2K launches Prey site

It's been a long time coming, but the final release of 3D Realms' first-person shooter Prey is inching closer, as evidenced by today's news that the game's official Web site has gone live. Originally announced as a PC game back in 1997 by 3D Realms, the first-person shooter Prey has since been entrusted to publisher 2K Games and developer Human Head, and had a port announced for the Xbox 360.

The official site features backstory, screenshots, the trailer of the game premiered at E3 2005, and a clip from the Xbox 360 version of the game. It also contains a link to the 3D Realms forums, where a staffer has promised that 3D Realms will release "a surprise" regarding Prey sometime tomorrow.

Prey features perhaps the gaming world's first protagonist from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the reluctant hero Tommy. When a UFO abducts Tommy from a Native American reservation along with his girlfriend and grandfather, he must negotiate all kinds of alien technology and get in touch with his spiritual side and latent supernatural abilities to save the day. The Web site calls it "a serious, dark story based on authentic Cherokee mythology."

EB Games currently lists the game as a June 2006 release, but given its history, it might be safer to assume a "whenever it's done" shipping date. For more on Prey, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.