'Alien: Isolation' is finally getting a sequel, developer confirms

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A full decade later, Sega and Creative Assembly are returning to the Alien universe with Alien: Isolation 2.

Screenshot from the space horror video game Alien: Isolation. A terrifying xenomorph alien is baring its sharp teeth.
(Image credit: Sega)

It's not game over, man, because Alien: Isolation 2 is on its way.

Despite its current cult classic status, it's not a secret that Alien: Isolation – one of the best Alien games of all time – failed to meet Sega's financial expectations back in the day. Over time, however, it's become an automatic recommendation for anyone looking for a great space horror video game. Now, an Alien: Isolation sequel is happening with the original studio in charge.

The announcement came via Creative Assembly's celebrations for the 10th anniversary of its first and only survival horror game. Fans suspected something was up if such festivities were being held for a game that hadn't been relevant for the studio for a very long time, and they were right.

Creative Assembly thanked Alien fans' unyielding support over the years and credited it as a big reason for the long-awaited Alien: Isolation sequel. We also suspect that Disney and 20th Century Studios have played a role in this after other recent Xenomorph-centric hits in the gaming space and Alien: Romulus successfully reviving the Alien movie franchise on the big screen earlier this year. As you can see, the Xenomorphs are thriving everywhere at the moment.

(Image credit: Sega)

Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation 2 (tentative title) is fast becoming the most anticipated game based on the legendary Alien space horror movies. However, there are rumors floating around of a follow-up to Aliens: Fireteam Elite (coming sooner rather than later), and that this December VR headset owners should keep an eye out for Alien: Rogue Incursion, which promises first-person scares not for the faint-hearted.

Alien: Isolation 2 will be developed by a dedicated Survival Team at Creative Assembly, but we won't be hearing about it for a while as the press release only confirmed that the game is in early development. In the meantime, we're turning our attention towards the other aforementioned Alien games, Marvel's ongoing releases of Alien comic books, and the upcoming Alien TV series – Alien: Earth – which is set to premiere on Hulu next year.

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Fran Ruiz
Fran Ruiz

Fran Ruiz is our resident Star Wars guy. His hunger for movies and TV series is only matched by his love for video games. He got a BA of English Studies, focusing on English Literature, from the University of Malaga, in Spain, as well as a Master's Degree in English Studies, Multilingual and Intercultural Communication. On top of writing features and other longform articles for Space.com since 2021, he is a frequent collaborator of VG247 and other gaming sites. He also serves as associate editor over at Star Wars News Net and its sister site, Movie News Net.

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  • 24launch
    I've tried more than once to play this game but I just get a really bad headache and horrid motion sickness after about 30 minutes. She does this strange head bob/wobble/twising on the z axis that just breaks my brain and unlike most games you can't disable it. As others have noted she kinda wobbles like she's got one leg a few inches shorter than the other and/or is a bit tipsy.

    Thinking maybe it was just me and maybe there was some other setting I could adjust, I googled and was rewarded by a rather large number of results of people having the same issues with this specific game. There were some suggestions of editing the config file so you could further reduce the field of view, or increase it beyond design, or to sit closer or further away from your screen, etc, but it just doesn't work for me, which is a shame because of the great reviews it's gotten.

    One funny comment was that it's quite a scary game and the poster said he can only play it during the daytime with the Happy Days theme playing in a loop! :laughing:

    I play lots of other titles and am usually okay with the default head-bob when walking/running. Hopefully the devs won't build this into the new game or at least allow you to disable it.
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