It’s been a troublesome outdated time for builders making an attempt to carry the Alien franchise to the gaming world. The likes of Colonial Marines had all however killed hopes of an honest adaptation, whereas Isolation was a ravishing love letter to Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror masterpiece. As such, Alien: Rogue Incursion has so much to dwell as much as.

After all, we are able to’t choose it at this stage, however within the meantime, we’ve got been handled to a brand new trailer that exhibits us who the protagonist of the upcoming recreation shall be. Within the footage, we get the standard accoutrements related to the Alien video games earlier than chopping to a shot of Zula Hendricks being one thing of a badass.

Mixed with footage from the early construct of the sport, there’s an impression that Rogue Incursion goes for that high-octane, gun-shootin’ motion that’s extra akin to James Cameron’s imaginative and prescient.

How does Hendricks match into the Alien universe?

Don’t fear should you don’t know who Zula Hendricks is. I need to admit, I needed to do some little bit of studying myself to see how she matches into the Alien universe. Whereas she’s not been a function of the movies, the Xenopedia web page exhibits that she’s extra of a comic book e book character. Nonetheless, she is seemingly talked about within the novelization of Alien: Isolation.

As such, Hendricks is extra of a canonical (if considerably obscure) character, reasonably than a brand-new protagonist. How she’ll fare towards the long-lasting Xenomorph creatures is anybody’s guess at this stage. However she seems like she will be able to maintain her personal, judging by the above trailer.

It’s a disgrace that Alien: Rogue Incursion is a VR unique. I’d wager there are many individuals who would like to play an action-packed shooter that takes place within the Alien world with a personality who’s lore-friendly with out the usage of a headset. Oh properly. I suppose us non-VR gamers will simply be over right here wishing for Isolation 2 as an alternative.