Just when we were getting really hyped up for Sierra Entertainment's Prototype (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC), the studio has announced that the game's release has been pushed back to next year. Aw dang.

Seeing as how the game looks really great from the gameplay videos we've seen though, let's keep the whining at a minimum. Better a late great game than an early sucky one. Here's what Sierra had to say about the delay:

Since its announcement, Prototype has been regarded by many as groundbreaking and taking the open-world genre in new directions, and in the simplest explanation possible, we need more time to deliver the game the team initially set out to create.

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