Prototype will ‘raise the bar’ says Sierra

Yesterday, Sierra Entertainment announced "a completely new type of open-world game" that will "raise the bar" for the genre. Prototype is being developed by in-house studio Radical Entertainment for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC and is slated for a summer 2008 release.
Prototype follows Alex Mercer, a man with with shape-shifting abilities, pointed ears, and wooly feet as he unravels a haunting conspricacy about his past, fighting a secret war that could destroy New York City and mankind itse … zzz zzz zzz. Oh, sorry, I was sleeping through a re-run of the past decade of video games.
Early-morning grumpiness aside, the shapeshifting ability does sound pretty cool — a sort of Crackdown with Blue Magic. Apparently, Mercer has the ability to steal the skills and powers of the enemies he defeats, a modern day Viking drinking the blood of the fallen.
Although I really can’t imagine what his beef […]

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