One of the reasons Ridley Scott’s Alien was so terrifying is the reluctance to, in Scott’s words, “show you too much of the monster”. That slow burn, the fear of the unknown, glimpses of something ...

Creative Assembly's game is worthy of Ridley Scott's original Alien. If you're a fan of that sci-fi horror classic, or survival horror, or stealth games, give Alien: Isolation a try.

Creative Assembly set out to capture the true horror of Ridley Scott's Alien movie. The developer's E3 demo suggests it has succeeded It is so close you can hear its breath. You are huddled under a ...

There's something lurking in the corner of the room; something big, ugly and grotesque. It's stalking the shadows, sizing up its prey, and everybody's in fear of the havoc it's wreaked - yet no-one's ...

Few video games capture the essence of their inspiration quite like Alien: Isolation. Creative Assembly’s 2014 survival horror looks as if it were made by the set designers of Ridley Scott’s movie ...

The best graphics of the next gen and the most terrifying survival horror gameplay of recent years, but will you be loving the alien? A few months ago a reader asked whether we’d recommend ...

IN all honesty, horror games have never been my cup of tea; I get a sharp intake of breath when I miss a tackle playing FIFA. So as I waited for Sega’s Alien Isolation to download on my PlayStation 4, ...

In the 35 years since Giger's terrifying, implacable space alien first stalked the ragtag crew of the Nostromo, sequels and spin-offs have slowly but surely neutered the once unkillable beast by ...