Many of the gamers I have talked to have never played the original Prey videogame and unfortunately they may have to wait a long time to play the game's upcoming sequel.
Prey 2 is not listed as an upcoming game on publisher Bethesda's newly launched and updated website. The proposed sequel isn't included on the publisher's upcoming titles list, despite being on the previous version of the site. Gaming website IGN spoke to Bethesda about the game's exclusion from the list.
"Since we had already announced it wasn't coming out this year and we don't have anything new to say on the game at this time, we simply didn't think it'd be appropriate to include it on the new site launch," Bethesda told IGN. "We chose instead to focus on the upcoming titles we are talking about."
Prey 2 was originally suppose to be released in 2012 and is developed by Human Head Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Bethesda announced earlier this year that the game had been delayed beyond 2012, but the web site's upcoming games list contains games that will be released in 2013. Bethesda originally delayed the game because it did not meet the company's standards.
"The delay is due to the fact that game development has not progressed satisfactorily this past year," Bethesda said. "And the game does not currently meet our quality standards," a statement said at the time."
In an April 2011 article that appeared on the site Joystiq, the game's plot is said to be the story of U.S. Marshal Killian Samuels. The game starts with Samuels on a passenger flight that crashes onto the Sphere. This scene was depicted in the original game.
Samuels eventually emerges as a bounty hunter on an alien world, but has no memory of what has happened since the crash. Gamers must help Samuels piece together the past few years. Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi of the original Prey is an acquaintance of Samuels and is somehow involved in the game's plot.
Early impression of Prey 2, were mostly positive, but may game sites and publications said the game felt like a different experience from the original. Hopefully, Prey 2 will release within a couple of years and build on the acclaim of the original.
Watch the official trailer below...