Prey demo date announced

Shootin' sample from 3D Realms hunts down PCs, 360s in June; demo will feature single- and multiplayer content.

Gamers have long waited to sink their teeth into Prey, the shooter from 3D Realms and Human Head that was first announced back in the late 1990s. The game is headed for the Xbox 360 and PC July 10, after a long stint in development limbo.

2K Games and 3D Realms aren't waiting around for midsummer to let gamers try their hand at the sci-fi first-person shooter. On the 3D Realms Web site, the company has announced that the demo for the game will be available for the PC and Xbox 360 on June 22.

Details on the intricacies of the demo have yet to be revealed, but early word from the developer indicates it won't be tiny. According to 3D Realms, the demo will consist of five levels, picked from both the multiplayer and single-player portions of the game.

In Prey, gamers play as Tommy, a Native American auto mechanic who finds himself at the center of an alien invasion. Using the powers of his ancestors and a healthy helping of firearms, Tommy takes on the bad guys in the grafity-defying, portal-hopping action game.

Prey has not yet been rated and will retail for $49.99 and $59.99 on the PC and Xbox 360, respectively. Limited-edition versions will also be available for $10 more. For more details on the game, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

115 Comments

  • NintendoWarrior

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 5:40 am PT

    it is now 8:39 AM AND THERE IS NO PREY DEMO

    GIVE US THE DEMO

  • anthony81212

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 9:08 pm PT

    It is now 09:07 in the afternoon and still there is no demo download link... What's up with that?

  • dexthageek

    Posted Jun 16, 2006 12:08 pm PT

    Microsoft increased their licensing fees for the 360 that is why game are more expensive, doesnt bother me I am getting a gamefly account, rent a game beat it then sent it back and wait for another. I only buy the games that I think have good replay value, such as GRAW

  • carpepoon

    Posted Jun 15, 2006 6:15 pm PT

    I can't wait for this game, and a 5 level demo is going to be a great appetizer for the 2 weeks leading up to its release. I just hope it does not disappoint and enough gamers pick this up to give it an awesome on-line community.

  • blackredblack

    Posted May 26, 2006 1:43 pm PT

    OMFG! Five levels on one demo!!! Prey is going to be too cool!

  • bunty_007

    Posted May 23, 2006 10:10 am PT

    I will go for PC

  • Brutalus7

    Posted May 22, 2006 10:11 pm PT

    I hope that it's not 'outdated' because of innovations made in the 10 years it's been in development. I'd hate to see it just be 'average' after all the renewed hype.

  • nacho4511

    Posted May 22, 2006 5:19 pm PT

    the games just keep coming for the 360. YEAH BABY YEAH!!!!!

  • marc_man3001

    Posted May 22, 2006 4:50 pm PT

    nice O.o

  • townsenda1

    Posted May 22, 2006 3:47 pm PT

    Nice. I can't wait.

  • krisr2005

    Posted May 22, 2006 11:38 am PT

    Well Traiklin, you bring up an interesting point, but you are forgetting that nintendo's "revolutionary" controller requires special attention by game designers. For instance, say Madden 2008 is made for all three next gen systems. Making it for the X360 and PS3 will be almost identical to one another, except for a some programming differences here and there. Now take the Wii, considering its controller design is COMPLETELY differenent, a team of designers will probably have to figure out a way to make the controller-say- throw the ball when you flip the controller with your wrist. This takes time, research, extra man-hours, and ultimately, more money to produce the end product.

    And ApisBee, the reason PC games dont cost $60 bucks like the X360 is because game developers don't have a fee to pay anyone. Think about it, who is going to charge game developers? Dell? Gatway? Not quite. See, with Xbox360, developers are basically being charged to make games for microsoft's system, and that fee helps microsoft get out of the red on the system costs. With PC, game developers don't get charged a fee by anyone, so they factor out the cost it takes the make the game, plus their profit margin, and that pricetag equals roughly $50 and has so for the last 4 or 5 years.

