On the 10-year anniversary of Alien: Isolation’s launch, developer Inventive Meeting has confirmed {that a} sequel is in growth.
In a press release marking the survival horror traditional’s tenth birthday, artistic director Al Hope stated the event workforce would share extra particulars “once we’re prepared.”
Hope returns to steer growth on the sequel having achieved so on the primary recreation. In his assertion printed to X/Twitter, Hope stated: “On the tenth anniversary, it appears solely becoming to let you recognize that we’ve heard your misery calls loud and clear.
“At the moment, I am delighted to substantiate, on behalf of the workforce, {that a} sequel to Alien: Isolation is in early growth. We stay up for sharing extra particulars with you once we’re prepared.”
Inventive Meeting did not verify a ultimate title for the sport, a launch window, or goal launch platforms. Given the sequel is in early growth, it should most likely be a while earlier than we discover out what to anticipate or get our first look.
For now although, there’s real pleasure from Alien: Isolation followers, a lot of whom had known as on Inventive Meeting and proprietor Sega to greenlight a sequel ever for the reason that first recreation got here out. However its existence does come as one thing of a shock; Alien: Isolation bought a million copies inside three months of occurring sale, then 2.11 million after six months, which was not sufficient for Sega to have thought-about it a business success.
“Alien: Isolation 2 isn’t out of the query,” then Inventive Meeting studio director Tim Heaton informed GamesIndustry.biz in late 2015, “as a result of we’re so happy with it and there is presumably extra to be stated. However do we actually wish to be spending very vital quantities of cash, and getting near break-even or simply about within the black? That is not the place Sega needs to be, when we’ve a superb portfolio of different video games that do nice enterprise.”
IGN just lately revisted Alien: Isolation for the 10-year anniversary, exploring why the 2014 horror recreation is simply as impactful now as when it launched. “It’s an unforgettable feat of online game design that has efficiently endured the take a look at of time, and – just like the 1979 movie from which it burst forth – will undoubtedly nonetheless maintain up after one other decade has handed,” we stated. “At the moment, on its tenth anniversary, Alien: Isolation stays a singular, extraordinary expertise.”
It has been a tough time for Inventive Meeting in recent times, with the cancelation of dwell service shooter Hyenas, Whole Warfare: Pharaoh’s failure to seek out an viewers, and a big spherical of layoffs coming sizzling on the heels of a studio apology for the assorted missteps it had made with Whole Warfare: Warhammer 3 DLC.
Nonetheless, the UK studio nonetheless has loads within the works along with the Alien: Isolation sequel. Inventive Meeting is reportedly additionally engaged on a Whole Warfare Star Wars online game, considered one of three new Whole Warfare video games in growth. Whole Warfare followers have known as on Inventive Meeting to present a Star Wars recreation a shot for years, though there are equally vociferous requires the studio to observe its Warhammer trilogy of Whole Warfare video games with an analogous effort for Warhammer 40,000.
As for Alien, the franchise is on the up after the discharge of ‘interquel’ Alien: Romulus, which revamped $300 million on the international field workplace. Alien: Earth, the FX TV collection that takes place simply earlier than 2012’s Prometheus, comes out in 2025.
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