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Prototype comic book coming News

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News by Robert Purchese

16 April, 2008

New best friends Sierra Entertainment and DC Comics have decided to make upcoming game Prototype into a comic book series.

WildStorm will be drawing the pictures, and is ever so excited about getting to grips with the shape-shifting anti hero.

"We're blown away with what Sierra and developer Radical Entertainment have shown us of Prototype, and know with absolute certainty that this will make for a terrific comic book," said Hank Kanalz, boss of WildStorm. "Prototype's back-story, visuals and gameplay are stunning, and we have every intention of bringing those core pillars to our book."

Prototype casts you as Alex Mercer in a modern-day representation of New York. As in Crackdown you can bound across rooftops and as in Grand Theft Auto you can run around the city stealing cars.

But unlike any other game you can eat your foes and consume their powers - learn to fly by gobbling up a pilot, for example. Added to this are other out of control monsters also infected by your virus called Brawlers. It all makes for a promising three-way battle between you, them and the army.

It's supercharged gameplay is appealing, then, and you can find out much more about it in our Prototype preview.

Prototype is due out on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year.

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Spanky
16/04/08 @ 10:56
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Do these games comics actually sell? Have any of them been an ongoing success?

I suspect it might be full of EMO! Tortured hoodie anti-hero... a tale of woe!
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"...these games comics..."

TBH, this is the first I've ever heard of it happening this way around. Which others are there?
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There's that one for thon Dead Space game... em. I'm sure there was a Resident Evil comic...

/gets thinking cap on
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Metal Gear Solid. Halo. Tetris.

Okay, not Tetris.
Slamhound
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Only two words necessary:

Doom comic.
zuljin
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Hmmm.

Maybe my mind blocked input from these for a reason... Might have a look at the Resi ones tho, and I'm dead excited about Prototype so may have a look at this too...
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There's a WoW comic too. No idea who buys it. Of course there were also Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill comics. Marvel's just had a Halo mini-series...
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You guise are forgetting the Tomb Raider comic.
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Oh God, I think I bought the first year's worth of Tomb Raider :-(

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