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'''''Prey''''' is a first-person shooter/immersive sim video game developed by [[Arkane Studios|Arkane Studios Austin]] and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is set in the near future of an alternate reality, on the space station [[Talos I]], that has been overrun by a hostile race of aliens known as the [[Typhon]]. 

The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on May 5, 2017. It is currently available at ($29.99/£24.99/29,99€) or can be purchased in the ''Prey: Digital Deluxe'' bundle that includes ''[[Prey: Mooncrash|Mooncrash]]'' for ($39.99/£34.99/39,99€).

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==Gameplay==
''Prey'' is a first-person shooter with role-playing game elements and strong narrative, inspired by ''System Shock 2''. The player takes the role of [[Morgan Yu]], a human aboard a space station with numerous hostile aliens. The player is able to select certain attributes of Morgan and make choices that affect elements of the game's story. To survive, the player controls Morgan collecting and using weapons and resources aboard the station to defeat the Typhon. Prey is not an open-world game but it features open-level gameplay similar to Arkane's ''Dishonored''.

==Plot ==
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In March 2032, Morgan Yu is recruited by their brother [[Alex Yu|Alex]] to join [[TranStar|TranStar's]] research team on Talos I. However, while taking a series of tests prior to leaving for the station, one of the supervising doctors is attacked by a Typhon and Morgan is knocked out. Morgan wakes up again in their apartment, but quickly finds out that it is merely a simulated environment. It is 2035 and they have actually already been living on Talos I for three years. Morgan is then contacted by January, an Operator and artificial intelligence that claims to have been created by Morgan. January warns Morgan that the Typhon have broken containment and taken over the station, killing the majority of the crew. It also reveals to Morgan that they had been testing Neuromods for the past three years, with Morgan continually adding and removing them. However, a side effect of removing a Neuromod is that the user loses all memories gained after installation of that Neuromod, explaining Morgan's memory loss. January then claims that Morgan built it to help Morgan destroy Talos I, taking the Typhon and all of its research with it. Meanwhile, Alex contacts Morgan and pleads with them to instead build a special Nullwave device that will destroy the Typhon but leave the station intact, citing how their research is too valuable to lose.

As Morgan makes their way through the station, they come across other survivors which they may choose to help or not. Alex then tasks Morgan with scanning the Typhon "[[Coral]]" growing around the station and discovers that the Typhon are building some sort of neural network. However, their attempts to study the neural network are interrupted when the TranStar Board of Directors learns of the containment breach and sends a cleanup crew to eliminate both the Typhon and any surviving station crew. After the cleanup crew is eliminated, Alex further analyzes the data and concludes that the Typhon are sending a signal into deep space to summon something. Suddenly, a gargantuan Typhon (called Apex) appears and begins to devour Talos I. Morgan is then given the choice of activating the station's self-destruct sequence or building the Nullwave device to defeat the Typhon.

If Morgan chooses to activate the Nullwave device, all of the Typhon on Talos I are destroyed and the station is left intact to allow further Neuromod research. If Morgan chooses to activate the self-destruct, then the entire station explodes, destroying all of the Typhon with it. Based on Morgan's earlier choices, Morgan can either find a way to escape the station or is stranded and dies in the explosion as well.

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In a post-credits scene, Morgan wakes up in a lab and learns that they are not the real Morgan, but instead a captured Typhon implanted with Morgan's cells in an effort to teach it human emotions and empathy. The real Morgan is implied to be dead and the Typhon have already spread on Earth. Alex and his Operator assistants known as [[Dayo Igwe]], [[Mikhaila Ilyushin]], [[Danielle Sho]] and [[Sarah Elazar]] then judge "Morgan" based on the choices it made throughout the game. If Igwe stated that "Morgan" failed to show human empathy, then Alex destroys it and starts the experiment over. If Igwe state that "Morgan" did show human empathy whether it was middle or high, Alex lets it go, whereupon it can choose to accept his offer to become an ambassador between the species, or kill him and join the rest of its kind in the extermination of humanity.
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==Development==
In 2013, after the release of ''Dishonored'' and it's DLC, Arkane Studios' team in Austin began work on a new IP, independent of what the team in Lyon were working on. It was outlined to be a spiritual successor to the ''System Shock'' series, in the vein that ''Thief'' was to ''Dishonored''. Known at that time as ''Project Danielle'', it was projected for a potential 2016 release.

