Developer: Radical Entertainment
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Genre: Open world, action
Game modes: Single-Player
Release date:
PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360
NA April 24, 2012
EU April 27, 2012
PC
NA July 24, 2012
The player is cast as James Heller, a soldier whose family was killed in the viral mayhem unleashed upon Manhattan by former protagonist Alex Mercer while Heller was serving overseas. He returns to New York 14 months after the original outbreak as part of a clean-up effort, intending to die fighting the viral outbreak and be with his family. Instead, their paths cross and Mercer personally infects Heller with the Blacklight Virus. Thereafter, Heller dedicates himself to hunting and killing Mercer, no matter the cost.
Since the Manhattan outbreak of the Blacklight virus, New York (NY Zero, as it is now referred to) has been split into 3 different sections based on that areas level of affliction. The corporation responsible for the virus’s creation, Blackwatch, has covered up it’s malicious acts by placing blame on Mercer. His actions from the first game, typically based on saving the lives of innocent, are twisted to look like sinister acts.
