At the end of the CES trailer it revealed something that we have been waiting for, for sometime now, but what was it? It's the release date target for the upcoming game Prototype.
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9 Jan 2009

Does Prototype have that fairy dust?

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360 - Prototype - Does Prototype have that fairy dust?

Joystiq loves Radical Entertainment President Kelly Zmak, his excitement is infectious. One might even go so far as to say that he, himself is radical ... or at least tubular. To give you a sample of Zmak, here's a bon mot he dropped on them as he showed Prototype earlier today on the showfloor of CES.

"When we get to to the preview stage and you get your hands on it and you get to play it, does it have that magic element, that fairy dust where you have those moments where you go 'F*** yeah!'?"

Here's hoping it has it.
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9 Jan 2009

CES 2009 Prototype Videos and Screenshots

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360 - Prototype - CES 2009 Prototype Videos and Screenshots

PWN or DIE has a fresh batch of screenshots, a trailer, and two videos of gameplay footage from the highly anticipated game Prototype.
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7 Jan 2009

Prototype Comes Back from the Dead

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360 - Prototype - Prototype Comes Back from the Dead

Prototype was a hotly anticipated open-world action game that was originally supposed to release last year. After an impressive showing at GDC, Prototype continued to dazzle the media until one day it slipped to a 2009 release and then disappeared off the radar.

Not any more. Prototype is back, and before its big re-reveal at the CES in Vegas, they're going to give us a little teaser... tonight.
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3 Jan 2009

Prototype Countdown

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If you head over to the Prototype official site, you will notice a countdown with about five days left. What the countdown is for is anybody's guess.
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20 Dec 2008

Prototype and Wheelman Virtual Holiday Greetings

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360 - Prototype - Prototype and Wheelman Virtual Holiday Greetings

Game companies have been announcing holiday products for the last few weeks and today marked the first day that PWN or DIE started receiving our virtual Christmas cards from the various games.

Midway Games sent a Wheelman holiday card which featured Vin Diesel in a Santa outfit while Activision and Radical sent a nice little video greeting from the game Prototype featuring Alex Mercer.
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20 Dec 2008

Prototype Countdown - In 19 days, something's going to happen

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360 - Prototype - Prototype Countdown - In 19 days, something's going to happen

A quick hit before your weekend starts: over on the Prototype website, there's a countdown clock in full effect. As of writing this article, there's a little over 19 days until something happens with this game featuring a leaping shapeshifter in a locked down New York. No other details are on the site, but that countdown would be ending right around the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.
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20 Dec 2008

Prototype Xmas Card Teases New News

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360 - Prototype - Prototype Xmas Card Teases New News

GamingShogun writes, "It looks like news is stirring regarding the upcoming game 'Prototype'. After being sold off to Activision-Blizzard by Sierra, the game went underground for a while until some new footage of the game was leaked on the Activision teaser site.

Now, they have unleashed an Xmas card to the fans announcing 'We'll See You Real Soon'. We expect to see quite a bit of this game very soon, most likely at CES this..."
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10 Dec 2008

New Prototype Footage, Screens Leaked

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360 - Prototype - New Prototype Footage, Screens Leaked

Left homeless after Sierra bit the dust, it looks like Activision are going to hang onto Prototype, and will be showing it off at CES early next year. How do we know this? The game's website told us all about it.

It also left a bunch of new media - not intended to be shown until CES - for the game just lying around. Hit the jump, then, for both new screens and new footage (note: not a trailer, since it's a raw collection of gameplay footage).
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14 Aug 2008

BREAKING: Massive lay offs at Prototype developer

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360 - Prototype - BREAKING: Massive lay offs at Prototype developer

Around half the staff at Radical Entertainment have lost their jobs.

The Vancouver Sun reports that Vancouver-based video game developer Radical Entertainment is to lay off around 100 employees, equating to approximately half its work force.

The cut-backs come as a decision by Activision Blizzard to half Radical Entertainment's video game output.
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28 Jun 2008

Why Prototype got delayed

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360 - Prototype - Why Prototype got delayed

talkplaystation.com "Prototype got delayed until 2009 a month or two back and here's why.

Prototype got delayed to 2009 because the developers wanted more time to make the game they really want to make. Basically they want to make the game a better game. There's also a chance they could put multiplayer mode back in that was taken out during development a few months ago."
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24 Jun 2008

Full FAQ's for the new Action Game Protoype

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360 - Prototype - Full FAQ's for the new Action Game Protoype

As part of their planned coverage for the game, Skewed and Reviewed lifts the lid on the full FAQ's for the game.
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13 Jun 2008

Prototype's multiplayer may make it after all, says Radical

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360 - Prototype - Prototype's multiplayer may make it after all, says Radical

Speaking to videogaming247, Radical Entertainment executive producer Tim Bennison has said that the developer is "evaluating" Prototype's multiplayer: it may make the game after all.
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6 May 2008

Prototype officially delayed to mid '09

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360 - Prototype - Prototype officially delayed to mid '09

PS3fanboy: "We should really be used to delays by now. Just after we showed you a crazy video for Prototype, we've gotten word that the game is going to get pushed back into April of 2009. Well, the April part isn't "official" according to Sierra, but the 2009 is. As a spokesperson for Sierra said, "in the simplest explanation possible, we need more time to deliver the game the team initially set out to create." This also brings the possibility of multiplayer back onto the table for consideration, but it hasn't been confirmed as part of the plan yet. We'll keep you informed as news unfurls."
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6 May 2008

Prototype pushed back to 2009

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Word on Sierra's open world action game, Prototype, being delayed until April 2009 originally came via online retailer GameStop, but the firm has since confirmed the news as true. See, these online retailers don't always make things up."Sierra Entertainment and Radical Entertainment have made the decision to shift Prototype to launch in 2009," a company spokesperson told IGN in the US. "Since its announcement, Prototype has been ... » Read More

5 May 2008

Sierra confirms Prototype delayment to 2009

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360 - Prototype - Sierra confirms Prototype delayment to 2009

Sierra confirmed today that Prototype has been pushed back from its original fall 2008 date until 2009 in order to give Radical more time "to deliver the game the team initially set out to create."
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3 May 2008

PROTOTYPE Moved To 2009?

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360 - Prototype - PROTOTYPE Moved To 2009?

It appears from the GameStop website that PROTOTYPE has been moved out to 2009.
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29 Apr 2008

Prototype DLC only "for the right price" says Radical's marketing boss

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Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, Radical Entertainment marketing director Chris Hansell said DLC for upcoming open-world action game Prototype is being seriously looked at, but that the price would have to make sense.

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29 Apr 2008

Prototype plot inspired by Old Boy

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360 - Prototype - Prototype plot inspired by Old Boy

Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, Radical Entertainment marketing director Chris Hansell said that Prototype has been heavily influenced by the story of classic Korean movie, Old Boy.

Read more after the link.
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28 Apr 2008

Sierra Spring Break 08: Prototype bigger in scale than GTA

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360 - Prototype - Sierra Spring Break 08: Prototype bigger in scale than GTA

Prototype producer Max Belanger, speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, proudly announced that the game's free-roaming world was bigger in scale than that of Grand Theft Auto IV.

When asked about if he thought Prototype could stand up to the opposition he said:

"I think so. I think in terms of scale the world is going to be a big bigger [than GTA IV]. However, they'll have some weather systems that we won't have.

"However our world will change...

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