Alien: Isolation
We’re stepping outside of our usual medium this week to talk about our very first horror video game, Alien: Isolation . I first became aware of Alien: Isolation a few years ago when I saw my brother playing it on his XBox. As a huge fan of the Alien franchise, I was intrigued but didn’t have a XBox. I was delighted last December when it was announced that Isolation would be released on the Nintendo Switch. Alien: Isolation is a survival horror video game set in the Alien franchise. It was written by Dan Abnett ( Warhammer 40,000 ), Dion Lay ( Total War: Three Kingdoms ), and Will Porter ( Mafia: Definitive Edition ) and was directed by Alistair Hope ( Halo Wars 2 ). Alien: Isolation was originally released for Microsoft Windows, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, XBox 360, and XBox One on October 7th, 2014 and a port to the Nintendo Switch was released on December 19th, 2019. Alien: Isolation received generally positive reviews upon its release. Set fifteen years after the event...