How the Hit and Run Developer Fixed GTA Clones | Radical Entertainment: A Retrospective
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From starting out with ports of licensed Nintendo games, Radical Entertainment became a strong voice in Grand Theft Auto clones and early open worlds featuring licenses like The Simpsons, Hulk and Scarface. They would move to canceled Spider-Man games, and their own series Prototype.
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Vancouver game scene
https://www.straight.com/article-198534/video-game-family-tree
The Divide explained
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/divide-the-enemies-within/
Road Rage Lawsuit
https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051726/http://www.carrferrell.com/attorneys_yorio.html
Road Rage Lawsuit Article
https://www.eurogamer.net/news051203segasuit
Hit and run day in the life
https://forum.donutteam.com/forum/topic/514
Hit and Run Interview
https://web.archive.org/web/20110615180010/http://www.gamershell.com/articles/687.html
Spider-Man 4, Radical Entertainment turning it into Prototype 2
https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/09/11/cancelled-spider-man-4-game-footage/
Scarface Interview
https://www.cheatcc.com/extra/interviewscarface.html
Prototype and Hulk Development Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMLDbpzd4v0&t=296s
Spider-Man 4 Art
https://web.archive.org/web/20190607181026/https://wayne_dalton.artstation.com/projects/nQvlRO?album_id=1206091
Spider-Man 4 Footage
https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/09/11/cancelled-spider-man-4-game-footage/
2008 Layoffs
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/report-radical-high-moon-hit-hard-by-layoffs/1100-6195910/
Shutdown
https://kotaku.com/prototype-creators-shutting-down-update-5922129
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