Before last year's series reboot Prey, a follow-up to the 2006 original had been in the works by Human Head. Now you can watch almost a minute of footage from Prey 2, thanks to a New York-based games historian.
Check out our story on how Prey grabs your attention – and keeps it.
Andrew Borman, the digital games curator at the Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., shared a clip from Prey 2 sent to him by Human Head Games last week.
Seems like a good day to post a short video I was sent from @humanheadgames cancelled Prey 2. Still look forward to the day that I have more to share. #prototypes #prey2 pic.twitter.com/3Fl0lB4puN
— Andrew Borman (@Borman18) March 24, 2018
It has a look and feel very different from last year's Prey, which was a quieter, tenser game set in a space station ravaged by an alien menace. But it's also a big departure from the first game. Here, we see a story sequel to the original, set in a neon-drenched city and characterized by a lot of run-and-gun FPS action.
Bethesda's Pete Hines has strongly denied.
But by the time it was cancelled, an ex-Human Head developer says, it was well beyond the point of being a demo and was a "full game." It just turns out, it was a game Bethesda didn't want any more.
We wound up pretty well off with 2017's spiffy reboot of the series, but it's interesting to see what might have been.