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New Prey 2 Development Footage Surfaces, Revealing Human Head’s Canceled Sequel

Bethesda canceled the project in 2014 over quality concerns.

Overview

  • Five previously unseen clips show the planned opening, a full open‑world mission, an Undercity flythrough, a prototype chase, and Agile Combat footage.
  • The videos depict a bustling alien city with bounty‑hunting gameplay, boost‑glide and ledge‑grab movement, NPC profiling, and crowded streets.
  • The uploads appear on a YouTube channel using the name David Halsted, reportedly a longtime Human Head developer, though that attribution is not verified.
  • Bethesda reassigned the sequel during development and canceled it in 2014, saying it did not meet quality standards, with no new comment issued today.
  • Human Head eventually closed and reformed within Bethesda as Roundhouse Studios in 2019, and later layoffs across ZeniMax groups further dispersed the team.