It’s still unclear what exactly is going on with the Alien: Isolation property, but 20th Centruty Fox has announced yet another piece of its apparent transmedia expansion. This corner of the Alien universe, which has once again become relevant due to teasing on social media followed by the release of mobile game Alien: Blackout, is now a “digital series.” Releasing exclusively through massive video game and pop culture website IGN, this series takes actual content from the Alien: Isolation video game and adds more to it.
This digital series version of Alien: Isolation literally comprises the cutscenes from the video game, edited into a seven-part series with additional scenes woven in with the original material. The intent here, to quote the announcement, is to “bring the tale of Amanda Ripley to life in a whole new way.”
The series will debut on IGN on Thursday, February 28 at 9:00 AM PT. All seven episodes will be available at once, of course for binge watching purposes.
Originally, Alien: Isolation launched in 2014 for various platforms, published by Sega and developed by Creative Assembly. It was a horror game meant to capture the vibe of the original film, as well as be an actual sequel to it. In the story, Amanda Ripley is searching for traces of the Nostromo, the ship her mother Ellen was on board that has been missing for 15 years.
What may strike fans as weird here is that, based on comments in the past from Creative Assembly and the fact that developer has moved on, Alien: Isolation wasn’t a big financial success. Although it did land several high review scores, it seemed like the world had moved on with respect to this IP. After all, Fox’s own video game label is working on a AAA shooter set in the Alien universe. Yet, here we are, with Isolation itself being reconstructed into a web series as part of a mysterious, continuing initiative. It will be fascinating to see where else this goes.
[Source: IGN via YouTube]
Alien Isolation
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Alien Isolation Welcome
Welcome. Your nightmare begins now.
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Alien Isolation
See this guy? You need to run from him. It's all you can do.
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Alien Isolation Sega Presents
Oh, that's right. SEGA published this game.
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Alien Isolation Buttercream
Enjoy it while it lasts...
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Alien Isolation Save Station
These take forever to save!!!
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Alien Isolation Ripley is A Badass
Amanda Ripley is just like her mother - a born killer.
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Alien Isolation Ready for Your Closeup
Nobody make a smell.
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Alien Isolation Pretty Fire
That is some fancy-looking fire.
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Alien Isolation Nobody Make A Sound
OMGWTFDON'TMOVE!!!
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Alien Isolation Ominous Tail
Please don't touch me please don't touch me...
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Alien Isolation Oh Hell No
Oh hell naw!
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Alien Isolation Motion Tracker In The Clear
Radar looks good.
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Alien Isolation Moody Lighting
Oddly, you cannot cross that beam.
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Alien Isolation Meet Harold
Harold is a great evolution of the Roomba.
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Alien Isolation Make A Path
Hope you know how to read this thing...
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Alien Isolation Locks of The Future
Behold! The security of tomorrow, today!
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Alien Isolation Just Outside Jupiter
Such beauty serves as a backdrop to such grotesque horror.
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Alien Isolation I Need Some Chick Nuggets
Super-size those chick nuggets, please!
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Alien Isolation I Dont Like The Looks of That Background
Explosive background!
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Alien Isolation Flare on
No, really, what's going on here?
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Alien Isolation Flare on Again
Something ain't right...
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Alien Isolation Featuring Wall E
Batteries not included.
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Alien Isolation Dont Worry Hes Just An Android
Whew! He's a nice android, right?
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Alien Isolation Creases In The Fabric
Nice detail!
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Alien Isolation Captured Moments Before My Death
Do you see it? AHH!
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Alien Isolation Be Very Scared
I should probably just run with this guy to safety.
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Alien Isolation Bay 42
42: Not the answer to everything this time.
