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Everyone Will Get a Chance to See Ellen Ripley Again in ‘Alien: Isolation’

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Last week, SEGA revealed some very neat DLC for Alien: Isolation that’s very much worth getting excited over. The cast of the original Alien will be returning in two bonus missions — Crew Expendable and Last Survivor — that will take place on the Nostromo during the events in the first film. To the chagrin of many Alien fans, the DLC was originally revealed as a free upgrade to those who preordered it.

If you were planning on forcing yourself to head on over to your nearest games retailer to embark on the fruitless task of preordering a game, I’m happy to announce that you can stay indoors, where it’s safe and no one wants to take advantage of you.

As we expected, the DLC will be a timed preorder exclusive. SEGA plans on making it available to everyone sometime after the game ships this October, likely for a fee. As someone who’s wholly against preordering games, I’m okay with that.

Alien: Isolation will release on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on October 7.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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