<s>
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
a	O
cancelled	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
and	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
2006	O
video	O
game	O
Prey	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
3D	O
Realms	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
after	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
development	O
work	O
at	O
Human	O
Head	O
Studios	O
did	O
not	O
begin	O
in	O
earnest	O
until	O
2009	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
rights	O
for	O
Prey	B-Application
had	O
transferred	O
from	O
3D	O
Realms	O
ultimately	O
to	O
ZeniMax	O
Media	O
,	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
of	O
Bethesda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
several	O
industrial	O
rumors	O
circulated	O
that	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
had	O
been	O
cancelled	O
or	O
changed	O
developers	O
,	O
including	O
evidence	O
that	O
Arkane	O
Studios	O
had	O
taken	O
over	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
Bethesda	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
reboot	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
,	O
Prey	B-Application
,	O
was	O
set	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2017	O
and	O
was	O
under	O
development	O
by	O
Arkane	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
taken	O
the	O
concepts	O
and	O
thematic	O
elements	O
of	O
Prey	B-Application
but	O
scrapped	O
any	O
previous	O
work	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
done	O
by	O
Human	O
Head	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
of	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
had	O
been	O
narratively	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Prey	B-Application
,	O
an	O
alien	O
spacecraft	O
called	O
the	O
Sphere	O
appears	O
over	O
the	O
southwestern	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
starts	O
abducting	O
humans	O
and	O
other	O
objects	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
cycle	O
to	O
sustain	O
its	O
resource	O
supply	O
and	O
its	O
organic	O
crew	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
U.S.	O
</s>
<s>
Marshal	O
Killian	O
Samuels	O
,	O
who	O
starts	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
a	O
passenger	O
flight	O
which	O
suddenly	O
crashes	O
onto	O
the	O
Sphere	O
,	O
shown	O
during	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Prey	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
audio	O
logs	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
Museum	O
of	O
Play	O
,	O
suggested	O
that	O
Tommy	O
and	O
Killian	O
team	O
up	O
to	O
fight	O
common	O
foes	O
,	O
some	O
which	O
are	O
enemies	O
that	O
Tommy	O
had	O
made	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
first	O
Prey	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Prey	B-Application
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2006	O
;	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
Human	O
Head	O
Studios	O
,	O
under	O
contract	O
with	O
3D	O
Realms	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
2K	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
considered	O
successful	O
;	O
it	O
had	O
received	O
Metacritic	O
aggregate	O
scores	O
of	O
83	O
and	O
79	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
versions	O
,	O
respectively	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
units	O
had	O
been	O
sold	O
according	O
to	O
3D	O
Realms	O
 '	O
Scott	O
Miller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miller	O
announced	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
August	O
2006	O
that	O
development	O
on	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
had	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
titles	O
that	O
Radar	O
Group	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
backing	O
in	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Earth	B-Device
No	I-Device
More	I-Device
and	O
Incarnate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
described	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
narrative	O
sequel	O
to	O
Prey	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
would	O
have	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
using	O
the	O
portal/gravity	O
-based	O
gameplay	O
as	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
Prey	B-Application
trademark	O
changed	O
hands	O
;	O
in	O
June	O
,	O
3D	O
Realms	O
transferred	O
the	O
trademark	O
to	O
Radar	O
Group	O
,	O
who	O
subsequently	O
transferred	O
it	O
to	O
ZeniMax	O
Media	O
,	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
of	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
,	O
by	O
July	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
September	O
,	O
ZeniMax	O
filed	O
several	O
additional	O
trademark	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
Prey	B-Application
name	O
associated	O
with	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
clothing	O
and	O
merchandise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
they	O
started	O
more	O
in-depth	O
planning	O
and	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
came	O
to	O
an	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
bounty	O
hunter	O
,	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
core	O
ideas	O
from	O
Prey	B-Application
while	O
providing	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
more	O
activities	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
do	O
,	O
partially	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
then-recent	O
release	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
Redemption	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bisenius	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
We	O
did	O
n't	O
look	O
at	O
Prey	B-Application
1	O
and	O
pick	O
out	O
mistakes	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
look	O
at	O
it	O
and	O
pick	O
out	O
the	O
core	O
themes	O
of	O
Prey.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Bethesda	O
re-announced	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2011	O
for	O
a	O
planned	O
2012	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
team	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
newer	O
id	B-Application
Tech	I-Application
5	I-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
since	O
2009	O
on	O
a	O
modified	O
id	B-Application
Tech	I-Application
4	I-Application
engine	O
that	O
they	O
opted	O
to	O
retain	O
that	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	O
lead	O
Chris	O
Rhinehart	O
said	O
"	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
will	O
provide	O
gamers	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
explore	O
a	O
new	O
facet	O
of	O
the	O
Prey	B-Application
universe	O
,	O
one	O
that	O
offers	O
fast-paced	O
action	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
,	O
alien	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Human	O
Head	O
shared	O
footage	O
of	O
their	O
version	O
of	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
with	O
the	O
Strong	O
National	O
Museum	O
of	O
Play	O
in	O
March	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
unstated	O
reasons	O
,	O
Human	O
Head	O
had	O
quietly	O
