• Powered by Naughty Dog's new 2.0 Engine Technology
• Open layout allows players to take an aggressive or stealth approach to combat
• Free-flowing "traversal gunplay"adds a unique vertical element to standard 3rd-person shooting mechanics
• Award-winning cinematic story presentation
• Competitive multiplayer gameplay includes up to 10 players in heroes-versus-villains matches
• Up to three players work together in cooperative modes to accomplish set objectives with increasing difficulty and against special enemy characters

SINGLE PLAYER

• An expanded cast of characters who reflect different facets of Drake's character, including Chloe Frazer, Drake's current partner and new romantic interest.
• Varied and exotic locations - from lush, green swamps and dense urban environments, all the way to the ice and snow of the Himalayas.
• Unrestricted combat allows you to take an aggressive or stealthy approach to combat. 
• Free-flowing "traversal gunplay" adds a unique vertical element to familiar cover-based third-person shooting mechanics, allowing you to engage in combat from any position in the environment - even while climbing and hanging.
• Introduction of new traversal and free-climbing mechanics allow Drake to navigate through the environments more fluidly and naturally.
• Gunplay and combat enhancements, including an expanded melee system, and a variety of enemy types with advanced AI routines.  High-quality cinematic presentation of scenes, characters and dialogue, all rendered within the Naughty Dog Engine 2.0.
• Dramatic in-game events that make you an active participant in the cinematic experience.
• Full character interaction with dynamic geometry.
• Utilizes Naughty Dog Engine 2.0 purpose-built for the PLAYSTATION 3; utilizes the PS3 technology to hit a turning point in technology innovation by recreating reality and capturing human emotion.
• No visible loading - a Naughty Dog hallmark - returns along with technology improvements in major game systems such as lighting, shadows, ambient occlusion, animation technology and physics, among many others.

MULTIPLAYER

• Robust party system allows you to remain with your friends in matchmaking and custom matches.
• Custom matches allow you to customize maps and modes which your party wishes to play. 
• Currency gained in multiplayer matches can be combined with currency gained in single player missions to unlock additional content and upgrades.
• Character animations and environments taken from single player campaign maintain visual fidelity with no degradation. 
• Gameplay and character mechanics identical from the single-player campaign, ensuring user familiarity and same level of quality. 
• Headset support.
• Proprietary Naughty Dog Engine 2.0 network code captures a broad range of gameplay data for statistics reporting on the web and for functionality like Cinema, which allows players to watch replays of matches.
• Cutting edge technology such as cloud-based computing allows for scalable online infrastructure to provide optimal player experience.

Competitive Mulitplayer

• Competitive multiplayer gameplay includes up to 10 players in heroes-versus-villains matches.
• Deathmatch: Up to 5 vs. 5 with customizable or pre-set game modes.
• Plunder: Unique style of multiplayer that encourages team work to transport a treasure across terrain horizontally and vertically over obstacles. 
• Player boosters give you a variety of options to customize your characters to your play style or to provide an advantage over opponents.

Co-op Mulitplayer

• Up to three players work together in cooperative modes to accomplish set objectives with increasing difficulty and against special enemy characters.
• Combo system encourages further teamwork to increase a point total and currency multiplier.
• Weapon upgrades let you customize your weapons to your play style or provide an advantage over opponents.