Prey Announced [Apr 26, 2005, 11:35 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Following-up on the revelation that Prey is once again in development, 2K Games
sends along the official (re) announcement of the game, along with
an image of an upcoming PC Gamer cover that is an actual Prey screenshot.
Here's the announcement:
New York, NY – April 26, 2005 – 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and 3D Realms today announced Prey, a revolutionary first person shooter for PC and a next-generation console system in development at Human Head Studios, under the direct supervision of 3D Realms.
“The initial concept for Prey had been incubating for a while, waiting for the right opportunity to come along,” said George Broussard, President of 3D Realms. "We jumped at the chance to create this game with a talented developer like Human Head Studios and next-generation technology like the Doom 3 engine."
Scott Miller, CEO of 3D Realms, added, "Prey is special for many reasons, including several new and original gameplay features and a tightly integrated story that packs an emotional punch, unlike other first person shooters."
“Our collaboration with 3D Realms has been enormously rewarding,” added Timothy Gerritsen, CEO of Human Head Studios. “With their help, Prey is sure to breathe new life into the first person shooter genre with a compelling story, innovative gameplay mechanics and dazzling imagery, which is powered by our significantly enhanced version of id Software's original Doom 3 engine.”
Prey will be exclusively showcased at this year’s E3 Expo by ATI in a movie theater-style exhibition. For the world exclusive first details on the game, look for PC Gamer’s June issue featuring Prey as its cover story, arriving on newsstands in early May. Prey is currently scheduled for a 2006 release.
This is what I mean by frustrating reading these forums. I miss the Chatbear forums, where the idiot amount was a lot lower, and people weren't complete jackasses...
I have yet to see a forum where at least 75% of the posts were useless whining or incessant flaming. At least there's some maturity here. (Well, there's me, anyway...)
I have yet to see a forum where at least 75% of the posts were useless whining or incessant flaming. At least there's some maturity here. (Well, there's me, anyway...)
"The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
#61 has a point here, he really could be on to something! OH WAIT, HE'S COMPLETLY AND UTTERLY WRONG! He IS working on DNF, that's why ANOTHER COMPLETLY COMPANY IS WORKING ON PREY!
Sweet holy crap, I think the world is going to implode on itself, a company licensing out it's IP? THE BLASPHEMY OF IT ALL.
This is what I mean by frustrating reading these forums. I miss the Chatbear forums, where the idiot amount was a lot lower, and people weren't complete jackasses
The cynical agreeable then sarcastically surprised is so yesterday that it makes you look like an old man trying to be cool and coming off like someone saying that a girl is "fly" or "phat", but most likely you'd try to say she was 71y or p4@7. You're completely out of step spooge.
This is further explained by your whiny desire to return to the carebear forums.
You sir are a complete lack of what is cool.
Sweet holy crap, I think the world is going to implode on itself, a company licensing out it's IP? THE BLASPHEMY OF IT ALL.
This is what I mean by frustrating reading these forums. I miss the Chatbear forums, where the idiot amount was a lot lower, and people weren't complete jackasses
The cynical agreeable then sarcastically surprised is so yesterday that it makes you look like an old man trying to be cool and coming off like someone saying that a girl is "fly" or "phat", but most likely you'd try to say she was 71y or p4@7. You're completely out of step spooge.
This is further explained by your whiny desire to return to the carebear forums.
You sir are a complete lack of what is cool.
Could someone point out the so-called improvements made to the Doom3 engine?
The levels are lighter: is already done by the community using shaders.
Portals: Has been done since Quake3, and probably before that.
I don't think anyone here said that the engine would be improved, I believe it was stated that the engine was 'heavily modified'.
That doesn't necessarily mean improved. *shrug*
Apparently the Terribly Introspective Native American Hero has forms of psychic powers and such, which weren't standard in Doom3, so it's an engine modification. Similarly for that walk on walls stuff, they'd have had to modify the engine for that. It might be that that's all they did, and PC Gamer called it "Heavily Modified".
As for the portals, I don't think the Quake 3 portals allowed you to see through, did they? Can't quite remember, I was always firmly in the UT camp.
The models look far worse than those in Doom3. It's like they didn't even bother to make hi-res models, and use the old technique of painting the lo-res models.
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They looked pretty decent to me. In fact, I prefer them over Doom 3's attempt to be "scary".
Creston
The levels are lighter: is already done by the community using shaders.
Portals: Has been done since Quake3, and probably before that.
I don't think anyone here said that the engine would be improved, I believe it was stated that the engine was 'heavily modified'.