stopped	O
development	O
of	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
near	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
after	O
having	O
spent	O
about	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
Human	O
Head	O
employee	O
,	O
Jason	O
Blair	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
narrative	O
elements	O
for	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
said	O
that	O
reasons	O
for	O
ending	O
development	O
were	O
"	O
political	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
petty	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Issues	O
regarding	O
the	O
development	O
were	O
not	O
reported	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
at	O
large	O
,	O
and	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
direct	O
information	O
from	O
either	O
Bethesda	O
or	O
Human	O
Head	O
,	O
many	O
considered	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
to	O
have	O
entered	O
development	O
hell	O
and	O
creating	O
speculation	O
at	O
its	O
fate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
rumors	O
of	O
Prey	B-Application
2s	I-Application
cancellation	O
began	O
to	O
circle	O
;	O
neither	O
ZeniMax	O
or	O
Bethesda	O
commented	O
on	O
this	O
rumor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
concerns	O
were	O
raised	O
when	O
Bethesda	O
removed	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
from	O
their	O
website	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
stating	O
to	O
Eurogamer	O
that	O
for	O
the	O
present	O
they	O
need	O
to	O
focus	O
the	O
site	O
on	O
upcoming	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kotaku	O
reported	O
in	O
May	O
2013	O
that	O
development	O
of	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
had	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
division	O
of	O
Arkane	O
Studios	O
,	O
who	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
were	O
completing	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
Dishonored	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
week	O
after	O
this	O
,	O
several	O
internal	O
emails	O
from	O
Arkane	O
revealed	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
approved	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
which	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
mold	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
System	B-Application
Shock	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bethesda	O
pushed	O
harder	O
on	O
milestones	O
and	O
requesting	O
additional	O
features	O
for	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
that	O
would	O
normally	O
have	O
been	O
given	O
appropriate	O
time	O
and	O
monetized	O
in	O
payment	O
to	O
Human	O
Head	O
in	O
the	O
extension	O
contract	O
language	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
in	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Human	O
Head	O
was	O
contractually	O
only	O
allowed	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
they	O
had	O
to	O
quietly	O
support	O
other	O
games	O
like	O
BioShock	B-Application
Infinite	I-Application
and	O
Defiance	B-Application
as	O
to	O
pay	O
their	O
mounting	O
bills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
around	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
Bethesda	O
pushed	O
on	O
its	O
offer	O
to	O
buy	O
the	O
studio	O
,	O
but	O
Human	O
Head	O
denied	O
the	O
offer	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
stopped	O
work	O
on	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
which	O
they	O
considered	O
like	O
a	O
strike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
companies	O
attempted	O
some	O
negotiations	O
,	O
no	O
progress	O
was	O
made	O
,	O
and	O
once	O
Human	O
Head	O
's	O
contract	O
with	O
Bethesda	O
ran	O
out	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
fell	O
back	O
into	O
Bethesda	O
's	O
hands	O
while	O
Human	O
Head	O
proceeded	O
onto	O
other	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hines	O
further	O
expressed	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
"	O
nonsense	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
idea	O
that	O
they	O
invested	O
millions	O
into	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
only	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
game	O
without	O
recouping	O
their	O
expenses	O
for	O
arbitrary	O
reasons	O
,	O
and	O
affirmed	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
n’t	O
turn	O
out	O
like	O
we	O
wanted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
during	O
PAX	O
Australia	O
,	O
Bethesda	O
officially	O
cancelled	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bethesda	O
announced	O
at	O
their	O
press	O
conference	O
at	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
2016	O
in	O
June	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
publishing	O
a	O
reboot	O
of	O
Prey	B-Application
,	O
also	O
titled	O
Prey	B-Application
to	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
Arkane	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
will	O
not	O
use	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
materials	O
developed	O
for	O
Prey	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
IP	O
and	O
the	O
franchise	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arkane	O
Studios	O
CEO	O
and	O
director	O
Raphaël	O
Colantonio	O
said	O
that	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
completing	O
Dishonored	B-Application
,	O
they	O
sought	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
second	O
project	O
alongside	O
Dishonored	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
one	O
that	O
was	O
"	O
in	O
first-person	O
,	O
with	O
depth	O
and	O
simulation	O
and	O
narration	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
opted	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Prey	B-Application
narrative	O
as	O
it	O
matched	O
these	O
thematic	O
concepts	O
well	O
,	O
but	O
otherwise	O
greatly	O
different	O
in	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hines	O
added	O
that	O
when	O
considering	O
the	O
core	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
2006	O
Prey	B-Application
was	O
about	O
aliens	O
chasing	O
after	O
the	O
player-character	O
,	O
they	O
felt	O
the	O
name	O
worked	O
well	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
Arkane	O
had	O
pitched	O
,	O
and	O
claimed	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
beholden	O
to	O
retaining	O
anything	O
else	O
about	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
reporting	O
on	O
the	O
Prey	B-Application
property	O
being	O
transferred	O
to	O
Arkane	O
in	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
Kotaku	O
had	O
some	O
other	O
incidents	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
had	O
reported	O
on	O
projects	O
from	O
Bethesda	O
through	O
inside	O
information	O
well	O
before	O
they	O
were	O
to	O
be	O
announced	O
publicly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2017	O
Prey	B-Application
game	O
includes	O
an	O
achievement	O
"	O
Press	O
Sneak	O
"	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
reading	O
all	O
the	O
emails	O
within	O
computer	O
terminals	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
this	O
incident	O
.	O
</s>
