Prey Announced

Rumors and teaser sites have been up for awhile, but today 2K Games published a press release for the game; here's a few quotes from the full press release:

"The initial concept for Prey had been incubating for a while, waiting for the right opportunity to come along," said George Broussard, President of 3D Realms. "We jumped at the chance to create this game with a talented developer like Human Head Studios and next-generation technology like the Doom 3 engine." Scott Miller, CEO of 3D Realms, added, "Prey is special for many reasons, including several new and original gameplay features and a tightly integrated story that packs an emotional punch, unlike other first person shooters."

"Our collaboration with 3D Realms has been enormously rewarding," added Timothy Gerritsen, CEO of Human Head Studios. With their help, Prey is sure to breathe new life into the first person shooter genre with a compelling story, innovative gameplay mechanics and dazzling imagery, which is powered by our significantly enhanced version of id Software's original Doom 3 engine."

There's a new area set aside for Prey talk on our forums, you can visit that area here and chat about the game with 3D Realms & Human Head staff. We'll have more details on the game later, but if you want to learn about the game, make sure and head to your newsstands and check out the June 2005 copy of PC Gamer magazine!

Posted by Joe Siegler at 5:20 PM

Shadow Warrior Source Code Released

It's April 1st, so we have some news for you today. We've released the source code for Shadow Warrior!

Available now for download, the source code is being released under the GPL license - we still retain copyright on the game (plus we still sell Shadow Warrior). We've been asked many times to release this since our release of the Duke3D source two years ago, and we decided today was the day. You can check out the readme here before downloading the entire archive.

The folks reading this who aren't programmers probably won't have any interest in this release, but those who are programmers might want to check it out. A big thanks go out to all the Shadow Warrior fans around the world who have waited for this. We hope you enjoy it!

Download links:

* Fileshack
* 3D Gamers
* Fileplanet

Please remember that this is being released without any support from Apogee Software, Ltd or 3D Realms Entertainment. This is being provided as is. Having said that, we've set up this area on our forums for folks to discuss the source code. We also have source code for Rise of the Triad & Duke Nukem 3D available, you can download those from the downloads page.

P.S. Keep your eyes open for the unveiling of our next game very soon. ;)

Posted by Joe Siegler at 9:15 AM