Future titles in the Prey series could be created and released by Bethesda, parent firm having seemingly acquired the trademark to the game.

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Human Head released the original Prey with Take-Two's help, but with the collapse of license owner Realms it seems the IP may now have been sold to the aid the developer's cash 'issues'.

Bethesda and ZeniMax are of course the companies behind the hit 3, while the publishing giant recently raised eyebrows via the acquisition of long-time indie titan id Software.

A new USPTO filing (not to mention a revised trademark) appears to reveal that ZeniMax is indeed the new home of Prey - which raises the tantalising prospect of some kind of id involvement in future projects. We'll keep our noses to the ground for further details on this.

By Luke Guttridge