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Prototype 2 is still a ways away from release (it's not due out until sometime in 2012) but the upcoming open world action game sequel is getting yet another marketing trailer from publisher Activision. This new one features various team members from developer Radical Entertainment talking about the big conflict between the original game's hero Alex Mercer and the sequel's new hero James Heller.

The video also has some brief but pretty spectacular gameplay footage from a pre-alpha build of the game as you see the shape-shifting hero make some kills in some unique and devastating ways on the streets of New York City.

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There's not much to this trailer. Like the previous Prototype 2 videos, it's a one-trick pony. In this case, the trick is throwing a man so hard that he flies across the block, hits a car, and then explodes in a massive shockwave of blood. That's all there is to it. Oh, and a release date: sometime in 2012.

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This trailer for Prototype 2 is so short that the title contains the entire description of it. In this trailer, the new protagonist kicks a helicopter in half. That's it. No context, no story, nothing. Just straight up helicopter kicking. We suppose you'll love it if you're into bursting apart rotorcraft with your heels.

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While you, as Alex Mercer, played an important role in the devastation of New York in Prototype, Prototype 2 has a different angle. You're to play as a disturbed military man who is seeking out Alex Mercer by using the same bioengineered virus that Alex is infected with. Thus, it actually plays concurrently alongside the first game, and provides a new perspective on the creation of the New York City red zone. Much like all of the trailers to come from the Spike VGAs, this one is especially cinematic but doesn't offer any details on the inner workings of the gory sandbox title.

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Even though a previously released teaser trailer pretty much gave up the ghost on this announcement, tonight's Video Game Awards did officially reveal that developer Radical Entertainment and publisher Activision will be working on Prototype 2, the sequel to 2009's open world action game.

The teaser trailer seems to suggest that you will be playing as a new character who is going after the shaft-shifting and absobing character of Alex Mercer from the first Prototype game. The title is due out sometime in 2012. While we will be waiting a while for the game to come out, you can check out the full teaser trailer after the jump:

Last week we saw a teaser site called Murderyourmaker.com which showed only a guy with his back turned to us and a somewhat burred background. Now that same site has posted up a five second teaser trailer that seems to let the cat out of the bag on what game it is supposed to be teasing us about.

The imagery points us and many others to predict that the game is in fact Prototype 2, the sequel to the 2008 open-world action game from developer Radical Entertainment and publisher Activision where you played an amnesiac man who has a body that can shape ship to plenty of people. Hopefully we will learn more at the Video Game Awards in about a week.

Just one day after Activision Blizzard admitted to a large financial loss for its last fiscal quarter, the publisher did some quick cost cutting to save some money. Unfortunately it looks like those actions will cost a number of Activision game developers their jobs. Gamasutra reports via unnamed sources that 90 members of Radical Entertainment have been laid off. The developer created the open world action game Prototype which was a solid hit for the publisher in June 2009.

In addition, Neversoft has also reportedly been hit with large layoffs. Two more internal Activision game developers, Luxoflux and Underground Development, reportedly are shutting down entirely. It was founded in 1997 and was bought by Activision in 2002. Various web sites got an official response from Activision after the internet rumors hit but the company did not directly admit to the layoffs saying only that, " . . we are realigning our resources to better reflect our slate and the market opportunities." One wonders why Activision failed to announced these layoffs during their financial conference call on Wednesday.

It's a game that was a big hit last June for Activision and now the open world action game Prototype is on sale for one day only at Direct2Drive as part of their 24 Days of Christmas sales promotion. From now until 1 pm Eastern time, the game can be downloaded and purchased for $19.95, a 50 percent sales cut from its normal Direct2Drive price.

The over-the-top action got solid sales but some mixed reviews from critics. The game comes from developer Radical Entertainment but at the moment there's no word on what game the development team is working on next.

It's rare that Amazon.com puts a PC game as part of their special one day Gold Deal sales but that's what they have done with the recent open world action game Prototype. For today only and while supplies last the title from developer Radical Entertainment and publisher Activision has a pretty sweet price.

That price, for the PC version, is a mere $29.99 which is a $20 price cut from its normal $49.99 level. Remember this sale is for today only so if you have had a hankering for controlling an shape-shifting, violent and amnesiac man that likes to wreck havoc around Manhattan, you had better get a move on.

[Via Joystiq]

Prototype starts with a loud, chaotic rampage through Manhattan, where the play uses a variety of shape-shifting powers to tear apart soldiers, tanks and citizen infected with a mutagenic virus. That short introduction perfectly encapsulates how the rest of the game plays out. Players run around the city, gruesomely tearing through anything that gets in the way, all the while collecting new abilities to cause more mayhem on a larger scale.