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Alien: Blackout game reveal looks set for The Game Awards

by Mark Tyson on 26 November 2018, 14:11

Tags: Twentieth Century Fox

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There are signs that a new Alien game for PCs and consoles in is incubation. Last week various gaming sites spotted that 20th Century Fox had registered a trademark for an as yet unannounced video game with the title of Alien: Blackout. This news gelled nicely with an Alien themed Twitter tease from The Game Awards chief Geoff Keighley.

The Twitter tease isn't an obvious one. Keighley Tweeted about The Game Awards taking place on Thursday 6th December, and shared text and a graphic spelling out "WORLDS WILL CHANGE". Fellow Twitterers noted that the evil corporation which sought to profit from Xenomorphs in the movies, Weyland-Yutani, used the same font as Keighley's graphic message and a similar strapline; "BUILDING BETTER WORLDS".

Adding fuel to the above, last week the famous games developer Hideo Kojima posted photos of his visit to Fox Studios, posing next to Alien memorabilia. The Game Awards official account Tweeted in response that "WORLDS WILL CHANGE".

Earlier today, EuroGamer shared some thoughts about the new Alien game's development. The gaming magazine thinks that the upcoming game will be developed by a US studio called Cold Iron, bought by 20th Century Fox subsidiary FoxNext, and founded by former members of Cryptic Studios (Neverwinter, City of Heroes) a couple of years ago.

If you head on over to the Cold Iron studios web site you will see that the landing page is headlined "we're hiring" and one of the carousel banner photos features a head and shoulders shot of the Alien. A little text on this same page confirms that the San Jose-based studios are "working on a new PC and console shooter based on the Alien franchise". EuroGamer also notes that earlier in 2018 FoxNext's president of studios Aaron Loeb said that his firm is thrilled to be working with Cold Iron "as they create an action-packed persistent world, steeped in the mysteries of this beloved Alien universe".

The Game Awards is set to kick off on 6th Dec but due to time differences it will likely be the 7th here in the UK when all the Alien news comes out.



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I sure hope its good. Thought i dont know can top alien isolation.
Fingers crossed! I'll probably end up watching my wife play it going by Isolation.
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I sure hope its good. Thought i dont know can top alien isolation.

Agree.

That game is awesome. I like a good Alien game
I still remember Aliens on the C64/CPC. Such a good game for its time. FPS too! And decent soundtrack. Hours and hours spent playing that when I was younger
Massive Twitter hissy fits over the Alien: Blackout mobile game…

Do people not even want to see how it turns out first?