<![CDATA[Kotaku: Alpha Protocol]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Alpha Protocol]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/alpha protocol http://kotaku.com/tag/alpha protocol <![CDATA[Steam's Sega Sale Delivers $2 Alpha Protocol, Super Cheap Dreamcast & Genesis Games]]> For fans of all things SEGA, Steam's running killer deals on Alpha Protocol ($2), Aliens vs. Predator ($4.99) and the Total War series. Dreamcast and Sega Genesis bundles are just $7.49 each. [Steam presents SEGA Weekend] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5843470&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sega Does What Nintendon't (Namely, Make Money)]]> While Nintendo managed to lose a cool $290 million USD this past quarter (for very good reasons), its one-time rival Sega actually managed to have a showing in the black. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5601103&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Average Reviews Mean No Second Helping Of Alpha Protocol]]> Fans hoping to experience the further adventures of Agent Michael Thornton will be sorely disappointed, as Sega West president Mike Hayes reveals that a sub-70 Metacritic average and slow sales rule out the chance for an Alpha Protocol sequel. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5580412&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Weighing Morality in Gaming]]> Philosophers and Theologians have been debating the mechanics of moral choice for millennia. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5575461&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Let's Get Physical]]> For some reason, I decided to take a look at depictions of physical intimacy in four recently released games. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5564959&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Skip Alpha Protocol's Foreplay, Go Right To The Sex]]> Don't feel like playing through Sega's new espionage role-playing game, Alpha Protocol, to get to The Good Stuff? You might be better off that way, getting your Alpha Protocol satisfaction by enjoying its naughtier bits through YouTube. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5554919&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Review: Not Quite The Omega]]> Sega and developer Obsidian Entertainment conspire to bring you Alpha Protocol, the espionage role-playing game. Is it Mass Effect meets modern-day spy thriller? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5550769&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Very Special Cameo]]> Alpha Protocol is a spy game that SEGA is publishing. Know what I spy? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5544365&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Who's Killing Who In Alpha Protocol]]> There's so many different battling factions in Sega's Alpha Protocol you'd need a score card to keep up, or perhaps an explanatory trailer. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5538499&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This Is SEGA's DRM Solution]]> Nobody like DRM, AKA Digital Rights Management. Game companies, however, seem to think they need it. Japan-based game company SEGA has come up with its own in-house DRM solution and has explained what exactly it is. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5532425&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Beyond Sonic The Hedgehog: These May Be The New Sega All-Stars]]> Sonic the Hedgehog may be Sega's most recognizable cash cow—those Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games titles are huge—but the successes of Bayonetta, Total War and Football Manager may represent the new wave of Sega's key franchises. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5497805&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Slips Into Stores on June 1]]> Role-playing action title Alpha Protocol goes on sale for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 June 1, Sega announced this morning. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5480062&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Impressions: Looks Deceive]]> Like the spy agent depicts, the espionage role-playing game Alpha Protocol is stealthily approaching its release, now slated for early summer. And it's still a tricky game to size up. A few observations from a recent demonstration of the game: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5468587&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sega Delays Alpha Protocol To 2010]]> Those retailer listings that pointed to a slip for Obsidian Entertainment's "espionage RPG" Alpha Protocol look more accurate today, as Sega has updated the game's ship date to spring of 2010, a full year after its originally planned release. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5375537&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Retailers Point To Alpha Protocol Delay]]> Obsidian Entertainment's Alpha Protocol—you know, the espionage RPG?—looks like it may not make its previously planned October release date. The Sega-published role-playing game looks like it will instead release next Summer. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5368298&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Apparent Internal Sega Document Describes Plans For Game Line-Up]]> A document that appeared on Sega of America's official press site recounting an Aug. 5 company meeting with Sony representatives covers everything from Aliens and Bayonetta to Sonic and something called Vanquish. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5364863&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sex as a Commodity, Women as Achievements]]> Mass Effect is a sophisticated, acclaimed video game. It took uninformed flak for its sex scene, which gamers defended as a mature portrayal of the act. But it's not that different from the depiction of sex in many other games. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5348445&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol: More Sex Than Mass Effect, More Interrogations Than Fallout 3]]> A brief look at Alpha Protocol yesterday brought to mind how what may be the western-made role-playing-game time-sink of this fall compares to some recent big ones. A quartet of love scenes is but one difference. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5336178&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Hits Oct. 6]]> Spy role-playing game Alpha Protocol will be hitting the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on Oct. 6, according to Sega. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5307101&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol: You Got Some RPG In My Shooter]]> Alpha Protocol is a role-playing game disguised as a fast-paced third-person shooter. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5283609&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Sega Is Bringing To E3 2009]]> Sega is bringing its A game to E3 2009. Two A games, in fact, along with a B game, a C game, two Olympic titles, and a movie tie-in. