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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Finally Announced From Veteran VR Studio, Set for Late 2024

We’ve been waiting patiently for veteran VR studio Survios to finally offer up some details on its next game, and today we finally have them. Alien: Rogue Incursion is described as a “single-player, action-horror VR game,” with an “all-new storyline full of heart-pounding action, exploration, and terrifying Xenomorphs.”

Almost two full years after Survios confirmed development on an Alien game in partnership with 20th Century Games, the studio has now confirmed the game’s title, target platforms, and release window.

Alien: Rogue Incursion is planned for a release date of “holiday 2024” (so very likely early December). The game will be released on PSVR 2 and PC VR, and for Quest our understanding is it will be exclusively available on Quest 3.

“Our team at Survios are huge fans of Alien and have been building Alien: Rogue Incursion for a long time, honing our ability to pair the most technically advanced, immersive, and engaging VR experiences with best-in-class franchises,” says TQ Jefferson, Chief Product Officer at Survios. “This fully original story embraces all our favorite elements from 45 years of Alien, from kinetic action and heart-pounding exploration to our terrifyingly resourceful Xenomorphs that will truly make your skin crawl. We can’t wait for fans to get their hands on it this holiday season.”

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‘Alien: Isolation’ is Free on Epic Games Store Starting Today

Alien: Isolation (2014) is still an awesome horror experience, even if the Xenomorph-filled game of ‘cat and mouse’ is showing its age when played on modern SteamVR-compatible headsets. Still, you can’t argue with free.

As one of the first ‘AAA’ titles to gain VR support back in the olden days (we’re talking 2014 here), Alien: Isolation isn’t only a bit of VR history, but it’s still one of finest horror survival games out there. It’s absolutely brimming with atmosphere and deadly Xenomorphs hunting you down.

Check out the video below to see what you could be doing this weekend:

Developers Creative Assembly never officially added in VR support in the full release, but there’s a common workaround that will get you playing in SteamVR headsets in short order.

Simply download the game, then the latest version of MotherVR mod, which you drop directly into the game’s folder. And there you have it, Xenomorphs in your face.

You can download Alien: Isolation right now, or just add it to your account for later by heading over to the Epic Games Store. Don’t wait!

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Alien: Isolation VR Mod Updated With Epic Games Store Support

The VR mod for horror game Alien: Isolation has been updated to include support for the Epic Games Store version, which was available for free for one day in late December.

Released in 2014, Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game set 15 years after the first Alien movie. You play as Ellen Ripley’s daughter, Amanda, navigating your way around the ship and hiding from xenomorphs. A mod for the game added full VR functionality, including motion controller support. Despite being fan-made, the VR mod for Alien: Isolation made it into an excellent VR survival horror title.

Back in late December, Alien: Isolation was available for free for one day only on the Epic Games Store and we encouraged anyone who was interested in trying out the VR mod to redeem a free copy. However, some of our readers soon reported that the VR mod didn’t work with the Epic Games Store version, as the mod was originally developed for the Steam release.

The creator of the mod, Nibre, released an update (the first in over two years) last week that rectifies the issue and adds support for the Epic Games Store version. If you snagged a free copy but weren’t able to get the VR mod working, you should be able to now.

You can download the new mod version over on github now and check out our guide on how to start playing Alien: Isolation in VR. And please let us know in the comments how it works out for you.

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Alien: Isolation Is Free On The Epic Games Store Today, VR Mod Works Great

One of the scariest games of all-time, which supports a full VR mod that even includes motion controller support, is totally free today only on PC via the Epic Games Store. You have until 8AM PT on 12/22/20 to grab it before it switches to tomorrow’s free game.

One thing to note: we don’t know for sure if this mod works with the Epic Games Store version, but it absolutely should. Here are details on getting the mod working, but make sure you refer to the official github listing for up-to-date information.

Alien: Isolation is a perfect fit for VR, so even though it’s a bummer we don’t have integrated official support, at least the mod works great. You see, the game had been shown with its VR support in the past, so it follows that modders were able to essentially “fully activate” in a sense.

