Instead, Alien: Isolation harkens back to the survival horror template of the genre’s heyday. The stalking, creeping Xenomorph, a marvel of contemporary artificial intelligence in gaming, cannot be ...

Alien is back in the spotlight. Not only has Alien: Romulus proven to be a hit at the box office, there’s a TV series and a new game in the works. Sadly, the franchise’s gaming entries haven’t always ...

Across the many stories set in the Alien universe, there’s evidence to suggest the xenomorphs are part of some kind of hivemind that, at some level, operates as a collective consciousness. The same ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There's something specific about Ridley Scott's 1979 movie Alien that makes it such an enduring classic. With the combination of its heavy focus on ...

Few monsters manage to terrify me. Demons and ghosts do absolutely nothing for me, and while home invasion and crazed serial killers get a reaction out of me, it never lasts. Sure, there are instances ...

In any conversation about the best survival horror games ever, Alien Isolation should always get a mention. The game has just turned a decade old, and what better way to celebrate than by announcing ...

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Amanda Ripley (Andrea Deck) as she appears on the poster for 'Alien: Isolation' with a weapon in hand and a Xenomorph behind her. Image via 20th Century Fox Alien: Romulus has finally burst its way ...

The heart-pounding, cat-and-mouse tension of the Alien's pursuit is set to return. On the 26th (local time), Creative Assembly (CA), in partnership with SEGA, released a teaser for the sequel to ...

It’s been a very strong decade for the survival horror genre. Resident Evil returned to the top of the mountain with three fantastic remakes and two new entries to bring things back to basics; Alan ...