Tuesday, March 15, 2011

UPDATE Prey 2 Officially Announced


UPDATE 2: Prey 2 is not being made using id Tech 5. Bethesda's Pete Hines clarifies with IGN that "This game has been in development for quite a while and id Tech 5 is still in progress (until Rage ships, and probably even after). So it really wasn’t an option". Too bad. Which would mean it is being developed using the previous id Tech 4 engine(Quake 4).


UPDATE: Bethesda has officially announced that Prey 2 is set for a 2012 release. It looks like the same folks that did Prey are working on Prey 2(Human Head Studios). The game will be built using 'cutting edge id tech engine' although it's unsure if this means the new id Tech 5(Rage engine) or something completely new. The full press release after the jump.

You might remember that little titled called Prey. It was a first person shooter that was in the works for many years(started back in 1995) and finally saw the light of day in 2006. The game had some portal mechanic and a dream phase. Certainly a really unique first person shooter. The story was heavily inspired by native American mythology. Well Prey 2 looks to be confirmed. French magazine Joystick has an exclusive cover of the game and the title is now owned by Bethesda( Prey was a 3D realms title). No screens or info on Prey 2 yet but I’ll post if there are any updates.



Sequel to Award-Winning Prey to be Available in 2012

March 14, 2011 (Rockville, MD) — Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax®Media company, today announced that *_Prey_*®*_2,_* the sequel to thepopular 2006 game, is scheduled for release in 2012 and will beavailable for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system fromMicrosoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Games forWindows.

Further details on the game will be revealed in the Mayissues of Official Xbox Magazine_ and _PlayStation: The OfficialMagazine_, as well as in magazines throughout Europe.
*_Prey 2_* is being developed by Human Head Studios, the studio thatcreated Prey, the original, award-winning game. *_Prey 2_* is beingbuilt on the cutting edge id tech engine from id Software.

“We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda on *_Prey 2_*,” saidChris Rhinehart, project lead. “*_Prey 2_* will provide gamers theopportunity to explore a new facet of the _Prey_ universe, one thatoffers fast-paced action in an open, alien world. We’re excited toshow gamers the title we have been working on and hope they will be asexcited by this title as we are.”

Continue to check http://facebook.com/prey2 [2] for additionalinformation on *_Prey 2_* in the coming days.

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