Bethesda imposed the Prey name on Arkane in 2017: “I had to lie to journalists”

For Raphaël Colantonio, the director of the video game, it was also the wrong decision on a commercial level.

Among Arkane fans and action-adventure fans, we can only find good words to talk about Prey with a strong story behind it, but if something at the time sparked controversy, it’s the appropriateness or not of the name chosen for the production. Was it the decision of the studio in charge or was it imposed? Raphael ColantonioThe shooter’s director recently wanted to answer this question.

“I didn’t mean to call him Prey,” the developer says in an interview with the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS). “I had to tell journalists the opposite, which I didn’t like. i hate to lie. It wasn’t personal, it was lies to sell, but I still felt bad supporting a message I didn’t believe in. And not just me, no one on the team wanted to call him Prey. Our video game has nothing to do With Prey (2006),” adds Colantonio.

Our video game has nothing to do with Prey (2006)colantoniumWhen the director of Weird West, a Wild West RPG, was released this spring, I am grateful to Bethesda for giving me the opportunity to create such a budget video game., Colantonio reveals that there is an artistic, creative side that is humiliated when you impose yourself on the creator. “It was never our intention to steal the Human Head Studios IP and make it our own,” he admits.

Additionally, the experienced developer considers: This decision was also wrong on a commercial level.failing to convince the original fans of the IP with his suggestion, not be interested in those who did not like the original title.

Regardless, Prey was also a critical success in writing, with an action and science fiction proposition set in 2032 on a space station orbiting the Moon. In its conclusions, 3DJuegos said: “an experience that I would definitely like to return to a second time to delve deeper into its possibilities”.

Arkane has now turned its attention to Redfall, a multiplayer video game that promises to appeal to the company’s fans as well.

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