Sierra unveils Prototype

By Robert Purchese Published 31 July, 2007

Radical's new game.

Sierra Entertainment has confirmed to Eurogamer that it will be publishing Radical Entertainment's wonderfully violent new game called Prototype.

It puts you in the shoes of science experiment Alex Mercer, who ended up with super human abilities and now spends his time wandering around killing people. Justifiably angry, you might say.

With every person he kills, he absorbs their abilities, memories and appearance. The more he absorbs, the more powerful, knowledgeable and skilful he becomes - making him able to morph his body into a weapon or highly effective shield.

The action is third-person and free-roaming, much like Crackdown or Grand Theft Auto, and it will be up to you how you want to proceed throughout Manhattan - stealthily or punchily.

Online co-operative play for two of you is planned, each with your own version of Mercer, and you'll be able to combine special moves in tag-team-like manoeuvres.

The game is due out on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2008, and Sierra expects more information to filter through soon.

"Prototype is an exciting, original game from Radical Entertainment, and Sierra Entertainment is looking forward to sharing more with the media in the upcoming weeks," a spokesperson told Eurogamer.

Radical Entertainment was responsible for Hulk: Ultimate Destruction in 2005 and more recently Scarface: The World is Yours. Violence is something that comes naturally to the developer.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Royal Fool #1 5 years ago

    Sounds like Sylar from Heroes, heh.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #2 5 years ago

    What's this? Kirby for grown ups? Still it sounds really uninteresting to be honest.

  • Triggerhappytel #3 5 years ago

    So, are sandbox games with superhuman powers the latest thing now?

  • peanut80 #4 5 years ago

    @Royal Fool
    That's exactly what I thought, sounds exactly like Sylar.

  • Cyhwuhx #5 5 years ago

    .::: So basically it's the same as Crackdown? Only instead of orbs you know up your stats 'differently'? So far only the tag-team stuff sounds new.

  • souljacker2000 #6 5 years ago

    Sounds nice

  • WriterUK #7 5 years ago

    Sounds like the 360 alternative to Sucker Punch's Infamous.

    Could be right up my street....

  • penhalion #8 5 years ago

    Ok what is the point? You are effectively the villan. In such instances it's perfectly justifiable for the city to want to kill what is effectively a serial killer.

    I'll give this one a miss and probably get that PS3 one where at least you have the choice to be good or evil and therefore accept the consequences.

    EDIT: I mean that PS3 game where you accidentally get super powers and can shoot lightning from your hands. Can't remember the title infamous or something like that.
    Edited by 1 at 31/07/07 @ 11:41

  • spongebob #9 5 years ago

    Scarface Revisited or Scarface 2 for PS3 and X360, plz :)

    Anyway, anything by Radical Entertainment makes me jump up and down in excitement. Almost.

  • 3william56 #10 5 years ago

    Penhalion - Infamous is the one you're thinking of, I think.

    Yeah, busting things up a la Hulk UD is fun, but without a reason it'll get old fast. And I hope they've learned from the Manhunt debacle that gratuitous slaughter isn't going to do them any favours.

    Even wasting a nameless security guard has never been the same since Austin Powers. Thank God for aliens, zombies, terrorists and Nazis else we'd have nothing to shoot at.

  • kangarootoo #11 5 years ago

    So much negativity based on so little information.

    Surely being like Crackdown is a better start than most games get. I for one think the concept sounds interesting. Whether fun will result has far more to do with the nuts and bolts than the concept, but it sounds like an intriguing place to begin.

  • kangarootoo #12 5 years ago

    @penhalion

    Are you dismissing this because you play a bad guy? You know, that actually rules out quite a lot of games these days.