. Cole cut his hair!!

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Am i the only one who thinks this and Batman Arkham City are the only super hero games this gen

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I thought they had an established a later date? Oh well...it's not like I'm complaining haha. Woohoo I can't wait to get my hands on this! *lightning bolt pew pew*

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yep

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Its coming :)

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@BloodMist lol that's a good point. I might be grasping here, but I wonder if his lack of hair is to make him appear as a newborn and is representative of his moral infancy, which us as the player can dictate accordingly.

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looks like i wont be bored this summer like last summer hero edition could have better stuff though

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Why do we have to wait so long? :(

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cool game.

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I might get a PS3 just to play it

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Gee I guess every two bit anti-hero caricature has to have a bull cut now, to distinguish how generically badass they are.

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great timing after finishing La noire,this comes right on time greaat summer game!

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i cant wait for infamous2

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can't wait for this!

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Really liked the first one. Can't wait to get this.

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Game looks good, cover looks good too.

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Loved the first one, totally will get the second one, if i have the money ill get the Hero Edition, all in all it will be an amazing game no question

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I'm not sold on the Hero edition but I'll still get the game.

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I MUST GET THIS That pack is so much win not only being Cole's but it has Sly on it double the amount of win

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not every good games can be great lookiing and Infamous is one of them....but still it was worth the money

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yet one more exclusive inside sony's pot of games

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I like how they went back to Coles original style. I was disappointed when I saw that they changed Cole from a gruff SOB into this lame caring prettyboy. When I want to play games, I want to be an intimidating neutralist, don't care if dumb people live or die, but I won't go on rampages either. The Cole they showed at E3 would defeat the purpose of the "murder for peace" strategy of play. This is why I am happy they changed him back into a "I barely care" person again.

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@AnimeKen15: Just like how CoD, Halo et al suck yet make it to top selling lists all the time. In other words, your opinion [or mine in case of CoD and Halo] doesn't influence sales [thankfully]. inFamous had its flaws [graphics, mostly]... but was loads of fun.

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wait, so is there an anti-hero edition??

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