OnlySP: You may have already heard that this was a Q&A interview and not another full fledged feature interview. While we love to do feature interviews, sometimes developers just don’t have the time for those long Skype calls with us, aren’t fluent in English or are just shy. So, throughout the course of this year, we’ll be utilizing multiple interview formats, including long feature pieces, audio interviews and of course, the occasional Q&A interview session.
This week, we’re exploring the development of No Matter Studios and their first title, Prey for the Gods. The game made a pretty big splash a couple months ago when the first trailer dropped for the game, showcasing some very obvious inspirations from a gaming classic, Shadow of the Colossus. Prey for the Gods isn’t just another Shadow of the Colossus, however, as you’ll find out through reading this interview. If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, you can check it out at the bottom of this article.
A shadow of its inspiration
I'd like to see some other reviews as well. It's crazy that this is the only one I could find to submit on N4G.
Join Amras89 and Hardlydan for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen talk about the Windows 10 S, Burger King helping making you fat, a lawsuit for Prey for the Gods, the first expansion for Breath of the Wild, a growth in gaming PC sales, and the announcement of Darksiders 3. Games discussed are Mass Effect: Andromeda, Prey Demo: Opening Hour, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Rocket League, DOOM, Brain Age Express: Math, and Bravely Second: End Layer.
Bethesda's Pete Hines said that the Prey for the Gods team was contacted a long time ago, even before their Kickstarter campaign, about the trademark issue but they strangely decided to bring it up just as Arkane's Prey launched.
He also said Bethesda didn't have a choice or it would have risked losing the trademark, and they had to change name many times for their own games due to the same regulations.
I get that trademark law is in dire need of some updates, and ZeniMax would struggle to defend it's trademark if it didn't go after Prey for the God's but seriously!? It's so stupid. And I bet Bethesda won't get nearly as much flak as King for its little 'Saga' affair a few years ago
Hmm, almost feels like games should avoid using single words for their title, it always contributes to some sort of mild controversy.
Good question. For once, most of the blame might actually be on the indie developer as they probably decided to make this public exactly when Prey had the most media attention, which is on launch day.
Knowing Fox a bit, I feel confident in saying that he meant "Why didn't Bethesda call this game something other than Prey?"
I know this, because he and a lot of people felt the story of the last Prey game was left unfinished. Coupled with the fact that Bethesda said the devs could make what they wanted, but it had to be called Prey.
Because they are the ones that own the trademark? And the ones that bought the rights for the IP(even if they ignored the previous game)..
Isnt that more than enough reason?
Or just let it go because a word used in a sentence for a title in no way dilutes the trademark of a game with a single word title. This is because most people actually can read, and Prey is a word that is descriptive and meaningful, and single words should not be allowed to be trademarked beyond their actual IP, so that the word can not be used in any way anywhere else.
They already settled on a solution. This was more of an explanation about how trademark law doesnt really gives them any other choice but to fight otherwise they risk losing the trademark
Great Interview!
Its hard to imagine that what i saw in the trailer is a three man work. I mean damn!
The game looks insanely good for such a small team. I cant wait to see more.