Tom is accused of stealing top-secret intel and millions of dollars from the Agency. Protagonist Rico Rodriguez, an Agency operative, is sent to Panau to find Rico's former commanding officer and friend, Tom Sheldon. Since then, the game was delayed once again to its final release date of March 23, 2010.

The game was originally slated for release in late 2008 however, it was later announced in October of that year that the game would be pushed back to 2009. Players can perform over-the-top stunts by combining the grappling hook, the parachute, and the ' Stunt Position' system that allows you to mount different areas of the vehicles in the game.

The player takes the role of Rico Rodriguez, an agent of the US government posing as a mercenary, as he takes jobs and tasks for the various rival factions on Panau, a fictitious island nation in Southeast Asia ruled by the dictator Pandak 'Baby' Panay'. Just Cause 2 is a third-person action-adventure sandbox game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Eidos Interactive and Square Enix.