An Alien: Isolation sequel is in development

SEGA celebrated ten years of Alien: Isolation by confirming that a follow-up is in the works.

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Alien: Isolation celebrated its 10th anniversary today. The video game adaptation of the iconic sci-fi series has endured as a modern horror classic, and more scares are finally on the way. Creative Assembly and SEGA have announced that a sequel to Alien: Isolation is officially in development.

Al Hope, the creative director of Alien: Isolation, announced the sequel in a letter to fans celebrating the game’s 10th anniversary. “Today, I’m delighted to confirm, on behalf of the team, that a sequel to Alien: Isolation is in early development,” he wrote. “We look forward to sharing more details with you when we’re ready.”

Two spacesuits.

Source: SEGA

Alien: Isolation was released in October 2014 to a positive response, including our Shacknews review. The game was heralded for its Xenomorph AI, which studied and adapted to player behavior. The game is currently discounted on Steam in celebration of the anniversary.

With the Alien: Isolation sequel being in the early stages of development, it’ll be a while until we get a concrete look at the game. Still, fans will be delighted to know that another chapter in this story is coming.

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    October 7, 2024 8:24 AM

    Donovan Erskine posted a new article, An Alien: Isolation sequel is in development

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      October 7, 2024 8:32 AM

      fuck yes

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      October 7, 2024 8:59 AM

      Alien Isolation has aged remarkably well. It still looks and plays amazing and can even push 90 FPS on the Steam Deck.

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        October 7, 2024 10:17 AM

        Yeah the lighting is a huge contributor to that. It's a very well made game.

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        October 7, 2024 3:00 PM

        I played it again a few months ago and was shocked by how good looking it still was

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        October 7, 2024 3:50 PM

        The game was superbly engineered

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      October 7, 2024 9:38 AM

      I wonder if the success of Alien Romulus in the box office had anything to do with this.

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      October 7, 2024 9:53 AM

      Praise his feek-ness

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      October 7, 2024 9:57 AM

      I just reinstalled it and the MotherVR mod. Between having a PC powerful enough to do it justice, the PS VR2's OLED screens being perfect for horror games, and it being spooky season, it seemed like time to finally give it another go.

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        October 7, 2024 6:29 PM

        I can't imagine the game in VR. Its tense enough as it is! Watching a Working Joe on fire come at me out of the dark in VR? FUCK THAT!

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          October 7, 2024 6:59 PM

          The Working Joes are honestly even more unsettling in VR than the actual alien is imho.

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            October 7, 2024 10:45 PM

            Agree... though I actually feel that way in 2D, too. They're excellent.

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            October 8, 2024 7:20 AM

            I'm sure they are. Those fucking things were creepy as hell!

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          October 7, 2024 8:38 PM

          You are becoming hysterical

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      October 7, 2024 10:16 AM

      Wow are you kidding me. What amazing news.

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      October 7, 2024 11:07 AM

      Wasn't expecting this beautiful news.

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      October 7, 2024 11:31 AM

      Finally, a reason to live.

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      October 7, 2024 11:42 AM

      Didn’t CA layoff a ton of people recently?

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        October 7, 2024 4:00 PM

        They never released numbers, but Sega did lay off a bunch of CA people last September after canceling Hyena, a live-service shooter, then this March they did another round of layoffs where 240 people were let go from across Sega Europe, Creative Assembly and Sega HARDlight

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      October 7, 2024 11:42 AM

      Very thankful to hear this

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      October 7, 2024 2:21 PM

      I am normally not into horror games, but this game was glorious. They absolutely nailed the Alien vibe.

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      October 7, 2024 3:30 PM

      Ah fantastic! Looking forward to System Shock 4.

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      October 7, 2024 5:53 PM

      Best $2.50 for a game I ever spent.

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      October 7, 2024 6:22 PM

      I gotta assume that Alien Romulus helped a sequel to Isolation get greenlit. There are some Isolation easter eggs in Romulus too, things like the save points being a part of the movie's set design

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      October 7, 2024 7:01 PM

      Dear CA: please take a moment to give formal PS5 and XSX updates to the original. It deserves it!

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        October 7, 2024 10:32 PM

        I believe it already got a framerate boost on Xbox, but a 4K patch would be nice.

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          October 7, 2024 10:41 PM

          They implemented TAA in the Switch port and it really helps with the specular aliasing. All they really need to do is implement that.

          As is, the Switch version is arguably the best way to play on console; the aliasing was that bad.

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            October 8, 2024 12:13 AM

            Its actually wild that the Switch versions of Alien Isolation and Portal 2 are the best ones available right now, so strange how that happened

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      October 7, 2024 10:40 PM

      Good! That was a truly quality title in every way.

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      October 8, 2024 2:02 AM

      I keep telling myself I'll get back to that game all the time and start again, but I keep hanging on in hope of an upgrade from the base PS4 game.

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