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‘Prey 2’ Rebooted, Is Now A Successor To ‘System Shock 2’

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I’m still trying to wrap my mind around how this will work, but according to a few leaked internal emails obtained by Kotaku, developer Arkane Studios Austin is currently working on Prey 2 — a game that was unveiled a couple years back with a sci-fi bounty hunter vibe. Apparently, all of that has been scrapped in favor of an entirely different concept that will serve as a spiritual successor to System Shock 2. That’s unusual, but it’s also incredibly exciting.

I feel like I talk about System Shock 2 a lot, so if I do, I want you to know I only do that because it’s a amazing goddamn game that you should be playing right now. I have no idea how this is going to work, but the last game to call itself a spiritual successor to System Shock turned out pretty great, so I have high hopes for this.

Prey 2’s original developer, it seems, has been tossed out. Nothing they made, and nothing we’ve seen of what the game was originally going to be like will make its way to the new vision. This is an entirely new project with new assets and a different team behind it.

Unfortunately, the rest of Kotaku’s report has nothing to do with what we can expect from the “new” game. It sounds like it’s still very early in development — that may be why Bethesda is being so hesitant about confirming its existence — so we likely won’t hear more about it for some time.

Even still, this is fantastic news for fans of both series. It sounds like Prey is being taken seriously, as it has a very solid developer behind it trying their best to do the game justice, and since we probably won’t ever get a System Shock 3, I suppose this is the next best thing.

If you need even more good news — even though this shouldn’t be all that surprising — Arkane Studios in Lyon, France is developing a follow-up to Dishonored, a game I’ve heard is pretty good.

Have a question? Feel free to ever-so-gently toss Adam an email, or follow him on Twitter and Bloody Disgusting.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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