That doesn't necessarily mean improved. *shrug*
Apparently the Terribly Introspective Native American Hero has forms of psychic powers and such, which weren't standard in Doom3, so it's an engine modification. Similarly for that walk on walls stuff, they'd have had to modify the engine for that. It might be that that's all they did, and PC Gamer called it "Heavily Modified".
As for the portals, I don't think the Quake 3 portals allowed you to see through, did they? Can't quite remember, I was always firmly in the UT camp.
The models look far worse than those in Doom3. It's like they didn't even bother to make hi-res models, and use the old technique of painting the lo-res models.
?
They looked pretty decent to me. In fact, I prefer them over Doom 3's attempt to be "scary".
Creston
#61 has a point here, he really could be on to something! OH WAIT, HE'S COMPLETLY AND UTTERLY WRONG! He IS working on DNF, that's why ANOTHER COMPLETLY COMPANY IS WORKING ON PREY!
Sweet holy crap, I think the world is going to implode on itself, a company licensing out it's IP? THE BLASPHEMY OF IT ALL.
This is what I mean by frustrating reading these forums. I miss the Chatbear forums, where the idiot amount was a lot lower, and people weren't complete jackasses
Sweet holy crap, I think the world is going to implode on itself, a company licensing out it's IP? THE BLASPHEMY OF IT ALL.
This is what I mean by frustrating reading these forums. I miss the Chatbear forums, where the idiot amount was a lot lower, and people weren't complete jackasses
Could someone point out the so-called improvements made to the Doom3 engine?
The levels are lighter: is already done by the community using shaders.
Portals: Has been done since Quake3, and probably before that.
The models look far worse than those in Doom3. It's like they didn't even bother to make hi-res models, and use the old technique of painting the lo-res models.
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The levels are lighter: is already done by the community using shaders.
Portals: Has been done since Quake3, and probably before that.
The models look far worse than those in Doom3. It's like they didn't even bother to make hi-res models, and use the old technique of painting the lo-res models.
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What the hell is George Broussard doing with that dead game Prey? Isn't he supposed to be working on Duke Nukem Forever? Why does George Broussard have to keep beating a dead horse? Will someone PLEASE shoot this man out of his misery?!
Of course.. Prey will be finished off and published before DNF ever sees the day of light again. 3D Realms is a pain in the gamers back side.
Next they will work on a sequel to "Shadow Warrior" using th new Prey engine... But first DNF will switch to the new Prey engine first, and will be released before DNF.
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Of course.. Prey will be finished off and published before DNF ever sees the day of light again. 3D Realms is a pain in the gamers back side.
Next they will work on a sequel to "Shadow Warrior" using th new Prey engine... But first DNF will switch to the new Prey engine first, and will be released before DNF.
__ FRAGaLOT
http://home.comcast.net/~zalle2/blog.htm
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"Print is dead"
Says you.
Says you.
"The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
The best part of prey from the PC gamer article = Art Bell will be doing voicework for the game! (In certain parts of the ship they're monitoring broadcast from earth, and one show happens to be Art's, yay!)
"It's not like *your* sperm is worth anything any way."
Every sperm is sacred, even mine!
But yeah, that other 20% is going into masturbation, at least until World of Warcraft Battlegrounds comes out and I can actually have some FUN with my endless grinding for no loot!
Just rolled a FOUR against a 100(!) for the Lightforge Breastplate.../cry
Every sperm is sacred, even mine!
But yeah, that other 20% is going into masturbation, at least until World of Warcraft Battlegrounds comes out and I can actually have some FUN with my endless grinding for no loot!
Just rolled a FOUR against a 100(!) for the Lightforge Breastplate.../cry
"Print is dead" - Egon
I for one get both PC Gamer and Computer Games Mag. PC Gamer has a tendency to be way too childish, and CG Magazine tends to get too wrapped up in the "Man we are waaaayy different. We're so mature " high horse. The Stevie Case debacle is still one reason I can't take PC Gamer too seriously. CG's over philosophizing can be irritating, too. Taken together I guess I can say they're all right.
"The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
Is it Tommy Hawk or Talon Brave?
The main character is named Tommy. No word on if they kept the "Hawk" part, but it is noted that the game has a serious tone. Too serious to have a joke name, I hope.
Talon is now the name of Tommy's spirit guide.
Since it was Ageia that mentioned 3DR had licensed their NovodeX technology and not 3DR themselves, it's safe to assume that the engine in question was Unreal Engine 3. No other version of Unreal uses NovodeX. Still, Ageia said nothing about which game would use it, so saying they licensed UE3 for DNF is only speculation.
And those engine licenses are generally given out on a per-game basis. A licensee may enter into a special agreement to use the technology for multiple titles, but that's not very common, and is certainly more expensive.
