SEGA confirms Alpha Protocol  Secret agent RPG from KOTOR II
developer.  SEGA has officially confirmed that Obsidian's new
RPG is called Alpha Protocol and is about a secret agent called
Michael Thorton.  That's "Thorton", not "Thornton", which only a
massive idiot would ever assume and then make a rubbish joke
about, obviously.  Anyway, Alpha Protocol is due out next year
on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and in it Michael Thorton is a secret
agent cast out by his government, which seems a bit short-
sighted of them given that he's the only one who can stop an
impending international catastrophe.  To do so, he must go
against his training and so on, and the decisions you make in
completing his objectives will shape the kind of agent Thorton
becomes, in line with other actions-have-consequences RPGs like
Knights of the Old Republic II.  According to magazine previews,
combat will be real-time action from a third-person perspective,
with lots of upgrades, and even a bit of romance aw.  "Alpha
Protocol blends Obsidian's