Human Head Studios is an American computer game development company located in Madison, Wisconsin.
Overview[]
It was founded in October 1997 by a group of six developers formerly from Raven Software: Chris Rhinehart, Paul MacArthur, Shane Gurno, Ben Gokey, James Sumwalt, and Ted Halsted—later joined by game producer Tim Gerritsen. Their first game was Rune, a third-person Viking action game. The company's most notable releases was the long-anticipated first-person shooter Prey, a game that was executive produced by 3D Realms. They were working on Prey 2, the sequel to the first game before it was ultimately cancelled.
The company shut its doors on November 13th 2019, immediately after the release of Rune II. The entire team was then hired by ZeniMax Media and reorganized into their subsidiary Roundhouse Studios.