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And those engine licenses are generally given out on a per-game basis. A licensee may enter into a special agreement to use the technology for multiple titles, but that's not very common, and is certainly more expensive.
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Never underestimate the power of the blowjob.
Creston
Creston
did she ever do anything except make a few maps and beat john at quake....he must of been drunk lol
Is it Tommy Hawk or Talon Brave?
Both are awful ideas. I can't fathom why 3DR would have stuck with this. Prey had a great name and great technological ideas, but an absurdly bad and annoying theme/plot.
I'll pick this magazine up, check it out.
HAHAHAHAHA, more Stevie bashing, always amusing. Normally I don't think people deserve it, but she flaunted herself as a sex object entirely too much when all she had was a boyfriend that could fund massive surgery.
Both are awful ideas. I can't fathom why 3DR would have stuck with this. Prey had a great name and great technological ideas, but an absurdly bad and annoying theme/plot.
I'll pick this magazine up, check it out.
HAHAHAHAHA, more Stevie bashing, always amusing. Normally I don't think people deserve it, but she flaunted herself as a sex object entirely too much when all she had was a boyfriend that could fund massive surgery.
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The "walk on walls" thing seems at least innovative if nothing else
Uh no, AvP?
Oh, I never played that. Well, so much for innovation. I'm sure it will try again in a dozen years or so
Why on earth would a developer license TWO current gen engines?
Using the same engine for 2 games is no cheaper, the license they pay for is only for one game.
I don't think that's true. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's not. I think Raven paid id a straight lump sum for the quake 2 / 3 engine, and they used the absolute crap out of that engine. (784187 games at last count?)
It was always my understanding that the Unreal-ppl would make improvements of their engine available to licensees. That is, people dealing with them at some point would have to say, 'nonono, don't send us more code, we need to feature-freeze, and just get our game out the door'. Can you really see 3DRealms doing that?
Hehe, exactly. But that actually confirms my belief that you license an engine and can then make 75 billion games with it, if you so choose.
(and actually, if it was per game licensing, why wouldn't you just always upgrade whenever something new was available?)
Drop the WOW forums & jack off to everything you see at all times during the day (on the bus, at the park, watching tv with the folks, as much as possible). It's not like *your* sperm is worth anything any way.
Lol, now THAT was funny.
Creston
Uh no, AvP?
Oh, I never played that. Well, so much for innovation. I'm sure it will try again in a dozen years or so
Why on earth would a developer license TWO current gen engines?
Using the same engine for 2 games is no cheaper, the license they pay for is only for one game.
I don't think that's true. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's not. I think Raven paid id a straight lump sum for the quake 2 / 3 engine, and they used the absolute crap out of that engine. (784187 games at last count?)
It was always my understanding that the Unreal-ppl would make improvements of their engine available to licensees. That is, people dealing with them at some point would have to say, 'nonono, don't send us more code, we need to feature-freeze, and just get our game out the door'. Can you really see 3DRealms doing that?
Hehe, exactly. But that actually confirms my belief that you license an engine and can then make 75 billion games with it, if you so choose.
(and actually, if it was per game licensing, why wouldn't you just always upgrade whenever something new was available?)
Drop the WOW forums & jack off to everything you see at all times during the day (on the bus, at the park, watching tv with the folks, as much as possible). It's not like *your* sperm is worth anything any way.
Lol, now THAT was funny.
Creston
20% - Value from flames on Blue's
60% - Value from flames on the World of Warcraft Forums
10% - Value from good food (often consumed while ranting)
10% - Value from pornography and related private exercise
Drop the WOW forums & jack off to everything you see at all times during the day (on the bus, at the park, watching tv with the folks, as much as possible). It's not like *your* sperm is worth anything any way.
60% - Value from flames on the World of Warcraft Forums
10% - Value from good food (often consumed while ranting)
10% - Value from pornography and related private exercise
Drop the WOW forums & jack off to everything you see at all times during the day (on the bus, at the park, watching tv with the folks, as much as possible). It's not like *your* sperm is worth anything any way.
Gary Whitta (the magazine guy) is working on Prey? Where'd you see that?
It's in the PC Gamer article. He's a scriptwriter for the game.
This comment was edited on Apr 26, 18:30.
hat's right, goddamnit! I get a substantial percentage of my value from life in posting flames to various game-related websites. The current breakdown is:
20% - Value from flames on Blue's
60% - Value from flames on the World of Warcraft Forums
10% - Value from good food (often consumed while ranting)
10% - Value from pornography and related private exercise
When WoW makes the PvP "Dishonor" system work my WoW related flaming will go down to 20%, giving my only 80% of the value from life that I have as of this moment.
You'll be needing at least 20% more porn, then.........
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