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InFamous Defeats Prototype In Cross-Dressing Playoff
9:00AM Owen Good | In a recent Zero Punctuation review, Yahtzee couldn’t declare which blockbuster game “about super-powered assholes” was better, but would give the honour to the studio that best drew the rival game’s protagonist in drag. More »
Radical Entertainment Talks “Evolving” Open Worlds in Prototype
8:20AM Leigh Alexander | Radical Entertainment senior producer Tim Bennison recently talked to Gamasutra all about Prototype, elaborating a bit on its New York City-based “open world thriller” and promising ongoing evolution throughout the game that goes beyond what’s been done in open-world titles like GTA in the past: “I don’t know if I’m right about this, but I think it’s the first open-world game where not only the player evolves over time – which is pretty standard – but so does the world. The world is not the same at the beginning as at the end of our game. Even in a game like Scarface or GTA, the world is really the same. You’ve changed, and you’ve built your empire and whatnot, but that’s it.” More »
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Prototype Gives Up On 2008 Release
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | One of this summer’s blockbuster attempts from Sierra and Radical Entertainment won’t show its face until next year, as GameSpot reports Prototype has been delayed until some time in 2009. Why? According to Sierra reps, “we need more time to deliver the game the team initially set out to create.” Let’s hope that the version of Prototype they initially set out to create actually includes the co-op multiplayer portion that was recently axed. We won’t hold our breath on that one, as Radical is probably taking the extra six months to perfect hoodie physics or make the explosions more explosion-y. Prototype pushed to 2009 [GameSpot] More »
