Yesterday’s announcement revealed that the recently trademarked Alien: Blackout was for a new iOS and Android game due out at the end of January. It also had some confirmation of a long suspected aspect of the still shrouded in mystery game that Cold Iron Studios is still working on: That it’s an MMO-shooter.
Tucked in at the end of the press release announcing Alien: Blackout, is the single sentence confirming the expectations:
FoxNext Games’ studio, Cold Iron Studios, is also currently at work on a massively multiplayer online shooter set in the Alien cinematic universe for consoles and PC.
Cold Iron Studios’ Alien game has previously been described as an “action-packed persistent world,” and now we have actual confirmation of an MMO format for the upcoming release. While only speculation on my part, I think this makes it seem likely that the upcoming game will follow a Destiny-style format.
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Not a great deal of information there, but I need to check with what I already know about some of those specifics to see if they match up.
The plot doesn't quite match up with what I know of the game, but my info is a couple of years old.
Excellent! So this pretty much confirms the game is still alive, right?
I wanted to ask, there is nothing about this new Alien game since 2018, some update or something? 😂 I know it has been a while.
Loving the Sulaco office name. lol Can't see what the lab room is called though. Good to see some social activity, even if they still aren't talking about the game.
Looks like they had a Lunch Tournament today, seems like a good sign. Hopefully things will be ok.
Yeah, I thought it was a little odd since Scopley seemed to focus on the mobile side of things. I imagine the FoxNext and Marvel game was more what Scopley was after, rather than a multi-platform PC shooter.
But even if they do sell Cold Iron on, without knowing if Cold Iron or whoever managed to retain the license it's still unclear as to whether or not they're still working on it.
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/disney-sells-foxnext-games-scopely-1203475758/
I'm pretty sure this is way more bad than good. Cold Iron if you lurk here you better get a kick ass trailer out because you guys need to attract a worthy buyer.
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/disney-sells-foxnext-games-scopely-1203475758/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
My guess is that they are still allowed to finish and sell the game. However it is based on license agreement now and dependent on funding from Scopely.
f**k, I really hope this doesn't affect the Cold Iron Studios Aliens game......
It does say "The transaction does not affect the separate portfolio of Fox IP licensed game titles, which will continue to be a part of Disney's licensed games business." so hopefully the game is still on.
Anyone have any more info on this?...
So?
I don't really understand, but that's not good, right?
You get a face hugger! And you get a face hugger! AND YOU get a face hugger! ~Opramorph... Probably.
good news. but what a tweet
It's not odd. We don't expect men and women to be on a par in Alien.
Literally everything in that post is referring to Aliens (1986).
Yessssssss! Going to emulate that later today thanks lol. They need to remake this game.
Well, at least it's something lol. Odd post, not sure what to make of it, since we already expect men and women both to be on par in such a franchise, killin' and die'in because "Ohf**kAyy!". Thanks for sharing that!
https://media.giphy.com/media/2MMB4JT8lokbS/giphy.gif
I don't think we will be hearing anything for a while. They may be trying the CDPR development approach (Where it's mostly silence and working). It also looks like they are still hiring for positions as well, albeit fillers. My guess is they are still in the early development cycle which can last a few years depending on many variables. That's only a guess though, I don't know. But it makes sense to me.
I also doubt it'll be a F2P game. Middle case, standard subscription base and cosmetic only MTXs like SWTOR. Worst case FO76 style where you pay 60$, and either pay for a subscription to get more stuff over other players, or be handicapped. Best Case would be the Warframe Model since we are talking MMO Business Tactics and that one has been to most consumer-friendly overall in comparison to others. I get it, you gotta keep paying for servers, developers, bills, etc to maintain your Online Game on the market, nothing can be 100% free and pay your bills. Who know's maybe Cold Iron will create a new model that breaks ground and blows all the others out of the water when it comes to maintaining their game and finances.
But that is what it is. I really hope for a singleplayer Aliens game one-day again. I will give this game a chance to see if it will be worth playing, but by that I mean I'll be waiting a month or more and watching every little non-biased review I can find.
I'm still expecting it to end up as a FO76 type of situation. And typically I'm right, but I really hope I'm wrong. If not, hey, at least I'll save money.