Blackwater Worldwide, the real-life mercenary team linked to the killing of civilians and noncombatants in Iraq during U.S. operations there, will be the subject of a Kinect-supported videogame coming to the Xbox 360 later this year.

Published by 505 Games and titled, simply, Blackwater, the game is being produced in consultation with the private security contractor’s founder, the former Navy SEAL Erik Prince.

A news release called it “an intense, cinematic shooter experience,” set in a fictional North African town, in which players, as Blackwater operatives, battle two warlords’ factions ...

You might remember the original Prey as one of the better games to grace the Xbox 360 during the uneven first year of the console’s life. A few unique features made this first-person shooter stand out from the crowd, including its use of portals before Portal.

To be published by Bethesda Softworks for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in 2012, the followup game puts you not in the role of prey but of predator. You’re a human bounty hunter scraping out an existence on an alien settlement by tracking down intergalactic scum and delivering them to c...