Do you hear that? Skittering in the vents? It's the next game based on the Alien franchise, which will reportedly be called Alien: Blackout and will be announced at the Game Awards in December. Back in January, Cold Iron Studios was acquired by 20th Century Fox, and was announced at that time that the team was working on a shooter from the Alien universe. Now, we have some more details...
Sorry, folks, it sounds like the Alien: Isolation 2 rumors were entirely bogus. Earlier this week, the potential of a new Alien: Isolation game made waves on the internet as the Official PlayStation Magazine reported that Creative Assembly was at work on a new game. Their rumor indicated that now that Creative Assembly was done with Halo Wars 2, they were at work on a follow-up to the...
With this rumor, I’m both happy and exceptionally frustrated. I’m happy that the Alien universe may have yet another gem of a video game on its hands, and I’m frustrated because I’ll likely never play it. That’s because I’m a chicken. Creative Assembly, the studio behind Halo Wars 2 and Alien: Isolation, might be at work on a sequel to that first stunner of an Alien affair...
Talk about self-deprecating. In its yearly financial results, SEGA has lamented the “weak” sales of The Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation, pointing towards a “harsh market environment” for it coming up short of its expectations. Wow, harsh. What were the sales figures of Alien: Isolation to warrant such criticism? 2.11 million copies across all platforms. Really? That’s low enough...
Games can change a lot over development with minor and even major features falling by the wayside as the team comes up against technical and financial obstacles, and even the simple matter of time. Other times, something as simple as a change of perspective can completely save a game. It turns out that Alien: Isolation was originally going to be a third person game. Creative Assembly'...
Alien: Isolation is an incredibly uneven game with a lot of ups and a lot of downs, but I think SEGA is going to look at these sales figures as one of the game's positives. Both developer Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA have spoken out today about the success of Alien: Isolation, stating that it has crossed the 1 million unit mark. Creative Lead Alistair Hope speaks highly of both...
The Writers Guild of America has continued to accept video games as a legitimate form of storytelling now that narratives have begun to take on a a whole new meaning in this rapidly evolving age. For its eighth year of existence, four video games have been nominated for an "Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing" award during this 2014 award season. The nominees are as follows...
It's been a crazy sales season for the PlayStation Store with a huge Black Friday bang and a whole month of weekly holiday discounts to follow. Surprisingly, I haven't picked up too much besides Persona 4 Arena, but we finally have arrived to the last week before Christmas! Let's see if Sony has delivered any of the games on sale that I wanted to pick up cheaply! See the full list of...
A lot of work goes into building a video game. Whether it’s concept art, programming AI, writing scripts, or whatever else, these things don’t just happen. They take a lot of planning and work. Even little elements like the on-screen displays and title sequences, when properly done, are the result of careful planning. Art of the Title is a site devoted to examining title sequences in...
Possible Spoilers if you haven' experienced Alien: Isolation's half-a-dozen endings yet. Alien: Isolation wasn't my favorite game of the year. It was a great concept that perfectly recreated the atmosphere of the classic film, but somewhere along the way, the developers decided that it needed to be a 20 hour game. Pretty standard for the genre, but when you have only about 5 hours of...