2013 were dark times for gamers within the Alien fandom. After 6 years of waiting, and big talking from Gearbox and Randy Pitchford, Alien fans were subjected to the abysmal disappointment that was Aliens: Colonial Marines. The disappointment was so intense that to this day I refuse to purchase anything ... [Read More]

Published at the end of October 2019, Alien: Prototype is Titan Books 8th original Alien novel, and their most recent original story since the phenomenal The Cold Forge in April of 2018. Prior to Prototype’s release, Titan also published an adaptation of Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation in July which I ... [Read More]

Following the quick glimpse of Alien: Isolation during Nintendo’s line-up of upcoming releases, Nintendo have now uploaded an announcement trailer to YouTube! When she left Earth, Ellen Ripley promised her daughter Amanda she would return home for her 11th birthday. Amanda never saw her again. Fifteen years later, Amanda, now a ... [Read More]

Near the end of the year 2018, Fox started teasing on their social channels that the “Alien Universe expands” in 2019. One of the things we picked up on in the hashtags of those teases was the mention of Amanda Ripley, with many speculating the espionage-style entries were ... [Read More]

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 ... [Read More]

Michael Fassbender says Alien: Covenant is “much scarier” than Prometheus! Chatting to Colliders’ Steve Weintraub about Michael Fassbender’s upcoming The Light Between Oceans, Fassbender spoke a little about the tone of Alien: Covenant: “This Alien is going to be… I’m very excited to see it and everybody in the film was saying ... [Read More]

The Alien will feature in Alien: Covenant according to Ridley Scott. It almost seems daft that that would need clarifying but given the Alien-less direction that was Prometheus and the fact that the new Alien film started life as Prometheus 2, there was bound to be some confusion as to ... [Read More]

It seems even more unlikely that we’ll be getting a sequel to Alien Isolation any time soon. Back in May 2015, we heard that Alien Isolation had shifted 2.11 million copies in North America and Europe and Sega was reportedly disappointed with the sales performance. In a new interview with ... [Read More]

Sega has just released its annual fiscal report, revealing that Alien: Isolation has surpassed 2.1 million copies sold; essentially doubling its sales since hitting the 1 million mark reported back in January. GameInformer is one of the outlets that have been reporting on Sega’s numbers, and it seems ... [Read More]

Early in March 2015 the team from Creative Assembly took to the stage at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The footage of the original Alien Isolation pitch video and the third person perceptive came from this event. The conference in its entirety has now ... [Read More]