  • ApisBee

    Posted May 22, 2006 11:25 am PT

    Why does the PC port cost $10 more than the PC version? Does the 360 version use more than one CUP thread? What do 630 players get extra for that $10 penalty? Shouldn't the port be $10 less than the PC?

  • skitzocyko

    Posted May 22, 2006 9:39 am PT

    bout time

  • TraiklinX3

    Posted May 22, 2006 7:46 am PT

    xbox 360 games are $10 more to cover Microsoft's loss on the system. Basically they are charging every developer that makes a game a $10 fee to make games for the x360 so microsoft doesnt get pounded for every system they produce. This is the same tactic that's been used since the beginning of consoles. The justification for games being $60 as opposed to $50 is simply because these new consoles or more expensive to build than they used to be. The reason first party games are cheaper is because they don't need to charge a $10 fee, because they own the system Easy as pie.

    it's going to be interesting to see how it get's justified for the Wii.

    Since games are just a tad bit better graphically on the Wii and Nintendo never goes overboard on technology third party's can't really justify charging everyone $60 for a game when it could easily be done for $40 or $50.

  • regulesblade

    Posted May 22, 2006 6:22 am PT

    Yay its only a month away

  • neilwb23

    Posted May 22, 2006 5:46 am PT

    lol, the day the DS lite comes out, it'll be fun fun fun for me

  • ShadedIllusions

    Posted May 22, 2006 2:59 am PT

    Eh, it's run off the Doom engine, which equals trash. Maybe they can turn it around though. Quake 4 was good IMO.

  • krisr2005

    Posted May 22, 2006 12:41 am PT

    xbox 360 games are $10 more to cover Microsoft's loss on the system. Basically they are charging every developer that makes a game a $10 fee to make games for the x360 so microsoft doesnt get pounded for every system they produce. This is the same tactic that's been used since the beginning of consoles. The justification for games being $60 as opposed to $50 is simply because these new consoles or more expensive to build than they used to be. The reason first party games are cheaper is because they don't need to charge a $10 fee, because they own the system Easy as pie.

  • sethvswww

    Posted May 21, 2006 6:44 pm PT

    this game looks pretty stupid IMO. All the demos i saw were boring generic FPS action. I guarantee that this doens't get higher than a 7.5 when gamespot ranks it, and iI wouldn't be surprised at all to have it score under a 7.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted May 21, 2006 5:00 pm PT

    this is awesome

  • sabru8

    Posted May 21, 2006 3:24 pm PT

    sweet

  • DarkChaoMan75

    Posted May 21, 2006 2:31 pm PT

    wonder if my computer can run it?

  • BlueYoshi579

    Posted May 21, 2006 2:17 pm PT

    What's grafity?

  • NnyCW

    Posted May 21, 2006 1:53 pm PT

    Considering my birthday is June 23rd, this will be a nice early present.

  • linkslasher123

    Posted May 21, 2006 1:30 pm PT

    Haha this comes out on my birthday...and this game looks great.

  • Fauij

    Posted May 21, 2006 10:16 am PT

    looks good...........

  • Destroyeron13

    Posted May 21, 2006 7:58 am PT

    Cool, I bet the 5 levels are small though. But multiplayer!

  • matsgora

    Posted May 21, 2006 3:24 am PT

    Finally. Now when are they going to make a game where u can play as a native norwegian?

  • ewjim

    Posted May 21, 2006 2:24 am PT

    Prey?! What where they doing ALL THIS YEARS??? I wonder...

  • GameDestroyer88

    Posted May 21, 2006 1:22 am PT

    Nice

  • Ghost_Warrior

    Posted May 20, 2006 9:31 pm PT

    5 levels sounds pretty sweet.

  • LordGamer0001

    Posted May 20, 2006 5:42 pm PT

    i think this game is gonna be pretty good.

  • OfficialBed

    Posted May 20, 2006 2:27 pm PT

    this game looks amazing!

  • Killian420

    Posted May 20, 2006 2:07 pm PT

    Can't wait.

