VR veteran studio Survios and twentieth Century Video games are partnering to develop an Aliens franchise recreation for VR, PC and console.
The only-player, motion horror recreation is untitled for now, nonetheless it’s mentioned to function an unique 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 truly labored very well—however you by no means know.
Moreover the truth that it’s being developed in Unreal Engine 5, there’s nonetheless a lot to find out about Survios’ subsequent title. We’re positive to listen to extra on the San Diego Comedian-Con panel on July twenty first although known as “Alien: Increasing a Darkish and Scary Universe”, so keep tuned.
“Once I joined Survios in 2020, it was to construct greater, extra formidable video games, utilizing the perfect 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 unique video games,” mentioned Luigi Priore, vp, Disney, Pixar and twentieth Century Video games. “We’re thrilled to work with a group like Survios who shares our ardour for Alien, and for immersing followers into new worlds and experiences.”
Survios, a veteran in VR gaming, is thought numerous VR titles through the years. 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 similar to Creed: Rise to Glory, The Strolling Lifeless Onslaught, and Puzzle Bobble VR.