List of accolades received by Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

List of accolades received by Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Developer of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog

Footnotes

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is a 2009 action-adventure third person shooter platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released for PlayStation 3 on October 13, 2009. Upon release, the game received considerable acclaim from video game publications. At the review aggregate websites GameRankings and Metacritic, the game holds an average review score of 96.43% and 96 out of 100 respectively. The game received numerous awards and nominations, with most nominations recognizing the game itself, writing, and story.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves received over 200 Game of the Year awards and is praised as being one of the best video games of all time for its revolutionary playable set pieces, boundary pushing graphics, stellar use of motion capture acting, diverse original characters with great dialogue, as well as the games story and multiplayer being of a high quality overall.^[1] At Sony's E3 media briefing, an Uncharted 2 gameplay demo was shown early in the conference. Critics were very impressed with the demo, which led many to believe Uncharted 2 to be a strong competitor for "Game of the Year" with Uncharted 2 winning the most E3 awards of any game. After the game's release, it went on to win numerous awards, including a record eight award nominations in the Spike Video Game Awards and was voted for by fans for three wins, including Game of the Year.^[2] IGN, among numerous other video gaming websites and publications, awarded Uncharted 2 their overall Game of the Year award.^[3] The game also won 10 AIAS Interactive Achievement Awards including one for Overall Game of the Year.^[4]

Honor	Awards	Presented by	Date
Best of Show	Best Games of E3 2009[5]	1UP.com	Jun 5, 2009
Game of E3 PS3 Game
Game of Show	Best of E3 2009[6]	X-Play	Jun 8, 2009
Best PlayStation 3 Game
Best Graphics	Best of E3 2009 Awards[7][8]	GameTrailers	Jun 8, 2009
Best Third-Person Shooter
Most Surprisingly Awesome Demo	E3 2009 Awards[9]	GamesRadar	Jun 8, 2009
PlayStation 3 Game of the Show	Best of E3 2009 Awards[10][11]	IGN	Jun 10, 2009
Best Overall Graphics Technology
Best PlayStation 3 Graphics Technology
Best PlayStation 3 Action Game
Best PlayStation 3 Multiplayer Experience
PlayStation 3 Achievement for Technological Excellence
Best PS3 Game	E3 2009 Editors' Choice Awards[12][13]	GameSpot	Jun 10, 2009
Best Graphics
PS3 Game of Show	Best of E3 2009[14]	GameSpy	Jun 10, 2009
Best of Show	Best of E3 2009[15]	Game Critics Awards	Jun 23, 2009
Best Console Game
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best Console Game	Gamescom Awards 2009[16]	Gamescom	Aug 28, 2009
Best Overall Videogame	Game of the Year 2009[17]	Yahoo! Games	Dec 9, 2009
Game of the Year	2009 Video Game Awards[18]	Spike Video Game Awards	Dec 12, 2009
Best PS3 Game
Best Graphics
Game of the Year	Best of 2009 Awards[19]	X-Play	Dec 15, 2009
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best Animation
Best Writing
PlayStation 3 Game of the Year	Best Games of 2009[20]	GameSpy	Dec 21, 2009
The Pay Attention, Hollywood Award
Game of the Year 2009	Game of the Year 2009[21]	Destructoid	Dec 21, 2009
Best Storytelling	Best Games of 2009[22]	GamePro	Dec 22, 2009
Best Action/Adventure Game	Best Games of 2009[23]	GameSpot	Dec 25, 2009
Best Graphics, Technical
Best Voice Acting
Best Third-Person Shooter	Game of the Year Awards 2009[24]	GameTrailers	Dec 28, 2009
Best Single-Player Campaign
Best Graphics
Best Story
Game of the Year	End of the Year Awards 2009[25]	Eurogamer	Dec 31, 2009
Readers' Game of the Year
Best PS3 Game of 2009	Best Games of 2009[26][27]	PakGamers	Dec 31, 2009
Best Action/Adventure Game of 2009
Number 1	Top 10 of 2009[28]	Joystiq	Jan 1, 2010
Game of the Year	Game of the Year Awards 2009[29]	Giant Bomb	Jan 1, 2010
Game of the Year Community Edition
PlayStation 3-Only Game of the Year
Best New Non-Player Character (Tenzin)
The Northies - Best Performance By Nolan North
Best Graphics
Overall Game of the Year	Best of 2009[30]	IGN	Jan 13, 2010
Overall Best Action Game
Overall Award for Visual Excellence
Overall Award for Excellence in Sound
Overall Best Story
PS3 Game of the Year
PS3 Best Action Game
PS3 Award for Visual Excellence
PS3 Award for Excellence in Sound
PS3 Best Multiplayer
Game of the Year	2009 Readers' Choice Awards[31]	1UP	Jan 14, 2010
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best PS3 Game
The "GPU Gods" Award for Most Impressive Visuals
Game of the Year	Game of the Year Awards[32]	Kotaku	Jan 25, 2010
Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
Game of the Year	13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards[33]	Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences	Feb 18, 2010
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Adventure Game of the Year
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Outstanding Achievement in Story - Original
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Best Sound Editing - Computer Entertainment	2009 Golden Reel Awards[34]	MPSE	Feb 20, 2010
Videogame Writing	Writers Guild of America Awards 2009[35]	Writers Guild of America	Feb 20, 2010
Outstanding Adventure Game Sequel	9th Annual NAViGaTR Awards[36]	National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp.	Feb 26, 2010
Animation 3D
Art Direction
Camera Direction in a Game Engine
Direction in a Game Cinema
Graphics/Technical
Lighting/Texturing
Original Musical Score
Writing in a Drama
Lead Performance in a Drama (Nolan North)
Game of The Year	10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards[37]	International Game Developers Association	March 11, 2010
Best Writing
Best Technology
Best Visual Arts
Best Audio
Audio of The Year	8th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards[38]	Game Audio Network Guild	March 15, 2010
Music of The Year
Sound Design of The Year
Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio
Best Dialogue
Best Original Instrumental
Story	2010 GAME British Academy Video Games Awards[39]	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	March 19, 2010
Action
Use of Audio
Original Score
Game of the Year	Gamers Choice Awards 2010[40]	AT&T through Spike TV	June 8, 2010
Favorite Music
Favorite Video Game Vixen (Chloe Frazer)

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