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Prey 2 IP Picked Up By Zenimax
The ever watchful internet blog, superannuation, spotted a few trademark applications recently that revealed that the Prey IP - originally owned by Apogee/3D Realms - had been sold to Zenimax - the business arm of Bethesda.
The site links to 5 - count it, 5 - separate trademark applications and transfers, and lists a number of items including; magazines, books, graphics novels, clothing and apparel, an ongoing sci fi TV program, and of course, video games.
The final application shows the trademark moving from Apogee - via the Radar Group to Bethesda's business arm, Zenimax.
The good news is that the franchise has been picked out of limbo. It does open up a ton of questions though, like who will develop it? And more intriguingly, how much did they pay? Will the money fund Apogee/3D Realms' development of Duke Nuke Em Forever... or is that too much to ask?
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Give me my Prey sequel!
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I quite liked Prey. It had some nice touches in it. Multi-player was o.k too.
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I liked the first game, shame it was a bit short and when you died you had to shoot ghosts to get health!
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Prey was one of the first games I got. It was the cheapest game around at the time. ;D
It wasn't bad, I never tried the multiplayer.
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I played it for the easy 600G
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I enjoyed Prey, like Failed i got the easy achievements (685 in total) but i didn't have Live at the time so never tried the multiplayer.
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I think i have 675, i missed an easy 10G.
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Easy Achievments online.
Young Blood: 10 points
Reached 50 kills total in death match
Brave Star: 15 points
Reached 125 kills total in death match
Ultimate Warrior: 50 points
Reached 500 kills total in death match
Team member: 10 points
Reached 50 kills total in team death match
Team player: 15 points
Reached 125 kills total in team death match
Team leader: 20 points
Reached 250 kills total in team death match
Sharpshooter: 10 points
Reached 25 Sniper kills in death match and team death match
Invisible assassin: 10 points
Reached 25 kills in death match and team death match using spirit form
Mechanic: 10 points
Reached 25 kills in death match and team death match using the wrench
Rifle Ranger: 10 points
Reached 25 kills in death match and team death match using the rifle
Crawler King: 10 points
Reached 25 kills in death match and team death match using Crawler grenades
Machine Gun Tommy: 10 points
Reached 25 kills in death match and team death match using the Auto-Cannon
Launcher Lord: 10 points
Reached 25 kills in death match and team death match using the Crawler Launcher
Soul Sucker: 10 points
Reached 25 kills in death match and team death match using the Leech Gun
Toxic Overlord: 10 points
Reached 25 kills in death match and team death match using the Acid Sprayer
Rank 1: 20 points
Win a ranked match
Ten Ranked Matches: 20 points
Play ten ranked matches
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I bet the online is pretty much dead now though
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probably, but Could be a thought for a few of us one night to whizz few a few games.
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Yeh, i'd get hold of a copy to play with you guys. Could easily get Win one game achieve and play 10 games achieves.
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Bethesda signs Human Head's Prey 2
Bethesda has signed Prey 2, a sequel developed by Human Head.
The game's due out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 next year. The developer is using id Software's id tech engine to build the game.
Prey 2 isn't exactly a surprise: Radar Groups' Scott Miller was banging on about it in 2008, claiming the sequel would up the portal ante and show Valve's Portal series a thing or two.
Then, in late 2009, Bethesda parent ZeniMax filed a trademark to protect Prey 2.
"We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda on Prey 2," said project lead Chris Rhinehart. "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."
Prey 1 followed Native American hero Tommy, who called on ancestral powers to quash an alien menace. Eurogamer review Kristan Reed awarded Prey 7/10.
He wrote: "Perhaps inevitably - although maybe not intentionally - Prey struggles to break free of its late '90s genesis, and essentially what we're left with is a game whose good intentions simply don't translate into wide-eyed entertainment. With uninspiring and basic deathmatch multiplayer options failing to rescue the package, it looks like it's going to be another long hot summer for FPS devotees."
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Prey 2 doesn't use id Tech 5
Prey 2 does use id Tech but doesn't use id Tech 5.
Bethesda mouthpiece Pete Hines told IGN that the game was started too long ago to use id Software's latest and greatest engine - the thing what powers Rage.
"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," he explained.
Bethesda was announced as the publisher of Prey 2 yesterday. The press release misleadingly informed that Prey 2 was "being built on the cutting edge id Tech engine from id Software".
Like Brink, Prey 2 uses an older id Tech engine (presumably id Tech 4). Brink developer Splash Damage has heavily modified the engine, though.
