Alien: Isolation
A bold approach to the licensed game pays off in this inventive slice of deep space terror.
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Digital FoundryAlien Isolation on Switch looks better than PlayStation 4
Minor visual downgrades eclipsed by a big leap in image quality.
VideoVideo: Is Alien: Isolation's Trauma DLC worth sticking around Sevastopol for?
Is there a doctor in the house?
Digital FoundryFace-Off: Alien: Isolation
PS4 and Xbox One take on PC, 360 and PS3 in a five-way battle.
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4th December 2019
21st November 2019
11th May 2015
21st January 2015
9th December 2014
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21st October 2014
Alien Isolation: Corporate Lockdown DLC release date revealed
12th October 2014
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3rd October 2014
29th March 2014
7th January 2014
Digital FoundryAlien Isolation on Switch looks better than PlayStation 4
Minor visual downgrades eclipsed by a big leap in image quality.
Enjoy a fleeting glimpse of Alien: Isolation gameplay on Switch in latest trailer
Also now confirmed to include all DLC.
Nintendo Switch getting Alien Isolation, Resident Evil 5 and 6
Plus: Panzer Dragoon, Super Lucky's Tale.
Alien Isolation's cutscenes are now an official digital series
There is an explanation for this, you know.
Alien Isolation joins Batman Arkham on Xbox Game Pass tomorrow
Plus: Headlander! Mickey! Walking Dead! Soon.
Fox says more Alien games are coming amid mobile game backlash
It was a bad call.
There's a new Alien game starring Amanda Ripley
UPDATE: Don't consider it a sequel to Alien Isolation, though.
20th Century Fox teases new Amanda Ripley Alien game
"Daughter. Rebel. Hero."
FeatureAn ode to video game doors
Walking you through the doors of Doom, Dark Souls and more.
FeatureThe untold origin story of Creative Assembly
"I decided this kettle had to die."
New horror-themed Humble Bundle offers very cheap Alien: Isolation
Plus Layers of Fear, Dead by Daylight, and Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location.
Alien: Isolation modder adds VR support
Finishing the work The Creative Assembly started.
Alien: Isolation 2 rumour isn't true
Game over, man.
Alien: Isolation mod removes alien
You can finally admire the art direction in peace, mostly.
Alien: Isolation sales reach 2.1m, FM15 810K
I'd Amanda recount.
Sega Steam sale makes Alien: Isolation a mere £7.99
With the Sega Bundle 92 per cent off.
Alien Isolation dev hiring for "another multiplatform AAA blockbuster"
Is it sequel time?
Shadow of Mordor does simply win GDC 2015 Game of the Year
Should think a sequel is very likely.
Alien: Isolation's fifth DLC add-on The Trigger out today
Three new maps in the original Survivor mode.
Alien Isolation, Watch Dogs 60% off in huge Xbox sale
UPDATE: Weekend discounts on Halo: MCC, Killer Instinct, more.
Alien: Isolation leads 2015 BAFTA Game Awards nominations
Rufus Hound replaces Dara Ó Briain.
Alien: Isolation passes 1m sales mark after three months
Slower than Colonial Marines.
Third Alien: Isolation DLC pack adds tough one life Salvage mode
In space no-one can hear you 1up.
Games of 2014: Alien: Isolation
You're Newt going to believe this.
FeatureReader's top 50 games of 2014
What do you mean it's another 8?
Alien: Isolation's latest update adds new difficulty modes
Nightmare and Novice.
VideoVideo: Is Alien: Isolation's Trauma DLC worth sticking around Sevastopol for?
Is there a doctor in the house?
Alien: Isolation's Trauma DLC pack out today
You play chief medical officer Dr. Lingard.
Video game price rises spark UK inflation bump
"Consumers are prepared to pay for these amazing experiences."
A game jam in his honour
Total War/Alien dev Creative Assembly remembers dearly departed friend.
Alien: Isolation dev probes PS4 patch problems
UPDATE: Sega removes patch, explains how to uninstall it.
Alien Isolation: Corporate Lockdown DLC release date revealed
Features three new challenge maps and a fresh playable character.
Alien: Isolation enters UK chart in second place
DriveClub crashes into fifth.
Digital FoundryFace-Off: Alien: Isolation
PS4 and Xbox One take on PC, 360 and PS3 in a five-way battle.
Alien: Isolation gets Oculus Rift support via fan hack
In space, no one can hear you cream.
VideoVideo: Watch us play Alien: Isolation's DLC from 5pm BST
That's no moon!
Digital FoundryPerformance Analysis: Alien: Isolation
Ripley's believe it or not.
VideoVideo: Do you want to see Alien: Isolation's Blade Runner easter egg?
If not, don't click on this link!
RecommendedAlien: Isolation review
I think we're alone now.
Get scared and die trying in Alien: Isolation's Survivor Mode
Ian versus Gav. Does anyone make it out alive?
FeatureSometimes I wish more games were just a vertical slice
Always leave them wanting more, not less.
FeatureLiving with the Alien: What it's like to spend a day with Alien: Isolation
It's impressed at press events, but is Alien: Isolation's long-game just as spectacular?
Alien: Isolation's Ripley DLC isn't just for pre-orders
Quit griping - it'll be available separately later.
Sigourney Weaver and original Alien cast to star in Alien: Isolation
Though it's a pre-order bonus only.
Alien Isolation Oculus Rift prototype is just that
"Does not represent a game currently in development."
FeatureWeapons are never the solution in Alien Isolation
"It's absolutely not a shooter..."
VideoVideo: Creative Assembly on creating a faithful Alien game
"We needed to create new stuff that felt completely true to the original."
Alien Isolation release date announced
All other priorities are rescinded.
FeatureAlien Isolation: "I didn't expect smiling and laughing"
Creative Assembly's Al Hope on what Rezzed visitors can expect when they face the xenomorph.
EGXCreative Assembly to announce Alien: Isolation date at EGX Rezzed
It's the only way to be sure.
Video: In Alien: Isolation "you'll never feel safe"
"We wanted to make the alien scary again."
EGXAlien: Isolation playable at EGX Rezzed in March
World's first hands-on on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
VideoWhy Alien: Isolation is the Alien game you've been waiting for
Plus more from Outside Xbox.
No plans for Alien: Isolation on Wii U, dev says
You have my sympathies.
FeatureHow Alien: Isolation recreates the horror of the 1979 original
The xenomorph in the room.
Alien: Isolation details appear on Xbox Games Store
UPDATE: Listing back online, Alien spotted, co-op references removed.
Now Alien Isolation screenshots leak
They're coming.
Alien Isolation artwork leaks ahead of official reveal
Shows space, Amanda Ripley.
Creative Assembly's Alien FPS stars Ripley's daughter Amanda
For current and next-gen consoles in 2014, says report.
Total War dev making Alien game
Creative Assembly can hear you scream.