The Bugs Are Back: New Aliens Video Game Announced

Colonial Marines 2.0?

Much like its cinematic counterparts, the Alien video game franchise is something of a mixed bag in terms of quality. You have incredible gaming experiences such as Alien: Isolation, which managed to capture the dread and style of Ridley Scott’s original masterpiece. On the other end of the spectrum,  you have Aliens: Colonial Marines, an FPS so broken that we’ve done our best to wipe it from our memories.

Now it seems that a new studio has taken up the task of giving creating the action-fest fans of the franchise have been craving. The only question is whether they can pull it off or not.

According to an article on Gamespot – 

A new video game based on the Alien sci-fi series is on the way. FoxNext Games, the video game division of film and TV giant Fox, made the announcement of a new shooter game for PC and console, but that’s basically all we know about it so far.

The untitled game is in development at the San Francisco-based Cold Iron Studios, which was established in 2015 and is now owned by FoxNext. Cold Iron is staffed by people who worked on titles such as Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, BioShock Infinite, Borderlands, Doom, and Metroid Prime 3. The new Alien game will be Cold Iron’s first title.

Beyond the fact that it is a shooter, FoxNext also said this game will “deliver an action-packed gaming experience.” No other details are available at this time.

We’re sure that Aliens fans will be the first to sing its praises if the gunplay turns out to be great, but given how everyone is still trying to get the bad taste of Colonial Marines out of their mouths, its going to quite the ordeal.

See for yourself where Alien: Isolation landed on our picks for the Top 10 Scariest Sci-Fi Games!