01-07-2019, 06:18 PM
Alien: Blackout brings the survival/horror staple to mobile
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<p> <span class="author">By Joe Robinson</span> <span class="date">07 Jan 2019</span> </p>
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<p>After the critical acclaim of <em>Alien: Isolation</em> on PC/console, I imagine there’s plenty of mobile gamers who’d want a decent <em>Alien</em>-esque experience on mobile on their smartphones or tablets. The real question is whether or not the recently announced <em>Alien: Blackout</em> is the droid you were looking for.</p>
<p>This game was teased last week after a trademark filing was spotted last year. Many people thought it might be a full-on <em>Alien: Isolation</em> sequel. I imagine those people are a bit disappointed.</p>
<p>Still, on paper <em>Blackout</em> 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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
<p><em>Blackout</em> is being developed by FoxNext Games, D3 Go! Whose previous claims to fame is some licensed <em>Puzzle Ques</em>t titles. Rival Games, from Finland, are also helping out, and you may know them from <em>Thief of Thieves</em>.</p>
<p>No word on a release date as of yet, but we know it’s coming to iTunes, Google Play and the Amazon App Store.</p>
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<p> <span class="author">By Joe Robinson</span> <span class="date">07 Jan 2019</span> </p>
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<p>After the critical acclaim of <em>Alien: Isolation</em> on PC/console, I imagine there’s plenty of mobile gamers who’d want a decent <em>Alien</em>-esque experience on mobile on their smartphones or tablets. The real question is whether or not the recently announced <em>Alien: Blackout</em> is the droid you were looking for.</p>
<p>This game was teased last week after a trademark filing was spotted last year. Many people thought it might be a full-on <em>Alien: Isolation</em> sequel. I imagine those people are a bit disappointed.</p>
<p>Still, on paper <em>Blackout</em> 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.</p>
<iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='654' height='368' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/JXgAMbyZZS8?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'></iframe>
<p>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.</p>
<p><em>Blackout</em> is being developed by FoxNext Games, D3 Go! Whose previous claims to fame is some licensed <em>Puzzle Ques</em>t titles. Rival Games, from Finland, are also helping out, and you may know them from <em>Thief of Thieves</em>.</p>
<p>No word on a release date as of yet, but we know it’s coming to iTunes, Google Play and the Amazon App Store.</p>
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