Prey 1 developer Human Head will make Prey 2, which has a 2012 date with PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Prey 2: First image features... Sam Fisher?!
Magazine cover reveals redesigned protagonist
The first Prey 2 image has emerged via the cover of Swedish games mag Game Reactor... and is it just us, or does the protagonist look a bit different?
If this artwork is anything to go by then developer Human Head's switched the original game's American Indian, comic book stylings for a hero who looks a whole lot more 'Tom Clancy', but of course we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves - we haven't seen the game yet.
Regardless, the internet's naturally burst into rage mode at the suggestion of a visual change, and one of the writers of the Game Reactor article logged onto the NeoGAF forum to assure fans: "Have a little faith here, I highly doubt you'll be disappointed in this game".
Prey 2 was officially announced for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC yesterday, with new publisher Bethesda at the helm.
Prey 2 is once again being developed by Wisconsin-based Human Head Studios, which is built up of former Raven Software employees.
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Former Raven employees? This could be worth watching...
As an aside, who would of thought we'd be seeing ID and Raven (in the form of Human Head) back together again (or at least under the same umbrella of Zenimax)? All is right with the world.
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Former Raven employees? This could be worth watching...
As an aside, who would of thought we'd be seeing ID and Raven (in the form of Human Head) back together again (or at least under the same umbrella of Zenimax)? All is right with the world.
Ahh, the good old days.
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Give me my Prey sequel!
Haven't played the first, maybe I should...
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Prey's brilliant, short but sweet. Tis getting on a bit now though, must be atleast 4 years old.
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Prey's brilliant, short but sweet. Tis getting on a bit now though, must be atleast 4 years old.
You'd be right, it's 5 years old this July, I loved the first game, quality shooter plus it had Don't Fear The Reaper on the soundtrack, always a good thing. :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsr7RdE8SKY
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started off lame but got good towards the end
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looks really good! i got stuck half way through the first game and i haven't played it since, think i will go back to it tonight, that trailer's got me in the mood!
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Prey 2 gameplay details emerge
Compared to Killzone 2, Mass Effect and Mirror's Edge
A wealth of Prey 2 gameplay info has been ripped from that issue of GameReactor from which the first image of Prey 2's new lead protagonist first emerged. Praise those internet people.
As that first image suggested, Prey 1's lead man Tommy (aka Domasi Tawodi) is no more, instead being replaced by Sheriff and prison guard Killian Samuels.
Gameplay was apparently inspired by Mirror's Edge, Mass Effect, Riddick and Blade Runner. According to the coverage, levels are open, leaving you to "go wherever you want, talk to whoever you want, do the missions you want".
"Every area is comparable to Assassin's Creed 2" Human Head reportedly told the mag, suggesting huge city-sized environments in Prey 2, which is set on the planet 'Exodus', that'll apparently feature "desert levels, big cities, 'in the wilds', [and] cave areas".
Killian will apparently bound through these environments with agility comparable to Faith in Mirror's Edge which will have you "leaping over heights, hanging by arms from pipes, balancing on thin boards and jumping like a cat upwards structures".
The magazine compares the shooting sections, on the other hand, to Killzone, with a similar cover system, although it also says the game gives you the "freedom of Mass Effect".
The sequel will apparently feature new weapons that can be customized/rebuilt, along with purchasable armour and ability upgrades. There's also a loot system similar to that of Borderlands, aliens similar to Mass Effect's.
There'll be no Move or 3D support, nor will there be a multiplayer mode, with developer Human Head Games reasoning: "Who would pick the MP mode of Prey 2 ahead of the one in, for example, Halo Reach?"
One more interesting nugget is that the first level in the sequel will apparently be the beginning of Prey 1, but you're controlling Killian instead of Tommy.
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i still haven't touched the first one since i got stuck months ago. I am definitely gonna pick it up again soon, the second one sounds very promising.
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Prey 2 average play through 15 hours
JT's playthrough 30hours ;)
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Awesome new trailer, accompanied by an equally awesome Johnny Cash cover of a Soundgarden classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-YkBc2eA5c
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Rumour: Prey 2 Shelved by Bethesda (http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-11245-Rumour--Prey-2-Shelved-By-Bethesda.html)
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:'(
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:'(
No need to cry just because there's a 'u' in rumour! ;)
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:'(
No need to cry just because there's a 'u' in rumour! ;)
;D :P
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Prey 2 Still Alive (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-19-prey-2-still-alive)
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Prey 2 Officially Cancelled (http://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-19678-Prey-2-Officially-Cancelled.html)