Prey is an upcoming
first-person action-adventure video game developed by
Arkane Studios and published by
Bethesda Softworks. The game is scheduled for release in May 2017 for
Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 4, and
Xbox One.
In
Prey, the player controls Morgan Yu while exploring the moon-orbiting space station
Talos I, where research into a hostile alien collective called the Typhon is performed. As the Typhon escape confinement, the player uses a variety of weapons and abilities derived from the Typhon to avoid being killed by the aliens while looking to escape the station. The station is presented as an
open world to the player, with progression through the world after obtaining key items or abilities similar in nature to a
Metroidvania game.
Arkane's
Prey is a re-imagining of the original 2006
Prey developed by
Human Head Studios. While
Prey 2, a sequel to the 2006 game, had been planned, it fell into
development hell following transfer of the
intellectual property from
3D Realms to
Bethesda Softworks, and eventually canceled in 2014. Arkane's version does not use any of the planned sequels assets, and only incorporates the name and the broad theme of the protagonist being hunted by aliens of the previous games. Arkane built
Prey as a
spiritual sequel to
System Shock, providing the player with several potential means of progressing within the game.
Demo is uit!