VR veteran studio Survios and twentieth Century Video games are partnering to develop an Aliens franchise sport for VR, PC and console.
The only-player, motion horror sport is untitled for now, nevertheless it’s mentioned to function an authentic storyline, set between the Alien and Aliens films, the place a “battle hardened veteran has a vendetta towards the Xenomorphs.”
From that description it doesn’t sound like we’ll be hiding a lot in closets and skulking round corridors à la Alien: Isolation, one of many earliest non-VR video games to incorporate a VR mode that really labored very well—however you by no means know.
Apart from the truth that it’s being developed in Unreal Engine 5, there’s nonetheless a lot to study Survios’ subsequent title. We’re certain to listen to extra on the San Diego Comedian-Con panel on July twenty first although referred to as “Alien: Increasing a Darkish and Horrifying Universe”, so keep tuned.
“After I joined Survios in 2020, it was to construct larger, extra formidable video games, utilizing one of the best leisure franchises throughout console, PC, and VR platforms,” mentioned TQ Jefferson, Chief Product Officer at Survios. “Aliens is a definite and terrifying world that followers like to be entrenched in, and it’s good for Survios’ confirmed experience in creating immersive gaming experiences.”
“The huge universe of Alien is filled with untold tales, and alternatives to create gripping authentic video games,” mentioned Luigi Priore, vice chairman, Disney, Pixar and twentieth Century Video games. “We’re thrilled to work with a crew like Survios who shares our ardour for Alien, and for immersing followers into new worlds and experiences.”
Survios, a veteran in VR gaming, is understood quite a lot of VR titles over time. It’s developed titles based mostly by itself IP, together with Dash Vector, Battlewake, Electonauts, and Uncooked Information, and has additionally partnered to develop VR video games round third-party IP comparable to Creed: Rise to Glory, The Strolling Lifeless Onslaught, and Puzzle Bobble VR.