If Alien: Romulus whet your appetite for the iconic science fiction franchisethe good news is that a promising video game is on the way. According to Insider Games reports that a new game in the Alien franchise is once again in development. The report's sources mentioned that the single-player game will take place on a “decaying space station” as an arcade survival horror game that can be compared to “Shadow of [the] Tomb Raider with Xenomorphs.”
This isn't the first time we've heard about this Alien game that was first reported in 2022 under the code name “Marathon”. According to Insider Gamesthe game went through several developers, but most recently it came to Eidos Montreal, which developed Shadow of the Tomb Raider and is currently working on the upcoming Fable reboot. The report added that the game's development budget has been increased to less than $75 million from the original budget of $30 million set several years ago.
Insider GamesThe report notes that the game is still in “early development” but could include Ripley 8, the human-xenomorph hybrid first seen in Someone else's resurrection. Game details and release date are still subject to change, but Insider GamesSources said the game is “in good shape at the moment” and is expected to release in 2028 on all platforms.
