Prey 2 lever?

Prey 2 lever! Sådan lød begejstringen i mit indlæg forleden, da det omsider kunne bekræftes, at det længe-ventede spil, Prey 2, stadig er under udvikling. I noget tid havde der hersket fæle rygter hist og pist om spillets mulige aflysning, men Bethesda Softworks kom hastigt ud med en beroligende meddelelse om, at disse rygter altså ikke helt stemmer. Men hvad er nu dette?

Nu lyder det atter, at spillets fremtid er usikker. Human Head, som er spillets udvikler, lader til at være røget i uoverensstemmelser med ZeniMax (ejer af Bethesda Softworks). På grund af disse uenigheder er det ikke sikkert, at spillets sidste stadier vil blive udviklet af Human Head. Eller muligvis endda udgivet. En kilde på Shacknews udtalte sig, at spillet har stået stille siden november sidste år, og at flere ansatte fra Human Head er blevet afskediget grundet disse uenigheder dog med løfte om, at de ville blive hyret igen, når begge parter når til enighed.

Hvad betyder dette for spillet? Det betyder skam, at det muligvis ikke vil blive udgivet. Det bedste vi kan håbe på er, at Human Head og ZeniMax hastigt begraver stridsøksen og husker på dem, som betaler regningen i sidste ende: Os. Spillets fans.

English version:

Prey 2 lives! That was the sound of my joy when I recently wrote that Prey 2 is indeed still in development. For some time nasty rumors about the game's cancellation had been filling the waves of the Web, and many of us were deeply concerned. This is a game that we are actually looking forward to! Bethesda Softworks acted relatively quickly and issued a statement saying that the game wasn't cancelled but rather delayed due to quality issues. However...

Quality issues may not be the only issue in this matter. It seems that developer Human Head and ZeniMax (who owns Bethesda Softworks) has had a disagreement regarding the contract and as a result of this the game's development hasn't been moving since November last year. A source at Shacknews could verify this. The potential fallout of this could either be the confirmed (and much feared) cancellation of Prey 2 or the development moving to a new studio.

The only thing we can hope for is that both Human Head and ZeniMax will reach some kind of agreement and return to developing the much anticipated game. Maybe they will remember who is actually paying the bills in the end: us. The fans.

Prey 2 lever

Der har længe floreret rygter på interwebs om, at Bethesda Softworks, udvikleren af Fallout 3 og The Elder Scrolls, havde aflyst udviklingen af Prey 2. Et rygte som mange af os ikke mødte med glæde og fryd. Men nu kan vi alle omsider ånde lettet op: Prey 2 er i live og er endnu under udvikling! Udvikleren af spillet, Human Head, arbejder stadig hårdt på at gøre spillet episk, men der er dog også dårlige nyheder: Prey 2 finder ikke vej til butikshylderne i år, da Bethesda har valgt at skubbe udgivelsesdatoen til næste år.

Bethesda udtaler i en pressemeddelelse, at Prey 2 ganske enkelt ikke lever op til deres kvalitetskrav, og at de i den forbindelse ikke vil gå på kompromis med disse krav for at nå udgivelsesdatoen. Kvalitet frem for alt, lyder budskabet i al sin enkelhed. Dele af mig vil dog ønske, at samme kvalitetskrav ligeledes var gældende ved inXile's Hunted: The Demon's Forge, men man kan ikke vinde hver gang. Her kan du læse den fulde meddelelse:

"Development of Prey 2 has not been cancelled but the game will not be released in 2012 as planned. The delay is due to the fact that game development has not progressed satisfactorily this past year, and the game does not currently meet our quality standards. Prey 2 has shown great promise and we regret disappointing our fans. We have made a substantial investment in game development to deliver the experience fans want. We are determined only to release the AAA game that fans rightfully expect, and are unwilling to compromise our quality standards to meet a release schedule."

Den gode nyhed, og det vi bør fokusere på, er: Prey 2 lever! Tjek traileren ud nedenfor og se hvorfor jeg er begejstret for denne nyhed!



English version:

For some time there has been rumours of a certain game getting cancelled. That game is Prey 2. Many of us are actually looking forward to be playing this game and of course we were displeased to hear about the potential cancellation, but today we can finally put that fear to its rightful rest: Bethesda Softworks, the developer of Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls, has just announced that the game is still in progress but that the game will sadly not be released this year.

Bethesda says in a statement that the game hasn't seen a satisfactory level of development last year and as such it doesn't live up to their quality standards. The game's developer, Human Head, is however still at work on the game, and I am very exited to hear that Prey 2 is indeed on its way! If only Bethesda had made the same decision regarding Hunted: The Demon's Forge it too might have been a better game, but we can't win them all. Anyways: this is very good news and I am a bit more pleased than before to call myself a Bethesda fan!