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Human Head Studios Developing Prey

Posted by Zonk on from the skull-stalks-prey dept.

It has been officially announced that Madison, Wisconsin based developer Human Head studios is currently working on the Prey title. Prey, formerly a 3D Realms title, is now on track and will be shown off at this year's E3. From the article: "However, while he did make Prey's comeback official, Broussard did not reveal all his cards. He did not answer posts asking if the game would use the Doom 3 engine, as Morris claimed. Nor did he say when the game would come out. 'Each game will ship when it's ready.'"

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  1. Ressurection... by Mumpsman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Considering that the initial release date was christmas '96, this is a pretty massive dust off. No doubt we'll see it before Duke Nukem Forever.

    Here is an interesting history of the title.

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  2. Eek! by Toddarooski · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did anybody get flashbacks of The Ring when looking at the teaser page?

    Oops. Gotta go. My phone's ringing...

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  3. The Big Deal by Staats · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The big deal was that portal technology mentioned.

    "By using portals instead of traditional environment layouts, the team can create a much less predictable gameplay dynamic, including such fanciful notions as portals that lead back into the same room... (gamers) are ready for the more abstract environments promised by the Prey technology - what would have been too confusing a year ago can now be accepted." - quote from Next Generation, November 1997

    So... this is no longer a big deal - the concept of portals has been around at least since Unreal.

    On a side note, does anyone think the idea of a Native American hero fighting aliens seem way too 90s to fly as a game basis anymore? I mean, back then we were happy with stuff to shoot at, but c'mon - unless your name is Sam we expect a story.

    1. Re:The Big Deal by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Informative

      How can you talk about portals and ignore Forsaken, the game that abused them the most? Try some of the deathmatch levels.

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  4. Re:Some one correct me if I'm wrong by alphaseven · · Score: 2, Informative
    For example, you could create a building with a doorway that opened up to a room that was larger than the building itself(among other things).

    That sounds like the "Portal technology" they were hyping years ago. There's an interesting page, The History of Prey, that has some videos of it in action. Further down the page programmer William Scarboro pretty much says using portals was more trouble than it was worth.