Survios’ Aliens game follows recent announcement of another project set in the franchise, Aliens: Dark Descent, a new single-player squad-based action game from Tindalos Interactive. That studio is currently working on something very different: an over-the-top loot-driven shooter called Hyenas. Survios says its project will build on the studio’s “expertise in creating immersive and authentic gaming experiences.” The game is being built using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5.Ģ0th Century Games and Survios say more details will be revealed at next week’s Comic-Con in San Diego, at the Alien: Expanding a Dark and Frightening Universe panel on July 21.īeyond that, we don’t know much about the next big Aliens game, but it sounds like it could satisfy fans of 2014’s Alien: Isolation, the single-player survival horror game (that was similarly set between Alien and Aliens) from developer Creative Assembly. The new Aliens game will star a battle-hardened veteran who has a vendetta against the Xenomorphs, according to the game’s official website. 20th Century Games and Survios, the developer behind VR games like Creed: Rise to Glory, Raw Data, and Sprint Vector, say their untitled project will be “an untold Aliens story” set during the 57-year gap between the events of the original Alien and sequel, Aliens. Its probably a lot better for a first playthrough. If you dont install the mod youll get stuck in a locker for 5 minutes while the alien circles the room and youll learn to hate the game rather than enjoy it. Have you tried Alien: Isolation in VR? You can buy it on Steam for $39.99 (or $49.99 with all DLC) or in this currently active Spooky Horror Humble Bundle for less than $10 until 9/4/17.A new game based on the Alien franchise is coming to consoles, PC, and virtual reality platforms, promising an “intense single-player, action horror game” experience set in the sci-fi franchise. The mod keeps the alien from becoming too familiar and keeps the story moving along. Nibre is planning to eventually add motion controller support, but it’s just keyboard + mouse or gamepad for now. For more detail on why we’re so obsessed with playing this game in VR, don’t forget to read this detailed analysis of why it’s so immersive and terrifying. You can see some more gameplay in another video embedded above. Under the default “General” tab click on the “Set Launch Options” button, type “-steamvr” into the field, and click “Ok.” Now when you launch Alien: Isolation (and have your VR headset plugged in with SteamVR running) it should automatically open up in VR. Just right click on the game’s title in your Steam library and then left click on “Properties” down at the bottom of the drop down menu. That Launch Options setting took me a few minutes to find. If you also want SteamVR support for a Steam copy of the game then drag over “openvr_api.dll” into the game folder and ad “-steamvr” to the Launch Options in Steam too. All you do is download the mod files and drag the one named “dxgi.dll” into your Alien: Isolation game folder. Installation is dead simple as even I (someone that is typically terrified of tinkering with game files) easily got it to work. So if you want to play Alien: Isolation in VR on your Rift or Vive right now, you need this mod. But I’d assume if you’re a VR consumer you’re used to a bit of experimentation. Text and numbers from menus and interactive objects are very tough to read, some of the camera placement is wobbly and wonky, and it’s definitely going to make some people sick. ![]() Granted, it was not designed exclusively for VR or officially ported directly so there are still some rough edges. The simple fact you can look around inside of lockers while hiding makes it so much more terrifying. Having played plenty of VR horror titles such as Resident Evil 7 on PSVR, which is also seated, as well as standing motion controller games like Killing Floor: Incursion, and full-blown roomscale experiences like A Chair in a Room: Greenwater, I can honestly say that Alien: Isolation is still a top-tier VR survival horror title. Here’s a video of me playing it with a Xbox One gamepad, seated, in an HTC Vive VR headset: With the latest patch to a mod created by a developer that goes by Nibre, you can finally play Alien: Isolation in VR through direct SteamVR support. I tend to agree with those people.īack when the game first came out there was a way to play it by modding the game files and unlocking an “experimental” VR mode, but that didn’t work on consumer headsets like the Oculus Rift CV1 until very recently and didn’t work on the HTC Vive at all until just last week. Some people even regard it as the best-ever game based on the popular Alien series of films. Like many survival horror titles it seems to have gotten better as time goes on as the subtle intricacies of its design are slowly uncovered and appreciated.
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