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Infamous 2: Special Edition

Infamous 2 opens in Empire City as a massive explosion rips through the town signaling the birth of a new evil. Nearly escaping death by the dark entity known as The Beast, Cole flees the city. Upon leaving…

8 July 2011

Infamous 2: Special Edition is an adventure developed by Sucker Punch Productions, released 8 July 2011 on PlayStation 3.

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What Infamous 2: Special Edition is

Infamous 2: Special Edition is an adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and released in 2011. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. 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, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Infamous series

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

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What it launched against

Infamous 2: Special Edition launched on 8 July 2011, within three weeks of Bastion, F.E.A.R. 3, Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues and Shadows of the Damned.

Released around the same time: Bastion, F.E.A.R. 3, Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues, Shadows of the Damned.

Official trailer

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When did Infamous 2: Special Edition come out?
Infamous 2: Special Edition was released on 8 July 2011 for PlayStation 3.

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