Sierra Entertainment Unleashes PROTOTYPE

More innovation promised by Sierra.

Sierra Entertainment - part of the Vivendi Games family - has announced a new game titled PROTOTYPE, describing it as a completely new kind of open-world game, featuring a rich storyline of "conspiracy, deception and deadly shape shifting action". Shape shifting? Sounds great to us already.

Developed by Radical Entertainment, the game tells the story of Alex Mercer - a man haunted by his past, fighting a secret war in New York City. As the action spirals out of control, a conspiracy tied to his origins threatens the future of mankind. Mercer's amazing shape shifting powers allow him to become an exact replica and steal the skills or powers of anyone who crosses his path.

Sierra Entertainment said: "PROTOTYPE represents the strength of Sierra Entertainment's internal studios and our commitment to creating original and exciting games." Indeed, another title that has impressed AOL Games recently for offering something new is TimeShift - also from Sierra Entertainment - with its new spin on the FPS genre: controlling and manipulating time.

"PROTOTYPE can climb or wall-run across any surface, jump 30 stories high, and destroy anything that crosses his path," said Kelly Zmak, president of Radical Entertainment. "Our team has built upon the technology that drove our previous best-selling games and now has the freedom to dream big and imagine a powerful character in a sprawling city like New York, cloaked in a conspiracy and ripped from today's headlines."

PROTOTYPE - one of those games they decided to name entirely in capital letters for no apparent reason - is scheduled for release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in summer 2008.

Kikizo Staff