  • acesion

    Posted May 20, 2006 12:10 pm PT

    One more thing the 10$ bump is most likely going to MS if not then we are just getting jibbed since the total game sales are from consoles nearly 76% on average accorind to wikipedia. This must also explain why MS games are 50 instead of 60$ granted i would pay ms 100$ for a halo 3 collectors edition. they will probably sell it for that much because they know they can and have the normal one go for 70$.

  • acesion

    Posted May 20, 2006 12:03 pm PT

    Thank you 3d realms ive preordered this and im still a little PO'ed over the 50 $ PC and 60$ 360 but i guess ms gets the extra 10 otherwise its just a rip off. This totaly makes the 50$ a year subscription to xbl worth it and its 5 level wow im impressed.

  • samekila

    Posted May 20, 2006 11:55 am PT

    I wont this game glad I get to try it first 5 levels now thats a demo soon i wont need my pc no more marketplace is amazing if the 360 doe's well imagine marketplace future

  • 00chaos8

    Posted May 20, 2006 8:32 am PT

    sweeet! hope my computer can take it

  • TraiklinX3

    Posted May 20, 2006 7:56 am PT

    I agree with the others about the demo, it would be nice to see one BEFORE the game is actually released since it's supposed to help you decide if you want to get the game or not.

    It also let's you find out if your system really can run the game or not (but for some reason the Tribes 2 demo worked perfectly on my old computer yet when I got the full game it refused to work properly).

    It just seems REALLY stupid when a demo comes out months after a game is released, at that point anyone who really wanted the game already got it and the ones interested in it probably got it to (and were either dissapointed or happy), the only one I can think of though off the top of my head is Half-life 2, I think the demo finnaly came out over 2 months after the games release.

    19 days might not seem like much but it is a good chunk of time to test it out, almost 3 weeks before the game comes out, if you can't make a desicion in that time frame then the game probably ins't for you.

    To bad more games didn't do this, release a demo almost 3 weeks prior to release of the full game so people actually have time to test the game out and see if it's for them (just put a THIS IS A DEMO in one of or all of thecorners so people remember they are only playing an incomplete demo of the game.

  • daveg1

    Posted May 20, 2006 7:01 am PT

    great i'l download that !

  • acamike

    Posted May 20, 2006 5:28 am PT

    Yes! More demos to download for the 360

  • TVR_Fan

    Posted May 20, 2006 3:44 am PT

    If they have finished work on the demo, then I see no reason why they don't put the demo up now guys.

  • Raven87

    Posted May 20, 2006 3:40 am PT

    50 seconds, but I want it now.

  • granposho

    Posted May 20, 2006 3:13 am PT

    Great!! Cant wait to get my hands on such a demo!!

  • anamnawshad

    Posted May 20, 2006 2:41 am PT

    Coool!
    Hope this game gets 9+ rating

  • Manatassi

    Posted May 20, 2006 1:47 am PT

    I cant wait for this, Prey looks seriously good.

  • theKSMM

    Posted May 20, 2006 12:10 am PT

    Microsoft is doing a good job of bringing some of the best aspects of the PC gaming community (downloadable demos, online play, etc) to the console world. Now if they open games up to user-created mods, we'll be all set.

  • imprezawrx500

    Posted May 19, 2006 10:57 pm PT

    The x360 verison is more the pc becasue microsoft is making the money lost on the console in the games.

  • StumpyTrash

    Posted May 19, 2006 10:19 pm PT

    This game looks killer- hopefully if they're showing us that much demo love the game itself won't be a wimpy 7-9 hours. It's pretty generous of any developer to dedicate resources to a demo, you know?

  • waynehead895

    Posted May 19, 2006 9:41 pm PT

    "Is this game ever coming out? Seriously, I guarantee it won't see its 'June 22' release date."

    Dude the DEMO is out on June 22nd. The game is supposed to be out on July 12. The release date has been set for a while now and I am pretty sure It will be out on the release date.

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