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Developer burns down.

The office building that housed Prey developer Human Head has been devastated by a fire.

No one is reported to have been injured though the historical property in Madison, Wisconsin is said to be ruined.

The blaze erupted in the early hours of Friday morning. The cause is still under investigation [thought you said it was fire - Ed].

Human Head is best known for its work on recent PC and Xbox 360 title Prey. Luckily for them the report suggests that the fire was contained in an area of the building away from the majority of servers and file storage.

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Razz #1 5 years ago

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Luckily for them the report suggests that the fire was contained in an area of the building away from majority of servers and file storage.

Bah! Must try harder...
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wibs #2 5 years ago

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Best. Title. Ever
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ZuluHero #3 5 years ago

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ouch.
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Thorbar #4 5 years ago

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Glad to see you're taking this opportunity to crack a few witty remarks. I'm not suggesting we start singing a candle in the wind but [thought you said it was fire - Ed]. seems a bit cheap.
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rudedudejude #5 5 years ago

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Never player Prey, it looked Sucky
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WinstonChurchill #6 5 years ago

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Lack of human injury = scope for immediate frivolity.
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dadrester #7 5 years ago

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Glad to see you're taking this opportunity to crack a few witty remarks. I'm not suggesting we start singing a candle in the wind but [thought you said it was fire - Ed]. seems a bit cheap.

candle in the wind... candle... get it. candles. fire...

/c0/\7z0r
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Skeletor #8 5 years ago

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No screenshots of the fire?! Bah!
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Inquisitor #9 5 years ago

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Shame, I enjoyed prey.

Hopefully this won't set them back too much on the other projects their developing.
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chiz #10 5 years ago

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"Human Head on fire"

Damn, I thought Jack Thompson finally got his just deserts.
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manic_mouse #11 5 years ago

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"Never player Prey, it looked Sucky"

It was actually pretty good.
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neilka #12 5 years ago

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Firemen said to be arriving "when they're ready".
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Tiny_Tim #13 5 years ago

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wow, Take Two are getting a bit carried away with this downsizing thing aren't they?
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Salaman #14 5 years ago

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Somehow this doesn't ad up.

The office building that housed Prey developer Human Head has been devastated by a fire.

No one is reported to have been injured though the historical property in Madison, Wisconsin is said to be ruined.

Luckily for them the report suggests that the fire was contained in an area of the building away from the majority of servers and file storage.

By the sounds of it the whole building is ruined so how come some part of it is intact. You'd expect the servers and all to be ruined by water damage anyway if the fire didn't get them.
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Rirekon #15 5 years ago

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Top-ten reasons to keep servers in a basement:

#4 - Fire travels up
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bluebird #16 5 years ago

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Has anyone seen my stapler?
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agparrot #17 5 years ago

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Insurance Job?
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Xerx3s #18 5 years ago

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Luckily for them the report suggests that the fire was contained in an area of the building away from the majority of servers and file storage.

Erm, any software company I know either has a fire room protecting the servers or auto backups all data to a data warehouse.
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T4RG4 #19 5 years ago

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I've heard of developers finding excuses for taking my time but seriously...

Historical building being classified as ruined & everything (inc servers melting months of work) is different. Probably.
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jellyhead #20 5 years ago

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Perhaps the servers were saved by the insulating layer of mediocre, overhyped shit that was the Prey source code?
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Iora #21 5 years ago

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Why all the hate on Prey? It had more original ideas than the likes of the overhyped Half-Life2
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Xerx3s #22 5 years ago

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I quite enjoyed prey. Looking forward to prey 2.
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bonker #23 5 years ago

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Staggered that there's no "musta left their 360 on overnight" type remarks in here!
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Jas315 #24 5 years ago

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Let's all blame Sony!
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SomaticSense #25 5 years ago

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Sony you fuckers!!
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