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    RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS

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    Rumor: Next Alien game developed by Creative Assembly, called "Alien: Isolation"

     

     

    The next video game in the world of Aliens will star the daughter of superstar space officer Ellen Ripley, according to a Kotaku source.

    The game is called Alien: Isolation, and we hear it will be on both current- and next-gen consoles next year. Isolation is developed by the British studio Creative Assembly (Total War); it's a first-person shooter that uses both stealth and horror elements; and it's inspired by games like Dishonored and Bioshock, according to our source, a person familiar with goings-on at Sega, who spoke under condition of anonymity in the interest of protecting their job.

    Perhaps most importantly, our source says that Sega took the critical reception to Aliens: Colonial Marines very seriously, and that the publisher put together a postmortem following the near-unanimously negative reactions to their last Aliens game, which was developed by the studios Gearbox and TimeGate. They want to make sure Isolation is a better game, and according to our source, it's already been delayed at least once—Sega originally planned to announce the game at E3 of 2013.

    I first heard about Alien: Isolation this spring, not long after reporting on the disastrous story of Colonial Marines. I couldn't confirm what I'd heard, and I figured that with the game early in development, some of these details would be fluid, so I sat on the info.

    But today, news came out that Sega has trademarked the name Alien: Isolation. With the title corroborated, I feel comfortable sharing everything I've heard.

    According to our source, the protagonist of Alien: Isolation is Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, the character that made Sigourney Weaver famous and kicked off the ubiquitous sci-fi franchise over 30 years ago. Amanda, who is mentioned in the special edition of Aliens as having died while Ellen was frozen in space, has not yet been the focus of any books, movies, or games in the Alien extended universe.

    You, as Amanda, spend most if not all of the game on a single space station, according to our source. There's only one alien for "most" of the game, our source said; you'll mostly be shooting through "clones and soldiers." Vents, lockers, and melee weapons are a big part of Isolation, our source said, and the game is heavily inspired by the first Alien movie.

    Keep in mind much of this information is from six months ago; details may have changed over the course of development, as they sometimes do. However, our source re-confirmed many of these details today.

    In 2011, Sega announced that Creative Assembly was working on an Alien game, but details have been sparse. Creative Assembly's most recent game, Total War: Rome II, was quite buggy at launch, but Luke revisited the game last week and gave it a positive review.

    Sega declined to comment for this story.

     

     

    Inspired by Dishonored and Bioshock?

    Interested.

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    RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS

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    I'm gonna wait for end 2014/early 2015 with a GPu upgrade, when the 20nm nodes are finally mass available.

     

    R9 290X sounds like this immense powerhungry monster that will soon become obsolete once Team Green comes forward with Maxwell. I'll wait for that. I always prefered Nvidia anyway.

    Movies You've Seen Recently

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    L'orde et la morale (Rebellion)

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242521/?ref_=sr_1

     

    Film about a hostage situation in some French colonial island. GIGN captain and some of his men get captured by dissidents, and from there a web of complexities and morales involved to to resolve the situation peacefully will be presented to the viewer in a slow, intelligent and no-nonsense fashion. Goes beyond typical terrorists gonna terrorist banalities.

     

    Americans would have just dropped a bomb on it and called it a day.

    STEAM!

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    Steam Machine prototype specs:

    http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse#announcements/detail/2145128928746175450

    The 300 prototype units will ship with the following components:

    • GPU: some units with NVidia Titan, some GTX780, some GTX760, and some GTX660
    • CPU: some boxes with Intel : i7-4770, some i5-4570, and some i3
    • RAM: 16GB DDR3-1600 (CPU), 3GB DDR5 (GPU)
    • Storage: 1TB/8GB Hybrid SSHD
    • Power Supply: Internal 450w 80Plus Gold
    • Dimensions: approx. 12 x 12.4 x 2.9 in high

    RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS

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    God, what a waste of time. 5 minutes I waited for something to happen and nothing did. If you're reading this, just scroll to 10 seconds before the video ends to see what it's about.

     

    You just don't get it.

     

    I don't get it either.

     

     

    A refreshing minimalistic and measured pacing in an industry where 30 seconds cannot pass without an explosive set piece or dramatic moment? A genuine sense of mystery? A subtle undercurrent of creepiness built from small environmental details and seemingly innocuous events?

     

    Nah, of course you wouldn't get that.

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