The Predator is back – but not as you know the creature. Dan Trachtenberg directs the next movie in the sci-fi franchise, Prey, set 300 years before the original, and tells SFX magazine that the beast has a new look. “The design for me, though incredible, functionally it’s always been …
Read More »Prey headlines a trio of Epic Games Store freebies this week
This week’s Epic Games Store freebies include a trio of excellent free games, including the nerve-shredding 2017 survival horror game Prey, sci-fi racer Redout, and hand-drawn indie Jotun: Valhalla Edition. Epic has been giving away free games every week starting in 2018, but most of the time it’s only one …
Read More »Crafting systems in AAA video games are in need of a serious upgrade
Here’s how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, according to video games. Go to your local supermarket and collect one packet of beef mince, one onion, one bulb of garlic, two carrots, two tins of chopped tomatoes and one carton of beef stock. Remember to do big, dramatic swipes as …
Read More »Thought Preys intense ending was a bit much? So does the games director
When your game is about aliens that can disguise themselves as toilet rolls, the final act is never going to be an easy-ride, but Prey (opens in new tab)‘s game director Raphael Colantonio has admitted that those last hours were a little too intense. “There was definitely too much at …
Read More »Prey: Mooncrash is roguelike DLC that you can start dying in right now
Just over a year after Prey (opens in new tab) came out, it’s getting a second lease on creepy alien life in the form of a game-changing DLC and a few big updates. Prey: Mooncrash lets players try as many times as they like to escape an ever-changing, alien-infested moon …
Read More »New Prey trailer teases player choices and their nightmarish consequences
It’s not just Morgan’s gender that you can choose in Prey (opens in new tab); developer Arkane wants you to make choices all throughout the game, from how you treat other survivors aboard Talos-1 to how much of your own humanity you’re willing to sacrifice to become more powerful. It’s …
Read More »Prey – its like Dishonored had a baby with BioShock in space… and youre going to love it
Spoilers for Prey’s first hour follow below. Prepare to love Prey (opens in new tab). While this game is technically in the same franchise as a weird FPS about Native Americans and aliens from 2006, the two share minimal similarities. Try to think of this as Dishonored 2 (opens in …
Read More »Prey’s powers look just as open to abuse as Dishonoreds (which is a good thing)
Prey’s initial reveal (opens in new tab) showed something very much like a Dishonored or Bioshock in space: the hero Morgan Yu using a range of adopted alien powers to fight a the creatures that have over run the Talos 1 space station. It got weird pretty quick when developer …
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