Radical Entertainment and publisher Sierra have decided to scrap Prototype's multiplayer mode in order to encourage players to truly delve into the single-player storyline, and, more truthfully, so they could meet their original Fall 2008 launch window. Radical's Tim Bennison defended the decision in an interview with TeamXbox, and hinted at the possibility of co-op functionality in post-release DLC.
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"A representative with Sierra Entertainment today confirmed that to be the case with the company's upcoming open-world action game Prototype. Originally set for release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC this fall, the game has been bumped to a nonspecific 2009 release date."
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"Prototype is less visually striking and varied than last month's inFamous, and less stylish than Crackdown. It's a game of riotous, gore-splattering ultraviolence. That's all it wants to be, and in many respects it does a solid, and often spectacular job. The victims may be plot, atmosphere and the difficulty curve, but then great power always comes at a cost."
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One of the best things about the annual Game Developers Conference is the opportunity afforded to those of us covering it to get some one on one time with actual game developers. Just like when we sat down with Eric Holmes of Radical Entertainment, the Lead Designer of the impressive looking, open-world action game Prototype who showed us the game in action, and talked to us about some of the finer points of making games.
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