07 Jan 2019
After the critical acclaim of Alien: Isolation on PC/console, I imagine there’s plenty of mobile gamers who’d want a decent Alien-esque experience on mobile on their smartphones or tablets. The real question is whether or not the recently announced Alien: Blackout is the droid you were looking for.
This game was teased last week after a trademark filing was spotted last year. Many people thought it might be a full-on Alien: Isolation sequel. I imagine those people are a bit disappointed.
Still, on paper Blackout doesn’t seem that bad so far. It’s billed as being a ‘survival/horror’ game, where you play as Amanda Ripley as she attempts to guide the crew of damaged space station to safety, out of the way of a rampant xenomorph.
The choices you make in the game, whether to sacrifice certain crew-members or try to use the station’s damaged systems, will affect the outcome. Pocket Gamer even thinks it’ll be a premium game, given that the action is spread across seven distinct levels. It’s not your typical freemium structure, at any rate, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Blackout is being developed by FoxNext Games, D3 Go! Whose previous claims to fame is some licensed Puzzle Quest titles. Rival Games, from Finland, are also helping out, and you may know them from Thief of Thieves.
No word on a release date as of yet, but we know it’s coming to iTunes, Google Play and the Amazon App Store.