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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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Published: 358 days 1 hour ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 

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Vault Boy - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Oh wow, I wondered what happened to this game.
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Twizlex - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Me too. It looked great last year, so I always wondered what the delay was about.
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Cookigaki - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Multiplayer.
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Twizlex - 358 days 2 hours ago
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They delayed it because of the multiplayer? Or do you mean co-op? I didn't know there was any other kind of multiplayer for this game other than the co-op.
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Cookigaki - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Some peoples lump co-op in with multiplayer because co-op is more than just one player. Cookigaki does not know if there is more than just co-op, but Cookigaki does know it was delayed because of multiplayer.
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Vault Boy - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Well... uh, that wasn't really all that informative, Cookigaki.
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Cookigaki - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Sure it was. Cookigaki knows single player was pretty much done but they were working on multiplayer stuff and adding polish. Knowing single player just had more time in oven even though it was already mostly done should make peoples feel better about the game and that it will be polished and not buggy like Mercs 2.
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Jenzo - 358 days 2 hours ago
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A bit Fortunecookigaki.
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Cookigaki - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Yes, Cookigaki is a man of many snacks.
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Bubbles - 357 days 21 hours ago
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disappeared? this is in my top 5 most anticipated games of 09 when did it disappeared i always kept up wit it. Nice to have a new vid though, i seen all the rest.

5.Infamous
4.GT5
3.K2
2.Prototype
1.God of War 3

(6-10 includes FFVXIII, WKC, and an announcement of Crackdown 2)
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Cajun Chicken - 357 days 21 hours ago
1.10 - @Bubbles
Ahh, Crackdown 2.
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Cajun Chicken - 358 days 2 hours ago
2 - It was never dead to me.
I can't WAIT for this game.
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Milk is for Babies - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Me too. I never thought it was DEAD, but it did disappear for a while. I've been looking forward to it ever since I read about it in Game Informer.
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Twizlex - 358 days 2 hours ago
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How does Game Informer get all these exclusives? I mean, how does a magazine come out that has stuff in it that we haven't even seen on the internet yet? It's mind-boggling.
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Cookigaki - 358 days 1 hour ago
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Because they are owned by GameStop and probably offer promotions of their games for the companies in return for exclusives. GameStop is the devil.
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joydestroy - 358 days 1 hour ago
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i was personally impressed with the body snatching shown off in the videos! never seen that before, not how they did it anyway.
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Jenzo - 358 days 2 hours ago
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned INFamous yet ;)

Prototype looks cool but I'm not convinced yet.
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Milk is for Babies - 358 days 2 hours ago
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What about it? I mean, what should people be mentioning about INFamous?
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Cajun Chicken - 358 days 2 hours ago
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Hey, I'm getting both for certain. But Prototype has really piqued my interest.
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Vault Boy - 358 days 2 hours ago
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I've never seen Infamous in action, but Prototype looked awesome when it was demoed, especially if they keep the co-op. Infamous sounds neat but I haven't seen it so I'm not convinced yet.
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Cajun Chicken - 358 days 2 hours ago
3.4 - Infamous clip
Both look great. Not all of Cole's powers have apparently been revealed yet.


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Twizlex - 358 days 1 hour ago
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Wow, it's like the same game except with electricity powers. Man, too many games these days are just kind of, well, too similar. I blame Unreal Engine!
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Jenzo - 358 days 1 hour ago
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In most Prototype threads I've read there's always been someone writing "INFamous > Prototype" or the other way around.