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5270490&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol: Obsidian Evolves]]> The team at Obsidian talk about how they've evolved over the years leading up to the development of the real-world espionage role-playing game Alpha Protocol. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5197621&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New Alpha Protocol Screens]]> Presenting for your ogling a new batch of screenshots from upcoming spy role-playing game from Sega and Obsidian Entertainment. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5171970&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Brings On The Job Training To The Spy Game]]> If you caught this weekend's GameTrailers TV, you're probably well-schooled in Sega and Obsidian Entertainment's Alpha Protocol, the "first modern-day spy role-playing game." If not here's two minutes worth of introduction. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5170782&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol, Fallout 3 & Ghostbusters Exclusives On Next GTTV]]> This week's episode of GameTrailers TV continues the show's streak of exclusives, including first gameplay footage of Sega and Obsidian's Alpha Protocol in action. But that's not all! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5168444&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Trailer Speaks To Me]]>
The best thing about this tiny little teaser-ish trailer for Sega's spy-action title Alpha Protocol? Looking back over my life, they could have played this clip before I started any job I've ever had and it would be completely appropriate. This business changes you. You never know who to trust. Do they really want regular tacos, or do they want tacos supreme? I couldn't tell you Mike. Also of note, almost every job I have ever had ended with me standing on the upper floor of a skyscraper with broken windows as a combat helicopter flies by. It's uncanny. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5065958&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Filled With Sexy Spy Sex]]> Obsidian Entertainment's Alpha Protocol isn't just similar to BioWare's Mass Effect in terms of interface, font, design, gameplay, and graphics - it's also got a sexy side. Agent Michael Thorton will have a bevy of ladies at his disposal throughout his mission, and depending on how he treats them he could very well get lucky with some, if not all the lovely ladies.
"It all depends on how you treat them," Rucinski said. If you have a strong relationship with female characters, they may help with missions. However, he told me that some of them are "bats–t insane" and can get you into trouble. "One may ask you to assassinate a high-level person," he added. "Maybe that's not something you want to do, but she's really hot. But there are obvious repercussions."
See? These are the sorts of decisions guys named Michael have to deal with every day. We don't want to kill, but the ladies are so hot! Alpha Protocol will let players get busy with women via Mass Effect style cutscenes, with achievements for being a total manslut as well as just saying no repeatedly. Achievements for having sex? Fox is going to have a field day. ‘Alpha Protocol' Will Have Plenty Of Sex Scenes, ‘Ladies' Man' Achievement [MTV Multiplayer] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5028836&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol - Mass Effect For The Solo Spy Set]]> Up until my visit to Sega at E3 this week, all I had seen of Obsidian Entertainment's spy thriller action RPG Alpha Protocol was a few screenshots. Yesterday I got a chance to see a demo of the game in action, and I can safely say that fans of BioWare's space epic Mass Effect should be extremely pleased. In fact, had the Obsidian folks at the demo not denied it, one could easily assume the two games were using the exact same engine, with a few tweaks in place to freshen things up a bit. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5026634&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Aims Ambitiously For RPG, FPS Fans]]> Obsidian Entertainment says it's found the right mix of action and RPG, balancing subtlety with "over-the-top" visual style, and weighing realism carefully against the "abstraction" of fantasy elements. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5021528&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Leaps Into Action]]> It may be an action RPG, but it looks like Sega and Obsidian Entertainment's Alpha Protocol will be a bit heavy on the action side, unless of course the high-flying performance above is from a cutscene...which is more than likely. Still, these shots are much more lively than the previous set, which more like stills form a movie set than anything resembling a game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5012654&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sega Dates Alpha Protocol, Teases Aliens]]> Sega Gamer's Day earlier this week in San Francico stuck to a "blockbusters" theme, reminding the visiting press that they had just launched a video game based on Iron Man and that another based on The Hulk was coming shortly. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5009341&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alpha Protocol Screen Shots? Right Here]]> Sega has released a quintet of screens for Obsidian Entertainment's espionage RPG Alpha Protocol, five in-game shots curiously lacking in explosions, car crashes or aliens. Yes, it's suspect. One actually looks like a Home screen cap. They do, however, feature glowing eyed super soldiers, so we're positive they're from a video game. It's also somewhat curious how instantly reminded we were of Mass Effect, given that Obsidian was responsible for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II and Neverwinter Nights 2, picking up where BioWare left off. Not sure what that implies.... Anyway! Gallery time! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=375946&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sega & Obsidian Bringing You A Bond-ish RPG]]> The name, it could do with some work, but the premise, well, it's downright intriguing. Developers Obsidian, who brought us KOTOR II, are at work on Alpha Protocol, a game they're describing as an action-RPG and which will be appearing on the tried and tested triumvirate of PS3, 360 and PC. You play the role of a James Bond-type character, who plays his way through an RPG (it's got skill classes, etc) flush with Mass Effect-style combat sequences. It's also got Mass Effect-style dialogue (though you can only ever speak to an NPC once), with the added bonus of James Bond-style romancing, with alluring, deadly ladies across the globe ready and available for conquest. Excited? Don't be, you've got to wait until at least Spring 2009. More »
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