Alien: Isolation ($49.99) is one of the best games of the year, and a far cry from 2013's disastrous Aliens: Colonial Marines. Instead of using James Cameron's Aliens as its foundation, as so many ...

This terrifying game is a passionate homage to a horror classic, an unusually clever and subversive triple-A title Sega; Xbox 360/Xbox One/PlayStation 3/PlayStation 4/PC (version tested); £45; Pegi ...

The new Alien video game includes bonus missions based around the original cast, with Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley – to emotional effect They say don't meet your heroes – and usually they ...

In Alien Isolation, the first-person survival horror game from Creative Assembly, you end up carrying a revolver - at one point you can even pick up a flamethrower - and as you're exploring the giant, ...

Alien: Isolation has secured six nominations for the British Academy Games Awards, meaning it leads the way in the battle to be cream of the crop in the gaming industry. The title has been nominated ...

UPDATE: The leaks continue. Not only is Alien: Isolation's Xbox.com listing now back online, but it has provided a clear view of the game's Alien design. The listing has been edited, however, to ...

A metallic “clank” echoes above sending my nerves into hysterical overdrive. I freeze, too scared to gently push the analogue stick of my controller forward slightly just in case it makes a noise.

It's a good time to be an Alien fan right about now. Alien: Romulus has just been in cinemas, Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth TV series is well on its way (and even has a teaser already!), and one of the ...

One of the reasons Ridley Scott’s Alien was so terrifying is the reluctance to, in Scott’s words, “show you too much of the monster”. That slow burn, the fear of the unknown, glimpses of something ...

Man vs. beast — it’s a tale dating back to prehistoric times, and a common theme in video games. There’s a unique sort of fear created when you create a battle between a single person and a single ...

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