Issue 041 — July 2026
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About Prototype® 2

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Welcome to New York Zero. Prototype 2 follows Radical Entertainment's best-selling open-world action release of 2009, pushing the shape-shifting carnage of the original even further. This time you play Sgt James Heller, a soldier who has lost his wife and child and been left with nothing but a death sentence, now transformed into the game's new infected protagonist.

Heller cuts a bloody path through the ruined wastelands of a post-viral New York, and as you play you steadily assemble a genetic arsenal of deadly biological weapons and abilities. Everything drives toward one goal: hunting, killing, and consuming your way to the man behind it all, Alex Mercer. The question the game keeps asking is whether you are ready to murder your maker.

Among its standout tools is the Tendril power, which lets Heller lift and tear apart cars and military vehicles, ensnare hulking infected beasts, and rip whole clusters of enemies to shreds. Character customization returns as well, encouraging you to mix and match a wide range of Mutation perks, from faster and larger locomotion to sharper claws, so you can sculpt your own version of the ultimate weapon in this action and adventure title on PC.