The new video game hits stores on June 9, but if you pre-order Prototype through GameStop, you receive the retailer's exclusive Critical Hints Map and one-of-a-kind Alex Mercer figurine.
With the launch of Activision's highly-anticipated Prototype drawing ever-closer, Electronic Theatre today received a selection of Box Art mock-ups. While Electronic Theatre has been asked to make a note of the fact that these images aren't final, the inclusion of a BBFC Certificate suggests that few changes will included in the final design.
CriousGamer Writes.....Radical Entertainment is looking for a Wii designer with an "affinity for 3rd Person 'Open-World' Camera Design/Functionality" and a Wii programmer to "take game features from concept to execution for a port of a 360/PS3 game to the Wii."
GamingShogun.com writes: "You can now pre-order Prototype and, while supplies last, receive a number of extra goodies depending on the retailer. So here is the rundown of what you can get:
VG247: Despite pressure borne of releasing one of only three new Activision Blizzard IPs in 2009, Radical dev boss Tim Bennison has told VG247 that creating an open-world game like Prototype was always going to be tough.
Weapon X writes "Rumors! Rumors! Rumors! They just won't stop coming. In the latest batch of rumors Prototype maybe moving into the Batman:Arkham Asylum slot due to the recent change in events this past week".
VG247: Prototype may have been delayed out of 2008, but there's a silver lining: Alex punching enemies to death on the game's sidewalks has now been polished to the level of "quadruple-awesome," up from a mere "double-awesome" last year.
VG247: The bad: Radical's open-world, anti-superhero blockbuster Prototype has been heavily delayed. The good: it's now been polished to buggery and pulled back to a more manageable "vision".
VG247: Radical's Tim Bennison has confirmed that Prototype will have no multiplayer component, instead focusing solely on you, and you alone. Makes you feel special, don't it?
Activision's upcoming sandbox title Prototype will ship in New Zealand on June 12th.
PlayStationLive writes "We now know that Prototype will be released early June, but we now have reports coming in that the demo will be available on the PlayStation Network (PC & Xbox 360 Live also) in the first couple of weeks next month."
Not just any assholes, but "assholes of the highest order". Prototype's lead designer, Eric Holmes, thinks that the type of person interested in a game like Prototype is the same type of person that, well... isn't very nice.
Prototype is a sandbox game with action elements. In the game you play as Alex Mercer, and you wake up you know nothing of your past and where you come from. Then there is a military Special Force troops in your town and to make it more worse, there are mutant creatures that have established in New York called "The Infected". You don't trust this and you go to research.
Prototype, the upcoming shape-shifting sandbox action title from Activision, has an official street date! The game will be out in Europe on June 5, and it will hit a few days later in North America on June 9.
Spanish website HardGame2 writes: "After a few delays, we have an official launch date for Prototype, the new game of Radical Entertainment, which has raised major sensations in the different events we've seen it. In this case, Activision, its new producer, has confirmed it will launch on June 19 for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on Europe".
Activision has stated plans to bring Prototype to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in June along with the new Wolfenstein on the same formats title in Summer. Both dates aren't to be taken as definite.
Games on Smash through an interview with a Prototype developer were able to confirm the Xbox 360 version of the game will indeed ship with 7.1 surround sound audio on the disc! This marks a first for a Xbox 360 title, exciting news indeed!
"Publisher Activision Blizzard will launch a total of three new intellectual properties in 2009, according to Activision publishing president Mike Griffith.
Activision UK's confirmed a "June-July timeframe" date for Prototytpe this afternoon, telling VG247 that the June date announced last week is for the US.
Joystiq writes: