Prey puts the fun back into fighting for your life on a space station overrun by aliens

When it comes to basic sci-fi setups, nobody would ever accuse “fighting for your life on a space station that’s been taken over by aliens” of being particularly fresh. Whether you’re talking about movies, books, or games, it’s the kind of premise that serves as sturdy scaffolding — a framework on which to hang what are (hopefully) much more interesting ideas and interactions. So when I sat down to preview the first hour of Prey, Arkane Studios’ upcoming