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Infamous 2: Hero Edition

A special edition dubbed the Hero Edition was announced on February 18 of 2011, and was made available for pre-order. The Hero Edition included: - A miniature statuette of Cole MacGrath in his neutral state -…

7 June 2011

Infamous 2: Hero Edition is an adventure developed by Sucker Punch Productions, released 7 June 2011 on PlayStation 3.

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What Infamous 2: Hero Edition is

Infamous 2: Hero Edition is an adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In inFAMOUS 2, people with superhuman abilities, called Conduits, exist. Since the creation of the first Conduit, Cole MacGrath, the emergence of others has unsettled human society. At the same time, Cole has learned from his future self, Kessler, that a powerful Conduit known as the "Beast" will rise to destroy the world and that only he has the power to defeat him. Story Following the events of Infamous, Cole (Eric Ladin) and his friend Zeke (Caleb Moody) meet with NSA agent Lucy Kuo (Dawn Olivieri), who informs them that Dr. Sebastian Wolfe (Michael Ensign), the man responsible for creating the Ray Sphere that gave Cole his powers, has developed an even stronger version that would give…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Infamous series

Infamous 2: Hero Edition is the fourth of 15 entries we hold in the Infamous series. The next entry was Infamous 2: Special Edition in 2011.

See all 15 Infamous games in release order →

What it launched against

Infamous 2: Hero Edition launched on 7 June 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Infamous 2.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Infamous 2.

Official trailer

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When did Infamous 2: Hero Edition come out?
Infamous 2: Hero Edition was released on 7 June 2011 for PlayStation 3.

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