Prototype

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  • ESRB Rating: Mature
  • Intense Violence
    Strong Language
    Blood and Gore
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Prototype by Activision for PC is an action game that drops you into New York City as a superhuman with the ability to shapeshift and steal other people's powers. A secret war in New York City is linked to Alex Mercer's past, and a conspiracy threatens the fate of mankind. This open-world action game features a "deceive or destroy" gameplay where players control Alex, a genetically mutated shape-shifter, who must decide upon unleashing these powers or blending in with the public.

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Prototype Recent Articles

  • Jun. 12, 2009 Cheats: Prototype - Trophies!

    Maul these tasks and absorb them into your body, er, Trophy Case.

  • Jun. 12, 2009 Cheats: Prototype - Achievements!

    Maul these Achievements and absorb them into your body, er, Gamerscore.

  • Jun. 9, 2009 Review: Prototype

    For most of us, walking around a crowded metropolis is a hellish experience. Being surrounded on all sides by jostling people, honking cars and immense buildings can make you feel powerless and trapped. Prototype's virtual Manhattan also seethes with a veritable wall of humanity -- along with soldiers, infected creeps, and other menaces -- but Alex Mercer is anything but an ordinary pedestrian. For him, the madding crowd isn't an annoying fact of life: it's an all-you-can-eat buffet.

  • May. 5, 2009 Preview: Prototype Hands-on Preview - Xbox 360

    Ordinary action game heroes kill enemies. This dude consumes them.

  • Apr. 8, 2009 News: Prototype gets June 9th release date

    Activision's open-world adventure is slated to hit shelves early this summer, and the updated site includes the intro cinematic.