The existence of a new Alien AAA title has been reported, with some fans believing it would be the successor to 2014’s Alien: Isolation. Although several Alien-themed computer games have come out throughout the decades, many fans agree that Creative Assembly’s psychological horror title set a new standard for the genre.
Tindalos Interactive and Disney’s 20th Century Games are hard at work on a sequel to their hit Alien thriller, titled Aliens: Dark Descent. Dark Descent’s debut video at E3 in June excited many players, but the fact that it’s a top-down real-time tactical game means that it won’t be for everyone.
Codename Marathon
This is when whispers about development with the pseudonym “Marathon” come into play. A fresh Aliens AAA title is reportedly in the works for modern consoles, as shown by papers leaked to Insider Gaming by unidentified insiders. Marathon, whose creator is still unknown, is a survival horror game that will likely be launched around the 2023 Christmas period and will be heavily influenced by the Dead Space as well as the Resident Evil series. Besides that cryptic detail, though, not much more is available about the Alien video game.
These facts, when paired with additional known business data, have led some to the working hypothesis that Project Marathon is the successor to Alien: Isolation that enthusiasts have been demanding since 2014. Creative Assembly, the studio behind that title, announces in its Twitter profile that it is developing two new, as-yet-unannounced projects. The same leaker who revealed details about Marathon also claimed that a successor to Alien: Isolation had been proposed or was in the works.
Nevertheless, the phrasing of the disclosures increases the likelihood that Marathon and the reported Alien: Isolation successor are two separate entities. Marathon is “under production,” according to the insiders, who backed up their assertions with documents and even concept drawings. The state of the Alien: Isolation title, in contrast, hand, appears to have been reported with less precision.
Hyenas is an upcoming collaborative cooperative shooting being created by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. If we look at Creative Assembly’s track record, we may guess at least one of the undisclosed titles will be part of the Total War series. Total War: Warhammer 3 was launched in February 2022, and over the following decade, the developer has launched a new installment in the series virtually every year. It’s possible that the last undisclosed project is another Alien video game.