Originally, [[Human Head Studios]] were developing ''[[Prey 2 (Human Head Studios)|Prey 2]]'', a sequel to the 2006 video game ''[[Prey]]'', but development was eventually cancelled. Bethesda Softworks, which still owned the intellectual property, stipulated that Arkane adopt this title to continue work on their game. 

The subsequent game ''Prey'' was announced on June 12, 2016 by Bethesda at their E3 press conference. Development was led by Arkane Studios CEO and director Raphael Colantonio and his team in Austin, Texas. Veteran developer Chris Avellone also worked on the project. More information on the game, including plot and gameplay, were revealed at QuakeCon 2016. A release date of May 5, 2017 was also settled on and announced.

The announcement trailer showed the game's protagonist in something like "a space horror version of ''Groundhog Day''", according to CNet's Seamus Byrne. Bethesda's vice president of marketing Pete Hines explained that the new game had no elements from the cancelled ''Prey 2'' outside of the player facing against aliens, "A complete re-imagining of the IP". Hines described it more as a psychological thriller, than a horror game. 

In May 2017, the game released to critical acclaim, but failed to much of a commercial splash, and did not appear in many conversations surrounding releases that year. Raphael Colantonio departed from Arkane the next month, and has since gone on record saying that Bethesda forcing that name was a huge marketing mistake and a "kick in the face to the original makers of ''Prey''".

In June 2018, the game received a major patch, including survival mode options, new game plus and other enhancements. This shadow dropped at the same time as the ''Mooncrash'' DLC.

In March 2021, Microsoft purchased ZeniMax media, and with it, all it's subsidiaries and IP. Prey was permanently added to Xbox Game Pass, and had it's performance and graphics improved for Xbox Series X|S systems.

In May 2024, Arkane Austin were shut down by Microsoft.

==Trivia==
See also: [[Prey (2017) Easter Eggs|Easter eggs]]

*While the game has no direct connections to the Human Head Studios' title of the same name, it has some indirect similarities.
** Both games feature a Wrench as the first weapon the player obtains.
** Both games are set on a floating spacecraft of sorts in space.
** Both games feature the player as prey to the hostile aliens on said spacecraft.
*If the IP were not forced upon them, Raphael Colantonio's name suggestions would have been Typhon or Starseed.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F5hr9tccs8m3b1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D562%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D2ad636a5cc96bddd5b422ec39634e60c5a89d74b&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=GamingLeaksAndRumours&utm_content=t1_kc7fp0s</ref>
*There are various references to ''Prey'' in other Bethesda published games, such as in ''The Evil Within 2'', where a coffee mug with the TranStar logo appears as a collectible. Read about them all [[Prey_(2017)_Easter_Eggs#Refences_to_Prey_in_Other_Titles|here]].
*As a side effect of adding the weapon jamming survival feature, the June 2018 patch severely nerfed weapon swapping, making the player commit to a full reload animation before being able to switch to a different tool.

==Gallery==
{{main|Prey (2017)/Gallery}}<gallery position="left">
File:PreyBoxart.png|Box art.
File:E3morgan.jpg|Morgan Yu.
File:Store2.jpg|Talos I Lobby.
File:Store10.jpg|Talos I Exterior.
File:Store8.jpg|Mimic combat.
File:Store9.jpg|Phantom combat.
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== Videos ==
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Prey - E3 2016 Reveal Trailer
Prey – Official Gameplay Trailer
Prey – Gamescom 2016 Gameplay Teaser Video
Prey – Gameplay Trailer 2
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Prey & Immersive Sim Design (Ricardo Bare & Raphael Colantonio) - Noclip Sessions
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://bethesda.net/game/prey Official Website]
*[https://store.steampowered.com/app/480490/Prey/ Prey on Steam]
*[https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1003-CUSA04493_00-PREYPS4FULLGAME1 Prey on PlayStation]
*[https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/prey/BQMVWCMB8P59 Prey on Xbox] 
* [https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/prey/9pbc1qfbw563 Prey on Xbox (PC)]
*[https://www.gog.com/en/game/prey Prey on GOG]
*[https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/prey Prey on Epic]
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