Prey 2 (PS3, 360, PC)

[Burns11]

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I had zero interest in Prey, but this looks pretty interesting.

[Flawless]

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Gamespot has a more in-depth walkthrough.

http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6318738/prey-2-e3-2011-stage-demo?hd=1&tag=top_stories%3Bplay_btn%3B6

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Prey 2 cancelled - report

Promising FPS sequel Prey 2 has been cancelled by publisher Bethesda, according to an inside source.

As spotted by a NeoGAF poster, Dutch site PS Focus claims to have intel that the plug has been pulled on developer Human Head's title, and that an official announcement will come next week.

The fact that a Prey 2 presentation scheduled for GDC in San Francisco earlier this month was cancelled a few weeks before the show got underway adds some weight to the report.

"Yes, Zenimax forced us to pull all Prey 2 related talks from GDC. I'm pretty devastated by the news. This was to be my first conf talk," Tweeted Human Head lead programmer Brian Karis at the time.

Bethesda has so far declined to comment - we'll update if that changes.

[Burns11]

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I had forgot all about this game, and was just going to make a joke about them closing the vaginal door for good, but watching the trailer again I'm reminded how promising this game was and am now disappointed.

[Sandman42]

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Wow, I was really looking forward to it.

Wonder what the cause of it was. The footage they showed last year during E3 looked so promising also. It was supposed to release sometime this summer also right? So weird that its canceled so close to its supposed release.

[Flawless]

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Bethesda: Prey 2 not canned, but it won’t make 2012

Development of Prey 2 has not been cancelled but the game will not be released in 2012 as planned,” said Bethesda in a statement sent to VG247.

“The delay is due to the fact that game development has not progressed satisfactorily this past year, and the game does not currently meet our quality standards. Prey 2 has shown great promise and we regret disappointing our fans. We have made a substantial investment in game development to deliver the experience fans want.

“We are determined only to release the AAA game that fans rightfully expect, and are unwilling to compromise our quality standards to meet a release schedule.”

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Source: Human Head hasn't worked on Prey 2 since November, unhappy with contract terms

According to a Shacknews source who asked not to be identified, Human Head was not happy with the terms of its contract with ZeniMax, and deliberately stopped work on the game in November so it could try to negotiate a more favorable deal. While doing that, many on the development team were laid off, with the hope they would be rehired if the contract issue was resolved favorably. The process seemed to be gathering some positive momentum until January when ZeniMax's responses all but stopped, causing some of the laid-off Prey 2 team to wonder if the game would ever see the light of day.

It is unclear at this point what ZeniMax will do with the title now. A new developer certainly looks likely, and it would not be the first time Bethesda had changed developers on a game, namely shifting Rogue Warrior from Zombie Studios to Rebellion in 2009.

The source did say that one thing that kept the Human Head studio in a positive frame of mind was that they were working on a new high-profile project and negotiations for that game were going quite well. While they didn't give us any further details, the developer did recently admit they were "considering" a sequel to Rune.