Prey 2 formally announced for 2012

by Alice O'Connor, Mar 14, 2011 8:00am PDT

Related Topics – Prey, Prey 2, Bethesda Softworks, Human Head Studios

The original Prey

We'd heard little of Prey 2 since it was confirmed back in May 2008, until today's announcement from publisher Bethesda Softworks that it'll be released for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2012.

Creator Human Head Studios is developing the sequel to its gravity-flipping, mind-boggling shooter upon an unspecified version of the id Tech engine. One can only hope that it'll be the Rage-powering id Tech 5, giving us gruesome and disturbing organic architecture rendered in greater detail than ever. The original Prey used id Tech 4, the Doom 3

"We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda on Prey 2," project lead Chris Rhinehart said in today's announcement. "Prey 2 will provide gamers the opportunity to explore a new facet of the Prey universe, one that offers fast-paced action in an open, alien world. We're excited to show gamers the title we have been working on and hope they will be as excited by this title as we are."

Bethesda and id's parent company ZeniMax Media acquired the rights to Prey in 2009.

More details are due in the May issues of Official Xbox Magazine and PlayStation: The Official Magazine.

Back in 2008, Prey 2 was said to see star Tommy framed for the disappearance of his family and girlfriend ("aliens did it" presumably being a poor excuse), escaping "an Earth that no longer wants him for a future that cannot survive without him." A lot can change in three years, though.

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  If prey had delivered on time, it would have been a hell of a game. But being delayed as it was, FPS gami... : vertdang
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    When was it announced? I remember hearing about it a long time ago. : The Grolar Bear
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      The original game was announced, I want to say, in the mid 90's. I remember my friend telling me it was ... : VoodooIT
      
      yeah wasn't American McGee working on that when he left id? : geneshifter
      
      I don't have any of my old PC Gamer mags (the one's that were as thick as a paperback novel) but I believ... : 00-bracken
      
      I remember an issue of Computer Gaming World with a cover feature on "Quake Killers". Highlighted were Un... : Sideways Bob
- i wonder how much will change from the original. i don't think that type of shooter has a lot of legs in... : dantastic
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  I really enjoyed Prey, I'm not sure why people like to hate on it so much. : Begawkiness
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    Subpar gunplay. : enyakk
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      I guess I just wasn't playing it for the combat at the time. I was much more interested in all the inter... : Begawkiness
      
      Yeah, but it's a shooter, it needs up be up there. : enyakk
    - If its gunplay matched its level design then the game would have been truly amazing. : freshyk
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      I thought the gunplay was fine. Not everything has to be COD-style whack-a-mole.
      
      I have to say if you don't like prey's "gunplay" you're definitely not going to like Duke because it was pretty similar, I felt.
      
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      I thought the gunplay was fine. Not everything has to be COD-style whack-a-mole. I have to say if you ... : DeBurgo
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    it was awesome.. multiplayer was a big let down however. : fw_rams
    - I really enjoyed it because of all the gravity stuff. Made you really think in all directions. Plus a lot... : PointlesS76
  - Toward the end of the game, I felt that they ran out of time or ideas. The final portion just seems to : hatelull
  - Same here. I really enjoyed Prey, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what they do with the sequel. : ColoradoCNC
  - boring, bland, not fun : mista mista
  - Nothing about it really stood out as amazing or fun. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Now we just need original Prey on Steam again. Bethesda owns the IP, and it was Human Head's project whe... : the archvile
  - Yeah that's pretty dumb they took it off. Prey was my first purchase from the steam client. : ajvitaly
  - Huh, I never noticed, though I guess it makes sense with the whole 3D Realms issue. Looks like current ow... : RaptorII
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  Am I reading that righ: open alien world? ala Rage? : pillzer
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    Well the last game was on the Doom3 engine, so it's not that hard to believe that this could be on the Ra... : master_disaster_17
    - Specially since it's all Bethesda now. : zehh
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  Hm... I really enjoyed Prey. But another sci-fi shooter in the style of the old would be meh. So I trust ... : Thund3rball
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    I'd totally rather have another CoD-a-like with bloody screen (so real) : MamiyaOtaru
    - No, I don't want a CoD-a-like either. I only own CoD 4 & 5 and haven't even finished 4 cause it's all jus... : Thund3rball
- Though it doesn't say id Tech 5 in the press release, it does say the id Tech engine they're using is "cu... : jacobvandy
- Any word if Gary Whitta is back doing the story? : baron calamity
- Prey looks amazing and adventurous today for not being yet another lameass down the sights shooter and ha... : SpaecKow
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  Wish they'd put the original back on Steam, I'd like to try it. : MeestaNob
  - they keep running out of keys : RikiTiki2

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