Survios is working on a brand new single player Aliens game for both VR and traditional game systems.
†Survios has entered into a new partnership with 20th Century Games to develop an intense single-player action-horror game set in the iconic Alien universe,” the studio wrote. to his website† †This new Aliens game will feature an original storyline, set between the Alien and Aliens movies, in which a seasoned veteran has a vendetta against the Xenomorphs. The game will take full advantage of Survios’ expertise in creating immersive and authentic gaming experiences, and is being developed for PC, console and VR.”
The title is being built in Unreal Engine 5, and the studio is keeping more details secret until a San Diego Comic-Con panel on July 21.
Survios is, of course, the studio behind a number of VR titles, including Raw Data, Electronauts, Sprint Vector, Creed, The Walking Dead: Onslaught and more. Aliens, meanwhile, is a surprisingly good fit for VR horror. A popular mod of the traditional game title Alien: Isolation from 2014 gave a glimpse of what a real Alien game might look like to headset owners, all the way back to the early Oculus Rift development kits. For example, I still have pretty clear memories of being scared while hiding from the Xenomorph in a locker in DK2. If Survios can capture even some of that experience on more modern headsets, this new Aliens game could be absolutely terrifying in VR.
We’ll bring you details as soon as we have them.