In Alien: Isolation you take on the role of Amanda, Ellen Ripley’s daughter 15 years after the events of the first movie. You navigate through the ship and do your best to survive by hiding from xenomorphs and uncovering the secrets of what happened. It’s a true survival horror game that is full of tense moments.

Originally released in 2014 it does show its age visually, but it’s still an excellent survival horror game whether you’re a big fan of the film universe or not. There’s really no reason for you to not log onto the Epic Games Store right now and redeem your copy for free. It’s a great game!

Let us know what you think if you give the VR support a spin down in the comments below!

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Alien: Isolation Is 95% Off Today Only And Has A Great VR Mod

Alien: Isolation is one of the best and most tense horror games from the past decade and even though it doesn’t have official VR support, you can play it in VR thanks to a great mod. Grab the game now on Steam for 95% off (that’s just $2!) today only for Alien Day. That’s until 10:00AM PT 4/28/20.

Fans of the Alien film franchise or just fans of horror games in general owe themselves this treat if they haven’t had the chance to play Alien: Isolation in VR on PC. VR support was scrapped for the game’s full release, but it works very well using this mod. It doesn’t have motion controller support, but plays great with a gamepad and enable full head-tracking.

I’ve played and reviewed a lot of VR horror games and few of them measure up to the quality of Alien: Isolation’s atmosphere and palpable sense of slow-building terror. Getting chased by a xenomorph, hiding, and literally holding my breath because it felt so real, is easily one of my most memorable gaming moments.

In Alien: Isolation you play as Amanda Ripley, the daughter of the original movie’s protagonist, Ellen Ripley, fifteen years after the film’s events. Your goal is to unravel the truth behind your mother’s disappearance and try to get out alive.

Now, be aware of course that this game is six years old at this point, so it’s not exactly the most graphically impressive but it still looks really good. all things considered. Check out the mod here and let us know what you think if you give it a try! It’s still one of our favorites.

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‘Alien: Isolation’ on Sale for $2 for a Limited Time, One of VR’s First Great Games

Alien: Isolation (2014) was one of the first truly good games to get support for PC VR headsets. If you’re wondering why everyone is still crazy about years later, it’ll only take you $2 to find out.

Thanks to Steam’s one-day ‘Alien Day’ sale, the landmark survival horror game Alien: Isolation is on sale for $2, making for a 95% discount off the original $40 price tag. That’s without DLC however, which can be bought in its entirety in the Alien: Isolation Collection for $12.50. That includes the base game and seven expansions.

So what’s the big deal with a six-year-old game? Oculus had first featured the title when showing off Oculus Rift DK2 back in 2014, bringing a special made-for-VR demo of the game to trade shows that, at the time, was looked to be one of the first ‘AAA’ VR games.

Although developers Creative Assembly never officially added in VR support in the full release—you won’t find a VR headset listed in supported devices on the game’s Steam page—with the simple addition of a few extra lines of code you can actually play the entire game with a SteamVR headset.

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The MotherVR mod, which you drop directly into the game’s folder, is still functional (and free), so if you’re looking to experience a bit of VR history and a few atmospheric chills to go with your alien-driven game of hide and seek, there’s no better time than now.

Granted, the VR adaptation is definitely showing its age. There isn’t support for 6DOF controllers, so you can’t shoot or interact with objects like you would in modern VR titles. Cutscenes are also a bit disorientating, although these are fairly minor gripes in the grand scheme of things.

Check out some gameplay below to get a better idea of what awaits.

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Disney Sells VR Game Developer FoxNext, Alien Game’s Fate Uncertain

The Walt Disney Company will sell FoxNext Games and Cold Iron Studios to Scopely, a games studio that produces mobile games for Android and iOS.

FoxNext is a developer and publisher of VR content that Disney acquired as part of its purchase of 21st Century Fox in 2019. The developer had already released a VR Planet of the Apes game and a Predator VR game is listed for release on Steam. Cold Iron Studios was previously developing a game based on the Alien franchise, which could have possibly supported VR.

As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, while the deal will see Scopely acquire both publisher FoxNext Games and developer Cold Iron Studio, it will not include the Disney IP portfolio of licensed games, which includes the Alien series, as part of the now Disney-owned Fox IP.

