While Microsoft hasn't interfered with Bethesda's operations much since acquiring the company in 2020, that is slowly starting to change. A round of lay-offs earlier this year impacted several Bethesda teams. Now, a few studios are also being shut down, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. An announcement penned by …
Read More »Arkane Austin’s next game will be a single-player immersive sim
Arkane Austin had an unfortunate miss this year with Redfall, a game that many within the company apparently didn't want to make. On the brighter side, it looks like the studio is set to go back to its immersive sim roots with its next project. Arkane Austin is now hiring …
Read More »PREY and its DLC will be free on the Epic Games Store next week
Each week the Epic Games Store offers a number of free games to all those with an Epic Games account. From the 12th of may, users can get their hands on the much-loved first-person sci-fi game PREY, as well as the hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology, Jotun...
Read More »Arkane co-founder’s new game ‘Weird West’ delayed to March 2022
Since leaving Arkane Studios back in 2017, co-founder Raphaël Colantonio has been hard at work at WolfEye Studios, working on a new game called Weird West. The game takes inspiration from old-school RPGs like Fallout 1 and Fallout 2, but with more of an action focus. Unfortunately, the game was …
Read More »Source claims Arkane is developing a Prey sequel set on Earth
Since rebooting Prey back in 2017, Arkane has been working on numerous other projects with no sign of a sequel. Ahead of The Game Awards this month, new rumours are beginning to pop up for potential announcements, and a sequel to Prey is amongst them. According to a self-proclaimed inside …
Read More »Dishonored co-creator working on new game with Arkane Studios
Harvey Smith, co-creator behind Deus Ex and Dishonored has revealed this week that he is back working at Arkane Studios. At the moment, we know Arkane is working on Deathloop but Smith's team is working on something else. Speaking with Spanish outlet Vandal (via IGN), Harvey Smith returned to Arkane …
Read More »Prey VR may have leaked via retail listing
It has been a long time since Bethesda and Arkane Studios last discussed Prey. The game just turned three years old last month but it looks like we might be seeing a second resurgence, as ‘Prey VR' has appeared at an online retailer. Bethesda was one of the first major …
Read More »There will “absolutely” be a Wolfenstein III, more Dishonored and more Prey, says Bethesda
Although Bethesda has been a beacon for single-player experiences, recent trends of Dishonored supposedly “resting” for the time being and Wolfenstein developer MachineGames taking a step back from larger stories set a worrying precedent for fans. Fortunately, Bethesda’s vice president of PR and marketing, Pete Hines, has reassured people that …
Read More »Arkane’s Prey expansion teases continue, hinting at plot details and the reveal date
It looks like Arkane's Prey expansion is all but confirmed at this point, as the studio continues to tease us. This time around, Arkane Studios posted an image online showing off the Prey development team, in which one employee is holding up a calendar with the date ‘June 10th 2018' …
Read More »It looks like future Prey content may send players to the moon
Update (14/03/18): Bethesda and Arkane Studios are continuing to tease future Prey DLC content this week. This time around, the team posted the following cryptic message to Twitter: “a Great meMory: thRee thINGs caNNOt be lOnG hidden: the sun, the MOOn, AnD the tRuth.” That on its own doesn't give …
Read More »AMD is bundling Prey, Wolfenstein II or Sniper Elite 4 with RX Vega GPUs
Its Black Friday today, which means plenty of people are going to be shopping around for deals on all sorts of things. This year, we have plenty of tech companies jumping on board. Overclockers UK has a new round of deals up today, ASUS has a bunch of sales going …
Read More »Speedrunner beats Prey in just under 7 minutes
Since its launch, speedrunners have been having quite a bit of fun with Arkane's Prey reboot. Just a few days after launch, one speedrunner managed to beat the game in less than twenty minutes and now, it looks like someone else has joined the fray to challenge the record-holder. This …
Read More »Speedrunner beats Prey in less than 20 minutes
Prey has only been out for a few days at this point but speed runners are already having a lot of success with it. This week, Speedrunner ‘DraQu' set the speed run record for Prey and then almost instantly broke it again, beating the game in 45 minutes and then …
Read More »AMD’s latest Radeon driver promises notable performance gains in Prey
We have known for some time now that Bethesda and AMD have partnered up to optimise future games for Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. The first game to benefit from this partnership is Prey, which launches today. To mark the occasion, AMD has shipped a new Radeon Software update, which …
Read More »Prey is fairly good at launch but there are some issues
Prey has released today and while our performance analysis is still on the way, there are some important early details for those looking to buy day-one before benchmarks hit. For starters, the game seems to be holding up a lot better than Dishonored 2 already. Ultra-wide 21:9 support is present, …
Read More »Bethesda/Zenimax lawyers have forced an indie studio to change the title of their game
Bethesda and its parent company, Zenimax, have a history of going after studios over words being used in game titles. Previously, the company attempted to sue Mojang over its card game ‘Scrolls' and this week, the indie dev team behind crowd-funded game ‘Prey for the Gods' have been forced to …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest driver optimises for Prey and brings multi-GPU support to Gears 4
As many of you know by now, Bethesda and Arkane Studios' Prey reboot is launching in less than 24 hours and at this point, the developers have spent a lot of time trying to big up the PC version. As with any major game release, this also means it is …
Read More »There is no Prey demo on PC due to Steam refunds and resource management
Last week, Bethesda launched an hour long demo for Prey on Xbox One and PS4. Those of us on the PC platform were unfortunately left out and weren't really given an explanation as to why. Fortunately this week, Prey's creative director has been spoken out on the subject, revealing that …
Read More »Arkane has ‘doubled its thoroughness’ to ensure Prey has a smooth launch on PC
Dishonored 2 may have garnered good reviews towards the end of last year but many PC gamers were left disappointed by the game's launch issues. As a result, there has been some concern regarding Arkane's upcoming Prey reboot. Fortunately, it seems that the team behind Prey has taken on board …
Read More »Prey gets a console-only demo, PC system requirements released
After years of rumours, speculation and even a cancellation, the Prey series is finally making its return next week. Over the years, the Prey license has been handed over to Arkane Studios, opting for a reboot of the series. In preparation for next week's launch, publisher Bethesda has released a …
Read More »Bethesda’s Prey reboot is coming out in May
Back at E3 2016, Bethesda announced that Arkane Studios would be putting out a reboot of Prey. This is a game that has been rumoured to be in the works for quite some time now and while the official announcement happened less than a year ago, it seems that the …
Read More »Arkane wants Prey to have a flawless launch on PC
While Dishonored 2 did go on to be a highly praised game, the PC version suffered greatly at launch with several issues, ranging from poor frame pacing, a wildly fluctuating frame rate on most GPUs and poor mouse controls. The ball was certainly dropped but Arkane wants to improve things …
Read More »Prey gameplay footage shown off at Gamescom
It looks like Bethesda came to Gamescom this year armed with a few surprises, one of them being new gameplay footage for Prey, Arkane Studios' reboot of the franchise. The game was officially announced at E3 this year with a cinematic trailer, though it didn't give much away in terms …
Read More »The Prey reboot has no ties to the previous game
It has been a long time coming but at E3 this year, Bethesda finally announced its return to the Prey franchise. However, instead of a continuation of the story in the first game, Arkane Studios is putting together its own take on the IP, with a brand new game that …
Read More »Fallout 4 and DOOM are being ported over to Virtual Reality
Bethesda has announced at its pre-E3 show that it is currently developing versions of both DOOM and Fallout 4 for virtual reality. The plan is to first bring them to the HTC Vive, with support for other headsets like the Oculus Rift further down the line. The way the two …
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