"It has been only a couple of months since we last saw Prototype, but Radical Entertainment's take on the sprawling open-world gameplay genre has made leaps and bounds forward, continuing to impress us at every development milestone.

Set in current-day New York, the game places you in the role of comic-book-style antihero Alex Mercer, a guy who wakes up suffering from amnesia and, unsurprisingly, has no idea what's going on. Your job is to use the many physical forms and abilities at Merce..."

"We're not saying that Grand Theft Auto IV will suck. In fact, we think it’ll be one of next year’s must have titles. It's just that there's another awesome open-world action title set in New York (the real one) in the works that might make Rockstar take the backseat in 2008. The game's called Prototype, and even in its early stages of development, it looks ready to outshine GTA IV in almost every way. Yes, we're being serious."

"New York City. A hooded figure stands motionless in the centre of Times Square. It's morning and there are people everywhere. And we're not talking about the usual video game approximation of a crowd. It's a kinetic cluster of bodies merging and stirring through sun-bleached streets. The camera swings upwards revealing vast, intricately-rendered skyscrapers reaching towards a cloudless blue sky, turning white as the harsh sunlight hits their sides.

This is not the compromised parody of NYC..."