Another AAAAliengame, which some are hoping will be the long-awaited sequel to 2014’sAlien: Isolation,is rumored to be in development. There have been numerous video games based on theAlienmovies released over the years, but Creative Assembly’s tension-filledsurvival horror gameraised the bar to a level that many people feel has not been reached since.
There is already another entry in the franchise in development,Aliens: Dark Descentby Tindalos Interactiveand Disney’s 20th Century Games. While its world premiere reveal trailer in June left many fans feeling optimistic,Dark Descentwill be a top-down real-time strategy game and may not hit the same spot for some that a first or third-person action title would.
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That’s where the rumors of a project codenamed Marathon come in. According to Insider Gaming, anonymous sources have provided documents to support their claim that a new AAAAliensgame is in development for current-gen consoles. Marathon, whose developer is still undisclosed, is expected to be released during the 2023 holiday season and will be a survival horror experience that takes inspiration from theDead SpaceandResident Evilfranchises. Other than that, not much is known about the mysteriousAliengame.
These tidbits can be combined with other confirmed industry information, however, and have led some to the tentative supposition that Project Marathon may be the sequel toAlien: Isolationthat fans have been clamoring for since 2014. That game’s developer, Creative Assembly, clearly states in its Twitter bio that it is working on “two new unannounced projects.” And indeed, the source who leaked the information about Marathon also said that anAlien: Isolationsequelhas either been pitched or is already in development.
However, the wording of the leaks raises the possibility that Marathon and the rumoredAlien: Isolationsequel are two different beasts. The sources, who provided documentation and even concept art to back their claims, said Marathon is “in development.” The status of theAlien: Isolationgame, on the other hand, seems to have been described with less certainty.
Creative Assembly is already known to be working on theteam-based multiplayer shooterHyenas, which is being developed in collaboration with Sega. As for what one of the unannounced games might be, Creative Assembly is primarily known for its extensive list ofTotal Wargames. The latest of these,Total War: Warhammer 3,came out in February 2022, and the company has consistently released entries in that franchise on a nearly annual basis for the past 10 years. That leaves one unannounced project up in the air, and it seems plausible that it may be anotherAliengame.
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