This leaves the fate of the unnamed Alien game very much up in the air. We heard nothing about the game since early 2018, when a section of the FoxNext website listed a VR Studio and thus led to possibility of VR support for the upcoming Alien title. The game was due to be Cold Iron Studio’s first, led by industry veterans who had worked across a bunch of franchises like Borderlands, Metroid, Bioshock and DOOM.

Despite the acquisition deal not including the licensed IP games, there is a chance that the IP could be licensed out to Scopely as part of a separate deal. That being said, Scopely has only developed for mobile platforms thus far, and so it might be strange to see them pivot into traditional games, and potentially VR, as part of the acquisition.

As it stands, Cold Iron’s website only contains an image of the Alien from the franchise in question, with a “We’re Hiring” banner linking to open FoxNext positions. It’s unclear how long the site has shown the Alien image, but it might be an indication that the game was still being worked on recently.

We have reached out to contacts at both Scopely and Disney for comment on the status of the Alien game, and will update the article if we receive a response.

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A New Alien VR Game Could Be Announced Next Week

A New Alien VR Game Could Be Announced Next Week

It’s very possible that we see a new Alien game announced next week, and we might finally hear if it’s got VR support too.

The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has begun teasing next week’s show, which takes place on December 6th. The Game Awards always mix in new announcements with the prize-giving and earlier in the month Keighley tweeted the message ‘Worlds Will Change’ along with a teaser image.

What’s the got to do with Alien? Well the font and style looks very close to the Weyland-Yutani logo seen in the iconic sci-fi film series, and the big W in the top right corner is reminiscent of it too. More importantly, though, last week 20th Century Fox trademarked the name Alien: Blackout in relation to a videogame. The pieces are starting to come together.

Now cast your mind back to January 2018. We reported that FoxNext, a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox that has done a lot of work in the field of VR already, had acquired Cold Iron Studios and set them working on a new Alien game. At the time, a PR representative highlighted to UploadVR that the developer had experience “across mobile, console, PC and VR.”

It’s quite possible that we at least find out what this game is next week, then. Whether or not VR support is included is another question. VR veterans will remember that Oculus showcased a demo of Alien: Isolation inside the Rift DK2 headset years back, which modders were able to successfully implement into the full game, but nothing official ever came of it. It’s way past time someone made that right.

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Neues Alien-Spiel von FoxNext angekündigt, Hinweise auf VR

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Einer der Highlights im letzten Jahr war der Mod zu Alien: Isolation. Das Horror-Spiel im bekannten Alien-Univesrum erschien bereits 2014 und hatte einen VR-Modus implementiert, den Sega aber deaktivierte und nie freigeschaltete. Nun kündigt die Entwickler-Tochter von 20th Century Fox – FoxNext Games – ein neues Alien-Spiel an. Und es gibt gute Hinweise darauf, dass es einen VR-Modus geben könnte.

Neues Alien-Spiel angekündigt

Laut Mitteillung der PR-Agentur und der Pressemitteilung setzt sich das Team von FoxNext Games aus Industrie-Veteranen zusammen, die sich auf neue Erfahrungen für Smartphones, Konsolen, PC und VR spezialisiert haben. An einer Stelle in der Pressemitteilung ist sogar laut Upload VR von dem „FoxNext VR Studio“ die Rede. Das nährt den Verdacht, dass das neue auf dem Franchise Alien basierende Spiel auch eine VR-Umsetzung spendiert bekommen könnte.

Bei der Umsetzung haben die Coder von Cold Iron Studios die Finger im Spiel, die beispielsweise an Bioshock Infinite, Neverwinter, Borderlands und Metroid Prime 3 mitgearbeitet haben. Das Alien-Projekt soll das erste offizielle Spiel des Entwicklerstudios werden.
Noch ist sehr wenig bekannt über den Titel, selbst einen Namen nennt FoxNext Games noch nicht. Bis das nächste Alien-Spiel auf den Markt kommt, wird es also wohl noch etwas länger dauern. Bis dahin kann man sich mit dem Mod zu Alien: Isolation die Zeit vertreiben und hoffen, dass der neue Titel vollständigen Support für die virtuelle Realität mitbringt.

(Quelle: Upload VR)

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