IGN is reporting that Ridley Scott is considering making the upcoming Blade Runner sequel after his next film, The Martian which puts Prometheus 2 back some years. Nothing in the article is definitive or confirmed, it is just noted that Ridley Scott says he thinks he will film Blade Runner next:
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Our very own Valaquen has written an extremely well-researched article on his Strange Shapes blog about the life of Bolaji Badejo. For those Alien fans out there, Badejo played the xenomorph creature in Ridley Scott's 1979 Alien. He was born in Nigeria on August 23, 1953 and eventually made his way to England in the 70's. He always had ... [Read More]
Exophase.com has revealed the list of achievements for Alien: Isolation on Xbox 360 today. The list contains 50 achievements with their respective icons and descriptions. You can check all of them at the source or by clicking on the image below. Be aware of spoilers!
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Concept designer and illustrator, Maciej Kuciara, has recently posted a collection of concept art from his work for Creative Assembly's recent "Improvise" CGI trailer for Alien: Isolation, including unused key frames from the cinematic. You can check all the images at the artist's website here or below.
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Sega and Creative Assembly have released a new CGI trailer, batch of screenshots and over 10 minutes of gameplay footage today to promote Alien: Isolation's appearance at Gamescom 2014. Be sure to check below to find all the newly released in high definition.
For a larger collection of videos and previews from Gamescom, please visit this thread at the forums.
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Today officially marks the 10th Anniversary of 2004's Alien vs Predator movie: 13th August 2004. How time flies when we're having fun. Alien vs Predator was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starred Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen and Raoul Bova. Upon its release, critical and fan reception was mostly negative but it grossed over $172 million worldwide. Were you around ... [Read More]
In a surprising move regarding the Aliens Colonial Marines lawsuit, Sega has now agreed to settle the class action lawsuit against them according to Polygon at a cost of $1.25m. Of that money, a large amount will be used to pay for legal/admin fees while $2,500 will go to the plaintiff, John Locke and the rest will be used to refund the ... [Read More]
Creative Assembly have released episode 5 of their Alien Isolation podcast series. This one features an interview with comic/novel writer Dan Abnett who has a strong background in writing comics for Marvel Comics, like the recent Guardians of the Galaxy series, and DC Comics. Why is he relevant to Alien Isolation, you're wondering? He is the story writer of ... [Read More]
H.R. Giger's Alien Diaries is a new book that just caught my eye. It contains various sketches, Polaroids and hand-written diaries from when H.R. Giger was working on Ridley Scott's Alien. He, of course, was responsible for creating the creatures, derelict spacecraft and space jockey. The book was originally released some time last year in Switzerland/Germany but now a company called Section 9 ... [Read More]
To celebrate Alien vs Predator's 10th anniversary, 20th Century Fox and Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood have teamed up for the yearly Halloween Horror Nights event to launch a maze based around Alien vs Predator. It's essentially a theme park-style attraction based around various franchises. Like the Alien War attraction a few years ago. The one in Orlando is ... [Read More]
BBC News has recently interviewed Sigourney Weaver about her involvement in Alien: Isolation. The Alien actress comments on why she decided to join the project as well as on where she thinks videogames might be headed. The interview also includes new footage from the game's pre-order DLC, Last Survivor and Crew Expendable. Be sure to watch it below ... [Read More]
You may remember the class action lawsuit against Gearbox and Sega that was filed in April 2013 by Roger Damion Perrine and John Locke stating both companies falsely advertised Aliens Colonial Marines at various tradeshows. When the game was released in February 2013, critical reception was extremely negative and the graphics were extremely poor compared to how it looked at tradeshows. There were ... [Read More]
Get a load of this set. To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Alien, 20th Century Fox will be releasing a 9-Disc H.R. Giger Tribute Alien Anthology Bluray set. It includes the four Alien films, the two Anthology bonus disks, Prometheus 2D & 3D and its bonus disk. Extras include Alien: The Illustrated Story, an H.R. Giger art card ... [Read More]