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‘Gears of War’ Creator Planned an ‘Aliens’ Game Starring Newt
Say what you will about CliffyB, aka Cliff Bleszinski, but this bit of news from the Gears of War creator is another “what might have been” moment that potentially could have been awesome.
Bleszinski revealed recently on his Twitter that his company, the now-defunct Boss Key Productions, was in talks with Fox to do a new game based in the Alien universe starring Newt. The game would be “drawing heavily from the Dark Horse comics”.
Unfortunately, the plans for the project fell through when Disney bought 21st Century Fox.
Funfact: Before BKP shut down we were in talks to do a new game in the Aliens franchise with Fox.
Then Disney bought them and that got lost in the shuffle, darnit.
— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) February 10, 2020
According to Bleszinski, players would take on the role of an adult Newt. Ripley would appear as a Cortana-like figure (from Halo), and instead of another Bishop android, we would have one named Casey. After Newt’s doll head, naturally.
This project could have been one of the post-Alien: Isolation games Fox was said to be working on last January. Ultimately, the talks obviously didn’t get far enough for actual production to begin, leaving us wondering again just when we’d get that Alien: Isolation follow-up.
Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.
Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”
Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.
And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.
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