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Rumor: Prey 2 cancelled, official statement due next week [Up: ZeniMax: No comment.]
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Commanche Raisin Toast
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cool. i never thought gearbox actually did any development, just the publishing and possible funding of the completion.
i never looked into the walkthrough videos for this. guess i probably shouldn't then now, in case i accidentally get disappointed.
i never looked into the walkthrough videos for this. guess i probably shouldn't then now, in case i accidentally get disappointed.
Gearbox is actually making a Duke Nukem game though called Duke Begins. Presumably it's another reboot.
As for Prey 2, this was a good one: www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-prey-2/714962
The game really did look impressive to me.
Oh man, I didn't even realise there were gameplay videos for this - I thought there was only the teaser. It looks so good...
It even reminds me of my dream Ghost in the Shell game that I'll never have!
Demoncarnotaur
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Oh god, I hope not, this looks fantastic. =(
I can't imagine they've become more realistic after Skyrim.
Skyrim was a stunning success for them but it's probably their only one as of late other than Fallout 3. However Skyrim did do so incredibly well (10 million shipped WW on top of what must have been significant DD sales through Steam) that I'm curious how much room it bought them to take losses on other projects.
Obviously Prey 2 isn't among those but it may help offset potential losses with titles like Rage and Dishonored, particularly since those come out of internal studios.
Anyone with a twitter account could try to ask Pete Hines?
I can't imagine they've become more realistic after Skyrim.
Skyrim was a stunning success for them but it's probably their only one as of late other than Fallout 3. However Skyrim did do so incredibly well (10 million shipped WW on top of what must have been significant DD sales through Steam) that I'm curious how much room it bought them to take losses on other projects.
Obviously Prey 2 isn't among those but it may help offset potential losses with titles like Rage and Dishonored, particularly since those come out of internal studios.
I imagine it bought them more than enough to keep all their projects and staff going, but that they're doing a bit of a shake-up.
That said, they're starting to advertise Dishonored again, so for now it seems they're positive on the project.
PrinceOfApathy
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Someone will pick it up, the ideas shown in this game, its too great to just leave on the floor. Someone with a great eye and integrity has to....believe...
Do you want more Elder Scrolls and Fallouts?
Because I think with all the cancellation going Zenimax and Bethesda will just play safe and focus on that from now and end the little publishing adventure they were doing in the past 4 years.
Messofanego
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This makes me presume that the demo they showed really was a "vertical slice" demo than actual gameplay.
Not surprised, all the games that have ripped off Mirror's Edge have never succeeded at it. Bounty hunting? Only Stranger's Wrath and RDR have done it recently, neither an FPS. Open world? This one had too many elements for such a studio, they probably missed milestones or not everything coming together, just like Prey 1's messed up development.
It looked cool, just trying to justify the cancellation if it's for real.
Not surprised, all the games that have ripped off Mirror's Edge have never succeeded at it. Bounty hunting? Only Stranger's Wrath and RDR have done it recently, neither an FPS. Open world? This one had too many elements for such a studio, they probably missed milestones or not everything coming together, just like Prey 1's messed up development.
It looked cool, just trying to justify the cancellation if it's for real.
I hope this isn't true, but besides not having seen it in nearly a year, they kept showing the same "vertical slice" over and over (I saw it no less than three times on three different occasions). I'm guessing that if this is true they couldn't build that slice out into a full game...or it was going to take too long to do so and Bethesda pulled the plug.
Baron_Calamity
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It seems like ZeniMax's grand plans to become a big publisher like EA or Activision didn't pan out.
Psychoward
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oh wow
I thought it would be mediocre but I watched that gametrailers video, it looks great.
I hope it's not cancelled.
I thought it would be mediocre but I watched that gametrailers video, it looks great.
I hope it's not cancelled.
Dishonored is also due to come out relatively soon, so I imagine the game is basically finished at this point.
Don't say such terrible things. Harvey Smith will have his redemption.
Frankenstrat
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Terrible news if true. That game looked promising as hell.
How about no? I would have rather them cancel Skyrim if anything. 10 million sold be damned, I want a good game.
FunkyPajamas
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The first trailer with the Johnny Cash music was badass (was it Johnny Cash? I could be wrong)
Hey now, Skyrim is a solid game. Publishers shouldn't really be cancelling these games, ideally. It starts with better management. They need to start budgeting these things properly, as well as more effectively forecast what they stand to make in profit, so that cancelling them late in development out of fear and concern doesn't become viewed as some necessity.
I was thinking, they can't cancel it because they think it will bomb, not that close to its release date. They would have done it months ago so if it's true it should be for another reason.
I mean it's pretty rare to cancel a game that is almost finished. True Crime HK comes to my mind of course but nothing else recently.
I mean it's pretty rare to cancel a game that is almost finished. True Crime HK comes to my mind of course but nothing else recently.
Wait, what? What happened between GOTY voting and now to make you feel this way?
PrinceOfApathy
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Prey 2 nor Dishonored deserve to be cancelled.
When Skyrim was first announced I would have called you crazy, but after playing the game. A more sedentary, pedestrian, shallow bore fest doesn't deserve to exist, but we already knew Bethesda is a garbage level studio on a game play and mechanics basis, combat, dungeon design and ways to engage the player, but no one plays Elder Scrolls games for the game-play anymore, unless you're insane and love rudimentary failures, we play them to get lost and wander. Please don't tell me GAF voted Skyrim as GOTY, can I see that thread?
Metal Gear Solid 4? Mass Effect 2? Now Skyrim?! Jesus H. Christ....
Net_Wrecker
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Uggggggghhhhhhh, I was really looking forward to this. The whole "bounty hunter in a cyberpunk setting" hit all the right buttons for me. And it was so rare for me to get excited for a shooter these days. Of course this happens.
I shook the hype off. I hit the wall hard on that game, but voting was closed when I did.
Deadly Cyclone
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Where is Gabe, Valve would do well to pick this up if true. It has an odd Valve feel to it already.
The English Conquistador
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Surely another company will pick it up right?
...RIGHT?!!!
...RIGHT?!!!
If Valve did save the project, they'd rebuild it using Source, and we wouldn't see it for at least 3-4 years.
schwabdizzle
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Maybe we should organize a kickstater so it gets finished. I would throw $60 on it.
PrinceOfApathy
Banned
I don't care. I just want the world, the concept and the gameplay ideas to see fruition.
Cameron122
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I don't think I've ever been this down about a cancellation before. Hopefully some rebranding is in order. Blade Runner, Red Dead Red Shift, Space Lone Ranger and his trusty cyborg Tonto. ANYTHING
Anticitizen One
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maybe it's getting reworked to be about Tommy's mission to unite rival interstellar powers to unite against a common foe, an ancient evil with power and technology that hopelessly overwhelms all intergalactic civilizations. Tommy must forge uneasy alliances and lead an army into a huge all out assault against this unstoppable enemy and bring freedom to the countless worlds in despair!
Perhaps older Valve, but these days they're pretty heavily into games as a service, which is kind of hard to do with a singleplayer only FPS.
bloodforge
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Better not be true. Videos of it looked great.
Not only the IP, but the engine it's running on as well, which I think is the far more damaging part of the equation.
And it's an engine they don't want to license out anymore unless they're publishing your game.
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