Bethesda Announces Prey 2 For 2012

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Richard Walker

Bethesda has today announced that the sequel to 2006's Prey, imaginatively titled Prey 2, will be coming to consoles in 2012.

Original developer Human Head Studios is back on development duties for the sequel, utilising id Software's cutting-edge id Tech Engine - presumably the same engine currently being used to develop Rage. Presumably.

"We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda on Prey 2," said Chris Rhinehart, project lead on the Prey sequel. "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."

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  • Great news! Hopefully they will concentrate on PC as main platform as I like dit way better than on 360. And also drop the multiplayer this time around - it sucked^^
  • Great news! First game ended with "To be continued", i already started to lose hope, that sequel will be released some day...I also hope, this time, it won't take so long for developers to finish the game.
  • Wow...
  • Interesting...I may have to pick up the 1st one now. I have almost purchased it on several occasions, but for whatever reason never did.
  • inb4 complaints of a glitchy game. 8D
  • I can't wait not to play it.
  • I was the only one out of my friends who liked this game. Aside from the multiplayer, how couldn't you?! Such a unique game it was do awesome. Not the same thong we always see in a FPS.
  • Good game just not looking forward to motion sickness again.
  • another long awaited sequel to keep an eye on...
  • This is great news. This on the back of the Darkness getting a sequel has been a good few weeks for underrated games getting another look-in. Same as The Darkness though, the multiplayer needs a lot of work, or just scrapped completely.
  • @6 I meant to click thumbs down. If you don't like the article don't comment on it. I so doubt the people who do like the article give two shits what you have to say.
  • awesome
  • I wonder if the multiplayer will be as 'popular' as it was last time.
  • Prey doesnt need multiplayer. shame they made half the achievements based around it too. Awesome game tho!
  • never played the first one, heard it was pretty good though
  • Great news. Prey is one of the most underappreciated games of this gen, and one of my favorite shooters.
  • Also, I really loved the multiplayer and didn't see much wrong with it. It was basic, but very fun.
  • I really liked the uniqueness of Prey, hope they keep it up for Prey 2.
  • I loved Prey and I cant wait for this. I'll be buying it for sure.
  • I heard mixed things about the first one. Looked good but not up my alley. I should give it a whirl. It was just a weird concept to me of space meets native american stuff. But then again...I thought Too Human was going to be stellar and instead, all I got was a poor control scheme and cybernetic puss'd out Loki and Thor. It had lots of promise but didn't score the goal for me. However, I liked Mercenaries 2. It was a piss-poor game in a complete sense but it was the most free roam, co-op'y destructive fun i EVER had. Long live Laser Guided Pizza lol
  • Hoping the death system stays the same. It made playing of hard way easier. Oh you died on the final boss? Just kill some birds and get right back to where you were with full health!
  • I'll keep my eye out for this. @ 5. No game is glitch free.
  • This game will fall Prey to the other shooters on the market. ucwutididthar? I'm pretty sure back in 2006 there was no Halo or Call of Duty games dominating the shooter market, now we have Gears as well and Battlefield plus 100s of wannabee's Pass.
  • @ 1 im pretty sure we are all thinking this, so ill be that guy and say it....shut the fuck up. now on an on topic note, i really am excited for this one to come out. i played the shit out of the first one, and am looking forward to playing part two. loved the story, thought the multiplayer was a little "meh". hopefully they put some more effort into MP this time around. cant wait to continue the story too!
  • I never played the first one. I've been debating on whether or not to get it from gamestop. Its like 5 bucks, should I?
  • I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS NEWS FOR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • umm in 06...there were 2 halos.... There was CoD.... And Prey still fuckin rocked. And it still will in prey 2. The only thing this game will fall prey to, is epic awesomeness.
  • Brilliant, loved the single player portion of Prey!
  • im doubting it will be that good in comparision to other shooters, but here is to hoping it doesnt fail miserably...
  • One of the most underrated games ever. I loved it. Pretty gory game from what i remember too.
  • @Flibbity If you see this game cheap enough(which it is right now) then you'll have a blast i loved the way it played with gravity and the native american thing worked well for the game.I got the game when it first came out and wished it was alot longer,amazing game very original just too short.10 years to make 10 hrs to complete. OT: Can't wait for this hope they flesh it out a bit more and i agree with all the multiplayer comments:Do it right or not at all! Why don't companies but back ups in there multiplayer cheevos like:If you can't get a game 5 times in a day you get the 1st mp cheevo, if you can't get a game 10 times over 2 days you get the 2nd mp cheevo,etc,etc...i don't something like that it's sometimes a bit daft that they put mp cheevos in for a game they don't even know is going to be popular.At least if it's not give the few people who tried to play it a way to get the cheevos.
  • *put backups. sorry for double post
  • It had a solid story, interesting 360 degree gameplay, MP was non-existent but a good game and even better for being about $5-7 brand new anywhere. Very interested to see what Bethesda/Human Head does with the story. @ 30 LOL yah, for a 2006 game it was pretty gruesome in spots!
