Arkane Studios helming "Prey 2"?

[Haze]

If you're up to date with the development for "Prey 2", it's been a long and difficult journey. First it was mildly mentioned by the project lead of the original Prey to be in development back in 2008, then the rights of the game were transferred from Radar Group to Bethesda Softwork, who then officially announced "Prey 2" was in development in 2011 for a 2012 release. But it was revealed the game would be delayed after rumours came out that the game had actually been cancelled, to which Bethesda did not comment on. Earlier this year, stores around the globe pegged the release date of "Prey 2" for December 31, 2013 which, again, Bethesda did not comment on. In May, reports came in that development had moved to Arkane Studios and that the development has been rebooted, scrapping all of Human Head Studios work and with a targeted release of 2016. On top of that, it had also been reported that Obsidian Entertainment worked on the game at one point for at least a few months.

Well, finally, it seems like there is a light at the end of the tunnel for "Prey 2".

According to some leaked emails, Arkane Studios are the ones helming "Prey 2". The emails reveal the Austin branch of Arkane Studios is beginning pre-production on the project. What's more - it looks like it will now be a spiritual successor to System Shock 2. Here is an excerpt from the leaked email that dates back to May:

"Austin has officially been green lit for its own project! Doing a new IP was not a possibility because it's adding risk to the challenge of growth, so after going back and forth with Todd, Harvey, Ricardo, we decided that Prey 2 presented an interesting opportunity if we could reboot it. Zenimax accepted our pitch which was "the spiritual successor to System Shock 3."

The leaked emails were obtained by Kotaku which you can read more about here: Leaked E-mails Suggest Bethesda Misled Gamers About Prey 2

Over to you guys. Have you been wanted to see "Prey 2" released, or are you afraid that it will turn into a "Duke Nukem Forever" scenario?

 

[wowtgp]

So, all this time Bethesda was trolling us when they repeatedly denied any possibility that this game is in development. Arkene Studios received an email right after this news leaked where they aware strictly told o not to open their mouths about it anymore.

 

[Esperahol]

Bethseda wasn't trolling so much as they obviously weren't sure of what to do with them. Well as long as Prey 2 doesn't end up going the way of Duke Nukem Forever. I think Arkene Studios will do alright with this game, but who know right?

 

[BlackSolaris]

Is thing going to turn out like another Duke Nukem Forever, where it never comes out for years, it passes development over a bunch of companies, and then it ends up being a mess of a game, with no one taking the blame.

...and the original game was awesome, what a shame.

 

[RockSauron]

Really don't get why they aren't able to just make a new game if they're, well, making a new game.

I mean, Prey was a mildly received title from 2006. Is that really enough to try and cash in on an existing property? I can't see it earning many more sales from that. Hell, they pretty much lost my sale due to the 2 in the title so eh.