Infamous (video game franchise)

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Infamous is a series of video games developed by Sucker Punch. This series centers around individuals with superpowers and how they choose to use these powers, in a world that struggles with violent gangs of criminals and terrorists. The action is usually set in an city of the United States.

The series takes place in the present-day United States with real and fictional, such as Empire City, which resembles New York City; and New Marais which resembles New Orleans. Washington, D.C. is occasionally mentioned, and Infamous Second Son takes place in Seattle. It features American government agencies such as the FBI, NSA and DARPA, along with agencies fabricated for the series, such as the DUP (Department of Unified Protection), an agency with the sole purpose of stopping conduits, now labeled "bio-terrorists", from causing mass destruction.

Superpowers in this universe are caused by an allele of a gene called the Conduit gene. The bearers of this allele can use the neuro-electric capacities of their bodies to an extent other people can not achieve. The powers they gain may include: storing electricity in their body and releasing it, manipulating magnetism, enhanced mobility, activating neon gas.

Geography and Places
The series takes place in the present-day United States with real and fictional, such as Empire City, which resembles New York City; and New Marais which resembles New Orleans. Washington, D.C. is occasionally mentioned, and Infamous Second Son takes place in Seattle. It features American government agencies such as the FBI, NSA and DARPA, along with agencies fabricated for the series, such as the DUP (Department of Unified Protection), an agency with the sole purpose of stopping conduits, now labeled "bio-terrorists", from causing mass destruction.