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7. Roundhouse Studios

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Human Head Studios

Notable Games: (as Human Head Studios) Rune series, Prey (2006)

While Roundhouse Studios is technically a brand-new Bethesda-founded studio, it is also essentially the veteran developer Human Head Studios, just with a re-branded name.

Notable early titles the studio dropped are the celebrated Norse epic Rune, and also the original Prey title, a cult hit action/puzzler that did 'portals' before Portal.

Once Bethesda obtained rights to the franchise, they kept Human Head as devs for Prey 2, an ambitious Blade Runner-esque sequel. The two companies eventually hit loggerheads after a tiring three-year development cycle.

After several quick money gigs, and two disastrous releases - the enjoyably awful The Quiet Man, and the half-baked mess that was Rune 2 - Human Head shut its doors in 2019... then Bethesda bought and rebooted them into Round House.

Regardless of their spotty record, the studio holds massive talent and potential.

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