Arkane Studios

<p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>Arkane Studios</b> is a French video game developer based in Lyon, France, responsible for developing <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Prey%20%282017%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Prey%20%282017%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPrey%20%282017%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="61196-699681706592ac3386cd95" href="/wiki/Prey_(2017)" title="Prey (2017)">Prey (2017)</a>.
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<p data-rte-fromparser="true">Arkane Studios's first game was <i>Arx Fatalis</i>. The studio's second game, <i>Dark Messiah of Might and Magic</i>, was released in October 2006. It refined the first-person melee combat of <i>Arx Fatalis</i> with a lesser emphasis on role-playing elements.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In December 2006, the company announced its new first-person shooter title, <i>The Crossing</i>, which was later cancelled. Between 2006 and 2007, the company was working in conjunction with Valve Corporation to develop a game in the <i>Half-Life</i> series called <i>Return to Ravenholm</i>. The project has since been cancelled and its existence has been confirmed by Valve employee Marc Laidlaw. Arkane began work on Electronic Arts's <i>LMNO</i> project featuring Steven Spielberg,<sup data-rte-washtml="1">[6]</sup> which was also later cancelled.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In 2008 the company helped in the development of maps for the multiplayer component of <i>Call of Duty: World at War</i> In July 2009, 2K Marin announced that Arkane was signed up to help with <i>BioShock 2</i> development, more specifically "design, animation, and art".<sup data-rte-washtml="1">[8]</sup>
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In August 2010, the company was acquired by ZeniMax Media. The studio most recently worked on <i>Dishonored</i>, a first-person stealth-action game with role-playing elements that was released in October 2012, and received critical acclaim. 
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">After cancellation of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Human%20Head%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Human%20Head%20Studios%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHuman%20Head%20Studios%7CHuman%20Head%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="61196-699681706592ac3386cd95" href="/wiki/Human_Head_Studios" title="Human Head Studios">Human Head</a> studios developed Prey <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22sequel%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Prey%202%20%28Human%20Head%20Studios%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPrey%202%20%28Human%20Head%20Studios%29%7Csequel%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="61196-699681706592ac3386cd95" href="/wiki/Prey_2_(Human_Head_Studios)" title="Prey 2 (Human Head Studios)">sequel</a>, the development to the IP was given to Arkane.
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