Alpha Prime

The game has a total of 10 missions or levels, and around 14 types of enemies. The game's mechanics allow for an interactive environment, a hacking system, and a "bullet time" system. It primarily features traditional first-person shooter gameplay interspersed with basic puzzle solving involving the hacking system or locating objects.

The State Business Federation has discovered an asteroid dubbed Alpha Prime with rich deposits of hubbardium, which is used as fuel in interstellar ships. During the mining operations, the miners began to go mad due to exposure to hubbardium. The State Business Federation decided that mining the hubbardium was too dangerous, and sealed off the asteroid.

The protagonist, Arnold Weiss, is recruited by an old friend, Livia, to rescue their mutual friend, Warren Reynolds, who was trapped on the asteroid when it was sealed off. Arnold grudgingly accepts, and they head off in a ship called the Artemis. The ship is disabled by a mine before they reach the asteroid, however, and only Arnold and Livia survive. Arnold gets into an escape pod and lands on Alpha Prime alone.

The original preview of the game was released during E3 2006. There it was revealed that the game would have support for the Ageia's PhysX processor. The company that created the game, Black Element Software, is based in the Czech Republic. A system was created for the game, originally known as the "Remote Hacking Device", but eventually renamed to the "Remote Control (ReCon)", which allows the player to manipulate electronic devices in the environment.

The developers decided during the game's development phase that the user would have no choice in the name, look, or appearance of the playable character, since the game was not an RPG, and that the game would incorporate player-controlled vehicles and preset weapons. An important focus during development was the realism and facial expressions of the non-playable characters (NPCs), and it was the developers' choice to make the overall game primarily linear to appeal to a general audience. The developers also used specific languages to make the Artificial Intelligence language as adaptable as possible. The game is powered by the Enforce 2 Engine with Meqon Physics.

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The enemies were criticized for being too hard, with perfect aim at all ranges and no reduction in damage, leading players to constantly having to save and load. The voice acting was seen as sub-par, as well as some sound effects lacking "punch". Moreover, the dubbing of Paolo Bellini (a character of Italian origins) received hilarious reactions from Italian YouTubers because of its stereotypical depiction of English-Italian accent, mixed with some common slang expressions.

The lack of multiplayer was also a notable criticism. On the other hand, the game was complimented for having a solid engine with crisp visuals that live up to its mainstream contemporaries.