FoxNext Games have announced today that a new shooter game set in the Alien universe is in the works for PC and consoles! FoxNext themselves were formed only last year. You might be familiar with them – they were already making various virtual reality games.
We reported last year that they were supposed to be making a multiplayer Alien virtual reality game, possibly for theme parks. Today, FoxNext have announced they have acquired Cold Iron Studios from games publisher Perfect World Entertainment who have experience in making online multiplayer games.
Games president of FoxNext Games, Aaron Loeb said: “I am a personal fan of Cold Iron’s previous work, and all of us at FoxNext Games are thrilled to be working with them as they create an action-packed persistent world, steeped in the mysteries of this beloved ‘Alien’ universe,”
Cold Iron Studios CEO Craig Zinkievich Zinkievich added: “Our background in building online worlds and taking established franchises to the next level in interactive entertainment is a precise fit with [FoxNext’s] product road map ahead.”
Cold Iron Studios is developing a new Alien game!
Cold Iron Studios was founded in 2015 by CEO Craig Zinkievich, CTO Shannon Posniewski, and creative director Matt Highison, and its 25 employees are all joining FoxNext Games. Members of their development team have worked on many past titles including Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, Metroid Prime 3, Bioshock Infinite, Doom and Borderlands. No other details were released about the new Alien game but it’s pretty much assumed that it will be an online multiplayer shooter given the developer’s background.
What is also striking this time, is that the games in the series have finally moved away from publisher Sega who had an exclusive license to publish and develop them since 2006. We last got the superb survival-horror game Alien Isolation back in 2014, before that the ill-fated Aliens: Colonial Marines in 2013 and Aliens vs. Predator in 2010. We could be many years away from this title though but at least something is finally happening on the game’s front after all these years of waiting.
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I'm sort of tired of playing the same sh** again and again . Honestly I know you might not agree, but hasn't the bug hunt become a bit stale . Isolations alien was excellently executed , but it's been done now , and I honestly think Engineers have a story to be told and it needs to be fleshed out . A video game is a good platform to do that . We have never seen them in video game form barring isolation . And yes the cod dogs were exactly what I had in mind corporal hicks when I wrote that
Anyone remember Crucible?
Yes, exactly.
Like the dogs in CoD? It could happen but to be honest, I'd rather just play as the Aliens.
I can just see the crowds lining up now.
It would be cool for hardcore fans, but other than that, I can't imagine this being a sales success.
Actually reading that back , it does sound a little MMO..... but man the Alien Universe has so much depth that it deserves to be explored.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-01-17-fox-buys-developer-cold-iron-studios-to-begin-work-on-a-new-alien-shooter
According to eurogamer, "explore areas of the universe that fans haven't gotten to experience", this does not sound like Colonial Marines to me.
I played some of Aliens Online offline a good few years back. I still have the game files but I don't believe it works anymore.
Completely agree. We've overdue for a Predator-only game. Still waiting for my open-galaxy game.
I'm hoping hey go something down the line of Wildlands except with a lot more to do.
What i mean is : if they are talking about persistent universe, they are not talking about online arenas like Alien Online or Overwatch
The game will be a classic mmo , or something like Destiny or The Division
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Destiny have different enemies and final bosses, i see this product more like a mmo....some guys on Cold Iron have experience on mmos
Only thing I'd change is giving the Pointman access to the Flamethrower in addition to the shotgun. It's not Aliens with out the flamethrower.
If this were to be multiplayer only (which I hope not but I'll take anything) I'd honestly hope it was like Dead Space 2's multiplayer but with a class system for the marines. Give each map it's own narrative with objectives for the marines to accomplish and the Aliens have to stop them by killing them or completing their own counter objective.
I loved how Dead Space 2's multiplayer played and I think it'd work great for an Aliens themed game.
Support [x2]: Armed with a smartgun/LMG with a pistol,
Rifleman [x4]: Armed with Pulserifles/assault rifles, pistol, welder and grenades,
Pointman [x2]: Armed with shotguns/carbines, pistol, motion trackers, welders
Technician [x1]: Armed with SMGs, sentry turrets, hacking tool
Medic [x1]: Armed with Carbines/Machine Pistols, medical bag
I believe it's Fox that would own the rights to do a sequel if they decided to.
Ahh It's most probably this. Lets hope its THIS. That ending to Isolation deserves to be continued on.
I believe it's Fox that would own the rights to do a sequel if they decided to.
We've had a truly great Alien game with Isolation but we are in need of a fantastic multiplayer game!!
Also this. Still want my open-galaxy Predator game!
No, this is an alien-only game. Not avp. (though i would like a new avp eventually, but I need a truly great Alien(s) game 1st!)
I'm not entirely sure how it works but if Sega have lost the Alien IP then does that mean that they have lost the the Alien Isolation rights? or because they published it do they still retain them? or does it fall on to Creative Assembly? or even onto the new IP holders?
My point being is it possible for it to be picked up again for a sequel at some point in the future?
YES. My only complaint with Natural Selection 2 is that the controls can be wonky at the action plays like Counterstrike. But its been a while since I played that game.
It seems like everything has to be given the CoD treatment these days...
I just don't agree that very few developers and gamers care about single player: that's just hyperbole. They're also not few and far between. Unless you want a new one every week, single player games are still consistently released, and over the past years/decades single player games have always left their mark and been the most memorable.
Ever played the Bug Hunt Tribute map m8? That one was pretty damn close. The ACM game was not, but that map though... very nice.
I agree with you that there are indeed a few developers who gives us good single player games like the recent doom. Like the witcher series, the uncharted series etc. but they are few and far between, and many "Single Player" games end up getting some sort of multiplayer component added to them. Take a game like Dead Space 2.
Like i mentioned i dont have a problem with multiplayer or coop games but i need more incentive to play them other then running around and shooting at someone who are running around shooting at you. I reciently started playing rocket league and im loving it. I dont know if it counts when its a "racing" game.
What i meant overall is that we seem to get more and more multiplayer games then Single Player games.
You may disagree, but then we´ll just have to agree to disagree....
This sounds interesting, but AvP is PRIME to be an incredible competitive multiplayer game. Even the deeply flawed AvP2010 still has a die-hard playerbase.
Seriously, what gives? AvP did the whole “assymetrical multiplayer experience” well before Team Fortress, Natural Selection, Evolve, and Overwatch came along. Considering the success of most of these games, I’m surprised that we haven’t gotten a new AvP yet.
People see “AvP” and scorn it for its unoriginality, when in truth, the original AvP is one of the most innovative and forward thinking multiplayer games of all time.