  • #7 I don't remember seeing any thongs in Prey..
  • @#24 Fuck you too. So much hate, not even sure about what? praised the game said mp sucked (like all of you think) and only wished it'd be developed around more solid "platform" Conversion to 360 sucked, which is not always the case, but more often than not ports suffer in quality -either way that is PC to 360 or 360 to PC (FEAR - which amazingly some ppl loved on 360, probably because they never played it on PC - look what happened to next one developed for 360..., DA:O - same case and others)
  • YESSSS FINALLYY!!!!! This was an epic and was wondering when they were going to release a sequel. Now we just need a sequel for Too Human :D
  • Didn't know there was a demand for a Prey sequel. xD
  • @ 27 Seriously? What are these 2 Halo Games? Because Halo 3 came out in 07. So unless I missed 2 games I have no idea what 2 Halo games in 06 you're talking about. Unless you mean Halo and Halo 2, but those weren't released in 06 and that's what @23 was talking about.
  • Why do so many retards post in these things? If you don't like a game an article is written about, then don't fucking reply. It's that simple you dipshit trolls. Prey was a good game for when it came out and I for one think a sequel is well warranted. Just a shame it had to wait 6 years, but better late than never.
  • @23: Are you stupid or just so young you don't remember 2006? HELLO! Halo 2 was dominating XBL in terms of population until Gears of War came along. Besides, not everyone plays a game for it's multiplayer. I got the game about 2 years after it's release and while I didn't have a whole lot of time with the MP it was still really fun. Also, the single player was awesome and the way it ended there had to have been a second Prey. OT: Prey 2 will be a purchase from me for sure. Here's to hoping Timesplitters 4 gets an announcement too and I will be very happy!!
  • the original prey was good, I doubt I'll buy this one right away but at some point I'll try it, but @39 is right, lay off haters
  • @11 - Isn't the whole point of a discussion to input your opinions? I mean, you're a complete moron for liking the game, but I don't berate you for posting your thoughts. Should be more courteous to others, dick.
  • Correction to all above, this game will only fallen prey to the amount of rape it will be getting from me in 2012
  • Well #40 the fact I joined the xbox community in 2007 thanks to Halo 3 says quite a lot. I was merely referring to the fact that Prey was released in July 2006. By this time there was no Gears of War until November 2006. I didn't count Halo 2 because it was an xbox original, that's all. I can't think of any memorable shooters that released in the early xbox 360 years 2005/2006 apart from Gears. I assume Call of Duty 2 would have been quite popular. Halo 3 released in 2007 with Call of Duty 4. So that's after 2006, the population on these 360 games must have gone through the roof. Ever since then we have had sequels to the big franchises most years on top of 100s of wanna-be-as-popular-as-call-of-duty games. So yes, things are a lot different now with shooter games than what it was in 2006. Here we are in 2011 and since 2006 we have had Halo 3, Halo Reach, Call of Duty 4, Call of Duty WaW, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Battlefield Bad Company 1 + 2, Battlefield 3 this year, another Call of Duty... We have Crysis 2, Homefront.. the list goes on. Prey 2 will just be another run-of-the-mill-game-that-ends-up-in-the-bargain-bins-a-few-months-after-release shooter to go with all the rest of them. That's all I'm saying. There will be more sequels in 2012 to the main franchises don't forget so perhaps Prey 2 should have released before shooter games began to get old, samey and oversaturated.
  • Finally I have been waiting for this for as long as a lot of others on here the storyline in the first one was awsome, hope this storyline is juat as good and I hope they keep the no dying abillaty in this one.
  • What's with the hate? The first one was decent since it game out forever ago... O well hopefully they will have some more news on the game, the first game was interesting and I liked the idea of the story. Hopefully they can improve.
  • @44 I fully agree with you. I never played the first Prey so I have no opinion on that. Bethesda is a solid developer tho and like most games I'll keep my eye out for it and see how it comes along.
  • What the hell is prey? *Now the hate from the first few comments will make there way down here. Relax... It's just a question.
  • Loved the first 1 and 1000 it once I joined xbox live, definitly gonna give this 1 a go.
  • I agree with the above comments, ditch the multiplayer. Single player was awesome though.
  • And theres one more for Bethesda, there really on a roll.
  • liked the first one alot hopefully the 2 is as good or even better
  • The multiplayer in the 1st game was unplayable for me so hopefully it will be a massive improvement in that area. Single player was pretty solid though so the next one should be good too.
  • FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • I agree with #1 and #42. What is with all you people telling others to not comment on an article if they don't like the game? People read news stories and are free to give their opinion to them. No one said you can only comment if you're a fanboy of particular game. What do you think the point of debates are? As long as they're not coming on and just posting "this game sucks" I see no harm in reading different points of view. That being said, I clicked on the article because I was curious about the announcement of Prey 2, although not a huge fan of the first, I will happily check out the second. Published by Bethesda and it will utilize the new Id engine that is used for Rage! Yes please.
