On Alien: Isolation‘s 10th anniversary a couple of years ago, director Al Hope shared some exciting news: a very long-awaited sequel was finally in development. Beyond that, we learned very little else. Earlier this year, though, we got our first little teaser trailer, and today, during Summer Game Fest’s big showcase, though, and we’ve had our first proper look at Alien: Isolation 2.
It’s perhaps best to consider it more of a moody teaser than anything else, however, given the scant details included within. Playing out over the top of some moody landscape – alongside some shadowy retro-tinged shadowy interiors – we heard a voice threatening an unknown character with their “last chance”.
Luckily, developer Creative Assembly was on hand with a few more teases, including the news that this time around the Xenomorph threat is foregoing squallid spaceships and threatening the unsuspecting inhabitants of a colony world – with the action playing out both within the claustrophibic confines of the colony itself and the harsh landscape around it. Expect a “desperate struggle to survive and escape”, with more details coming in the “future”.
If this new trailer has whetted your appetite for some space-based-thrills, be sure to check out Graeme Mason’s feature 10 Years of Alien: Isolation: how Creative Assembly made an all-time horror classic, where he talks to a number of the game’s developers (including Hope) about making the iconic survival horror game all those years ago.
Elsewhere this evening, meanwhile, we also got a look at NAME and NAME. For everything else, be sure to check out our excellent Summer Game Fest roundup Lottie is dutifully (and wonderfully) keeping updated throughout the show.
