One thing I noticed playing Alien Isolation was its unpredictability. Multiple replays showed the alien and other characters never did the same thing twice, which is entirely the point, explains creative lead Alistair Hope. » 7/18/14 9:00am 7/18/14 9:00am

Isn't it great there'll be a way to play Alien Isolation using the film's original cast? Wasn't it stupid that this mode was announced as a preorder bonus? Well, "good" news: the content is going to be available to everyone, not just those preordering the game. » 7/10/14 7:05pm 7/10/14 7:05pm

It's incredibly easy to trick the brain about your body. Which is why, for me, the most memorable thing about playing Alien Isolation's VR Demo was suddenly finding myself in the body of a tiny woman. » 7/10/14 11:30am 7/10/14 11:30am

Ellen Ripley and crew will join the upcoming sci-fi horror game Alien: Isolation when it comes out this fall... if you pre-order. » 7/09/14 9:09am 7/09/14 9:09am

I love video games. Over my eighteen years of life, I've accumulated a substantial collection of games and consoles, engaged in several dialogues about my passion for the medium over the internet, and shared the hobby I love with friends and family alike. I love video games. » 6/25/14 4:30am 6/25/14 4:30am

The best kind of horror game doesn't need any guns. It doesn't need to scare you with difficult enemy encounters and shock value. Sometimes, silence is scarier than all of that. » 6/16/14 10:00am 6/16/14 10:00am

There's a fine line any artist walks when trying to titillate and terrify at the same time. But making video games scary is especially tricky. Repetitive behavior—even when that behavior is running and hiding from flesh-eating monsters—doesn't mesh all that well with the spontaneity required to make someone jump out… » 5/07/14 7:30pm 5/07/14 7:30pm

Batman: Arkham Origins by Auto Reply is one of this week's selection of 16 gaming wallpapers, including Child of Light, Dark Souls, and Skyrim featuring the Crysis Nanosuit Mod. » 5/03/14 12:00pm 5/03/14 12:00pm

There's a reason that the first word in the next game based on 20th Century Fox's sci-fi horror franchise is singular. Alien: Isolation will be taking its cues from Ridley Scott's slower, more atmospheric 1979 original. That means no space marines and no P5000 power loader. Just you and one big, scary Xenomorph. Which… » 4/24/14 11:00am 4/24/14 11:00am

Have Sega and Creative Assembly finally got a hold on this deep space survival horror thing, or will no one hear you scream because you aren't screaming? We'll find out on October 7, when Alien: Isolation hits PlayStations, Xboxen and PC. » 3/29/14 12:50pm 3/29/14 12:50pm

Here's a new developer diary for Alien: Isolation, which comes out later this year for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. » 3/13/14 12:10pm 3/13/14 12:10pm

Alien: Isolation officially made itself known yesterday. If you caught a dated-looking vibe in the game's visuals, that's deliberate; Creative Assembly wanted to render the Alien universe as looked in the original 1979 film. You can get a better view of it in this video—but you won't see any of this on the Wii U. » 1/08/14 1:05pm 1/08/14 1:05pm

The largest alien in an Alien video game is in Alien: Isolation, and it's the only one you'll face in the upcoming survival horror game from Creative Assembly. This looks like one of those games that will kill me about eleventy-billion times during the course of finishing it. So, get used to seeing a lot of this. » 1/07/14 11:30am 1/07/14 11:30am

An Xbox Marketplace listing for Alien: Isolation lines up with our reports from back in October of the game in development by Creative Assembly, starring Ellen Ripley's daughter. » 1/06/14 10:00pm 1/06/14 10:00pm

This fall, a Kotaku source revealed that the next Aliens game was Alien: Isolation. And last night, screenshots rumored to be of the game appeared online. » 12/13/13 7:20am 12/13/13 7:20am