Summer video game preview 2009

Prototype

Systems: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC
Developer: Radical Entertainment (“The Hulk: Ultimate Destruction”)
Publisher: Activision Blizzard

What is it? Imagine “Grand Theft Auto,” but instead of a criminal, you are a mutant who can turn his hands into weapons and shapeshift into other people—handy skills when you’re pursued by the military and/or other mutant humans.
Why will it keep you inside? The game’s fast-paced action and open world will make you feel like a real superhero. Or a really destructive creep. (Both good.)

Release Date: June 9.