Both look good. IGN posted some nice gameplay videos of INFamous a while ago.
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butterfinger - 358 days 1 hour ago
3.7 - Well...
allegedly a dev for Prototype said that the reason they had to go back to the drawing board was due to how impressive inFamous was. I'm not saying I agree or believe this to be true, but you may remember the article talking about it if you were an N4G member about 5-6 months ago (?). I would expect inFamous to be a bit better, though, since it's an exclusive (examples: Gears 2, MGS4, LBP, Fable II - these are generally considered the top-tiered games). I think it would be harder for Prototype to impress on both consoles, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible. Hopefully both titles will be great:)
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Cajun Chicken - 358 days 1 hour ago
3.8 - @Jenzo
Prototype is currently my favourite to focus on, because I love that idea of absorbing people and getting their abilities, that and wall running looks excellent. Also its virtually come out of nowhere in the last year.
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joydestroy - 358 days 1 hour ago
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yeah i think Prototype looks better than inFamous. depends on just how many abilities each game will grant the player honestly. inFamous, so far, deals only with electrical powers. Prototype seems a little more ruthless in that you can body snatch, jump helicopters, rip people apart, etc etc. just seems like there's more in Prototype versus inFamous. also, inFamous is single player only.
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The Captain - 358 days 1 hour ago
4 - Trailer
This was just posted a few days ago:

http://www.n4g.com/News-255...

Pretty sweet!
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Cajun Chicken - 358 days 1 hour ago
4.1 - Ha!
Thats nothing, theres the awesome 'leaked' footage from Prototype's website that time, supposedly what may be shown as CES.
So I'm not going to post it here, but I've posted it at least 3 times in threads in the last month.

I'm really hyped for this one. It just looks so chaotic and beautiful.
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joydestroy - 358 days 1 hour ago
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ahh c'mon, i wanna see it! lol

EDIT: @ the captain
that was pretty awesome. not sure how i missed that one. see, that just looks better than the newest inFamous clip that just came out. it just looks more bad ass. both will be good i think though.
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Mc187 - 358 days 1 hour ago
4.3 - Thanks
I've been wanting to see something new
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ultimolu - 358 days 1 hour ago
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...When was it dead? :o

The game looks cool so far.
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Graphics Whore - 358 days 1 hour ago
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I wasn't impressed with Gameplay videos of Prototype early 2008, my opinion hasn't changed.
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celldomceen1 - 358 days 1 hour ago
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Good i was really looking forward to this game along with infamous.
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micro_invader - 358 days 1 hour ago
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I wish they would release more gameplay footage.
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apena89 - 358 days 1 hour ago
9 - i wana know
wtf happened to 'Project Offset', that game looked amazing.
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LinuxGuru - 358 days 1 hour ago
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I guess that project was offset by something. LOL
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Cajun Chicken - 358 days 1 hour ago
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Irony is brilliant.
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FaZtKiLLaR - 358 days 1 hour ago
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not sure about this game
i was not impressed with the Gdc showing

there is just something i dont like not really sure what it is
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Unicron - 358 days 1 hour ago
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Game looks cool. Just hope it does indeed have co-op since yes, I am getting Infamous.
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Pixel_Addict - 358 days ago
12 - I was excited about this game...
then I saw some gameplay and the game mechanics just looked broken. The visuals were very sub-par. Though I have to say, the concept of Prototye is awesome and I think they'll fix much of this mess in the end. I'll wait and see, but inFAMOUS should hold me over till I buy it (if at all).
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andron666 - 358 days ago
13 - They delayed it to polish it up...
Probably to stand a better chance against INfamous. I think there is room for both games and hope they both will be good.

It looked very interesting before. They have had a long time to make it better and it will be exciting to see how it turned out...
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Karum - 357 days 23 hours ago
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Oh there's room for both alright.

I plan on playing infamous for certain and if Prototype still looks as promising as when it was first revealed then I'll most definitely be playing it also, along with many others I'd guess.
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Karum - 357 days 23 hours ago
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Cool I'm looking forward to seeing the trailer.
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Spike47 - 357 days 23 hours ago
15 - Infamous seems more promising
for me, the gameplay looks well put together and the graphics are aso good.
The same can't be said for this game/
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dkgshiz - 357 days 21 hours ago
16 - prototype looks good
but, infamous looks a lot better.
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likedamaster - 357 days 21 hours ago
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Both games seem great. Infamous looks better but Prototype is much more interesting to me.
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