Sony has confirmed the European release date of the hotly anticipated Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as 16 October, just one day after the US release.

This should please fans as the title was originally scheduled for a 23 October release after the date was leaked on Twitter by the developers (Naughty Dog) co-president, Christophe Balestra.

There’s no word on whether Europe will get the rumoured Uncharted 2 Slim PS3 bundle, but we’d possibly expect an announcement by Sony at this weeks Tokyo Game Show. We’ll let you know as soon as something more definite becomes available.

The rumours of a 250GB Slim PS3 look to be fairly accurate, with Sony even having such a device officially tested with the Federal Communications Commission. It was just a question of how soon the console would be released.

Such as release could be just around the corner with Engadget publishing a photo of a 250GB PS3 Uncharted 2 bundle. There’s no confirmation from Sony that this bundle is for real but the pictures look pretty convincing to us.

Source: Engadget

Uncharted 2 the game is released on 13 October and with the Tokyo Game Show taking place next week this seems an ideal time to officially announce such a package. We’d expect the bundle to be available on the same day as the game.

Please check back for news of the official confirmation in the coming weeks.