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcW7NIvQcps One of the best credit songs... Can't wait for Prey 2.
  • This game gave me feel sick with all the jumping from wall to wall. Enjoyable but there was to much jumping.
  • When did everybody on this site turn into such assholes? There's nothing wrong with the first comment at all.
  • I enjoyed the first one. Loved the story, loved the environment and atmosphere, and loved the originality. Will definitely play the 2nd Prey.
  • First one was not bad. we'll see how this goes :)
  • Prey was a completely underrated shooter. I am happy to hear this is a go.
  • Delighted 1st 360 game that got me hooked met like 30 friends to this day i have online that game had originality and was underrated what a story line glad to see so many other people see that also. Prey 2 your on my list.
  • The original Prey was fuckign horrible. The puzzles were pathetically easy and the weapons though appearing cool were simply the steortypical Duke Nukem guns with new skins. Dont even get me satrted on that whole spirits thing with the bow and arrow... I love Bethesda but this series should have stayed dead.
  • Finally, really excited for the sequel to this underappreciated game! @64 you'll never see me post negative trolly blah blahs in comments sections of games I dont even like. Just sayin...
  • cant wait to see tommy back in action 8D
  • Woah, I JUST played that LAST NIGHT. And i told my friend "They were supposed to be working on a sequel, cuz it ends in To be continued, but i guess they just forgot about it or something." I loved Prey. The whole portal thing was genius. I honestly cant wait for this, most games now are crap. But Prey, this shits gonna be off the chain. :D
  • didn't like the first so much hopfully they can make all well with this one
  • All I can say is: YES YES YES
  • @65 Im not trying to be a Troll? I read the article due to my interest with Bethesda and all the games that are making at the moment. I felt i wanted to communicate my opinion on the article. I never asked anyone to agree with me, i never said that people who like it are "retarded" or of a lower mental capacity. I simply didnt enjoy the original at all and found it tacky. That is my opinion. If I was trolling i would do mulitple posts, hit up the Prey forum on X360A and start threads about how shit the game is. So back the fuck off and dont try to make me look like some toss.
  • I love how I got negative feedback for being genuinely surprised. xD
  • i loved the first one,can't wait for this one.
  • A bad shroom trip is better than this game, no? @65, Criticism is there for a reason. People are allowed to give their opinion on something whether it be good or bad. Who cares if they didn't like the game? That's the whole damn point of commenting. Why should commenting be exclusively for positive comments? That would show that the game was loved by everybody
  • rental
  • Prey 1 was Sooo repetitive to me.. I think i will pass
  • Sweeeeeeeeeeet! I still have my copy of the first one after all this time. Now I have reason to play through it again
  • "utilising id Software's cutting-edge id Tech Engine - presumably the same engine currently being used to develop Rage. Presumably" If this turns out to be true I'll be looking forward to this. That engine looks amazing so far with everything I've seen on Rage.
  • Absolutely loved this game and will definately be picking up Prey 2. I can't understand how the first didn't do that well, it was an original story combined with unique gameplay. Anyone that says otherwise obviously wouldn't see sweet gaming goodness if it took up a spirit bow and fired an arrow in their empty head.
  • Aww man!! This is great news! Prey was a great game...yeah, the multiplayer isn't great for people who have recently picked up a copy, but the campaign was interesting and original. With Bethesda at the helm, it'll be a VERY interesting tale, methinks. I just hope that Tommy is still the main role, he was a good character in that he pretty much just wanted to round up his family and get the hell home.
  • I'd rather see Fallout 4 in 2012, I want to play that before the world ends.
  • Prey showed some promise but i felt i had wasted money and it only cost me 3 quid. I liked the spirit warrior bits and gravity flipping. I'm not sold on the never actually dying though, i just stopped caring about what happened to the body of my character.
  • Awesome prey was a very unique game hope the second one is just as awesome
  • I enjoyed prey despite it being a bit of a poor man's portal - never got to play online as you can't run around on your own shooting nothing! Looking forward to this though - how can you fault a game where you can't die!
  • Nice, the first game was great they just need to sure up the multiplayer to make it an attractive part of the game.
  • @ Dark August - Will do sir. I have seen it many times in the Bargain Bin at Gamestop. My issue is that when I pick up older bargainable games, they just sit there. I had Just Cause 1 for about 8 months and traded it right back. Same with Condemned 2. Loved the first but the second didn't hook me. Prey seemed oddly intruiging though. Thanks for the tip, sir.
  • @flibbity. yeah i do that sometimes buy a game cheap and sometimse never touch it, but i'm going through a stack of games at the mo that i got cheap caining the shit out of 1 then movin' on.As for condemned i did the exact same thing loved the 1st couldn't get into the second. I think i got 1 cheevo on it. I wish you could delete cheevos from your profile make it secure though like enter the email and password for your account so only you can do it. My friend lent me Lost planet didn't like it now i got 1 lousy cheevo from it and 1 of my friends played a guitar hero on my account without me knowin' same thing again.
  • Prey was one of the first games I got on 360.
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