It appears 20th Century Fox have trademarked a new name related to the Alien franchise a few days ago. Alien: Blackout is the new trademark which is specifically associated with video games. Could this be the upcoming Alien game that Cold Iron Studios is working on?
FoxNext Games officially announced the untitled Alien game at the start of the year. No specific details were given but it’s rumoured to be an online multiplayer shooter given the developer’s background. Members of their development team have previously worked on Metroid Prime 3, Bioshock Infinite, Doom and Borderlands.
Of course, Alien: Blackout could be for a game we’ve not heard anything about thus far. We last had the brilliant Alien: Isolation, released back in 2014 from Sega and Creative Assembly. Unfortunately, both studios were disappointed with the sales and have said that an Alien: Isolation sequel was very unlikely.
So what could Alien: Blackout refer to? It could be about a colony losing power in the midst of an Xenomorph infestation. Hudson’s classic line springs to mind: “What do you mean “they cut the power”? How could they cut the power, man?! They’re animals!”
Alien Isolation was released in 2014 from Creative Assembly.
All signs are pointing to an official announcement on December 6th when The Game Awards air. A few days ago, Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid and the upcoming Death Stranding, tweeted some pictures of a mysterious visit to 20th Century Fox studios. You can see the Alien poster and the Alien Egg in the pictures. Immediately after he posted that, The Game Awards tweeted a reply repeating their slogan: “Worlds Will Change”. Very cryptic, indeed. Could Hideo Kojima be somehow connected to this Alien multiplayer game or is it for something completely different?
World will change!
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 20, 2018
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But maybe Cold Iron put together something really great. Iam definitely looking forward to a new shooter in the Alien universe and will give it a shot anyway.
$60 US Dollars base game
$20 Expansion
$20 Expansion
$40 Expansion
$30 'Annual Pass'
Destiny's the worst.
"MMO-shooter" structure.
It's narrative is a joke.
"That Wizard came from the Moon."
When it has a narrative.
"I could tell you about the Traveller."
Gameplay grindfest that manipulates
it's customers into paying for in-game items.
Please, please no.
Not that.
"Alien Destiny". That would be awesome I can just imagine exploring massive open areas akin to LV-426 and Hadley's Hope coming across parties of drones scouting for new hosts or infiltrating a hive structure whilst facing more numerous and deadlier Xenomorph types the deeper you go.
I expect this to be the case (still banking on an Alien Destiny) but I can't actually see where this is stated in the Blackout announcements like they claim.
God I hope this game is good.
A lot of people seem to be confusing the two
Different game.
I'm sorry folks...
I just hope there's a narrative there at all, as some of the Multi-player focused rumors have me worried.
are there any video game events coming up before e3?
Damn
....and they announced a smash bros character.
Then they went and gave god of war game of the year over red dead redemption 2.
The game awards suck.
will post anything if it's shown.
Yes. That's why I came to this site in the first place.
at least we're all in this together
I know. Don't remind me.
If it's not narratively driven, I'm not interested.
I already got grilled because I said I wouldn't pay $60-$70 for Biehn/Rolston/Henriksen's signatures (I know we were just kidding around) on a card. I'll touch cards . . . eventually.
if that's the case, then i am excited for sure
Why? While we don't know the full specifics of the mechanics, we know Cold Iron's game is going to be some sort of online shooter. If that isn't Blackout it just means Blackout is something else to enjoy and you've still got the Cold Iron thing to still look forward to.
Ha. It's hard work these days. As an FYI, Upper Deck's recent card based stuff has been super fun!
At least you're optimistic, unlike everyone else here.
give us a clue!
That would actually be pretty neat. Would be a different take on MP side of things for the franchise, and could even be a lot of fun long as they had 20+ maps, different game modes, and so on.
Though I'd still want a 30+ hour story campaign with a deep branching narrative, permadeath of squadmates (Based on decisions you make), a combo of Isolation survival horror and shootem up when it's needed, and multiple endings depending on how you play/choices you made (Help USCM Kill the hive, bring a sample to WY, so Independant and screw both sides in some way, and so on.).
Though I know, I'm asking for way too much, that would be Old School BioWare, or Obsidian levels of Game Design. Won't happen in the current age, even though a game like that would probably break millions if made by the right team who understand what "Player Agency" and "Narrative Choice" means >.>
The alien player could start the game as a chestburster, bursting out of a random player at the start of a match, and the player of the victim would instead assume the role of the android.
One of the most fun features of alien gameplay ever IMO, Was in rebellions Jaguar AVP game, where you could cocoon humans into aliens and watch the embryos develop on the HUD. Don't know how that worked with the established lore but I really enjoyed that mechanic.
((lol))
But no, that wouldn't be a bad way to go. Jarheads are kinda overdone at this point, I wouldn't mind being escorted by one, or helping a team of them, but don't wanna be them again.