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Bethesda's announced the formation of a new team staffed primarily of the recently-closed Human Head Studios
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Just in time for Prey 2.
Seriously though it's good that most of the staff have landed on their feet. Hopefully they get to make something great.
Seriously though it's good that most of the staff have landed on their feet. Hopefully they get to make something great.
What happened with Prey 2 is still one of my biggest gaming disappointments ever. I saw a live demo at PAX one year and it looked so good.
What a way to celebrate a game's release on EGS huh.
At least it sounds like most of the HHS staff is intact. Best of luck to them.
They eventually got them.
Good that these people have work, but Bethesda's supposed tactics working out in the end makes me feel...icky is probably the best word.
Good that these people have work, but Bethesda's supposed tactics working out in the end makes me feel...icky is probably the best word.
Wait
They shipped that broken ass Rune 2 and it wont have any support going forward?
What the fuck
They shipped that broken ass Rune 2 and it wont have any support going forward?
What the fuck
They couldn't escape after all. Sad.
But maybe we can get that Prey 2 they worked on, hopefully.
But maybe we can get that Prey 2 they worked on, hopefully.
I had no idea either, can't believe I missed this. Bethesda got what they wanted in the end, just took 8 years :/
Yeah, this seems like the real story here, given how long this has been Bethesda's apparent plan. I remember reading about this years ago.
I'd personally use absorbed but yeah.
Such a weird situation considering the history between the two and what happened with the original Prey 2.
Glad the people are employed, bummed it means Bethesda won in the end after all they did to destroy the studio.
12th November: Human Head Studios releases Rune 2 exclusively on the Epic Games Store. 13th November: Human Head Studios closes down. What do we think happened there then.
Obv not suggesting going with Epic caused the closure, but we've heard other studios say things like the "money from Epic has secured our independence for the future". Maybe the studio had a lot of debt?
Glad that employees of a studio shutting down will get to avoid unemployment, but feels like there's more to this story.
Obv not suggesting going with Epic caused the closure, but we've heard other studios say things like the "money from Epic has secured our independence for the future". Maybe the studio had a lot of debt?
Glad that employees of a studio shutting down will get to avoid unemployment, but feels like there's more to this story.
Yes! I saw the demo played multiple times with the player taking different routes and approaches to take out his bounty each time. It was amazing.
I'll take either one. It looked like such a fun concept for a game, and the environmental aesthetic they went with was perfect. Fingers crossed.
Possible closing was unavoidable, and they took the Epic money as a means of ensuring things like severance for their employees.
What happened between them besides the game being cancelled?
It was cancelled when a deal fell through for Bethesda to try and acquire Human Head. They then pulled their Prey 2 project and didn't offer them any new project, gave that franchise to another team at Bethesda, and let Human Head struggle until they shut down and Bethesda scooped them up in the end.
I believe the story goes is that Human Head wanted to continue developing the game Prey 2 but Bethesda said 'either let us acquire you or we cut funding'. Human Head said no, Zenimax cut them off.
