Alien or Aliens : which is the better film? It's one of cinema's oldest debates, with Ridley Scott's seminal 1979 classic perfecting the art of horror and science-fiction fuelled suspense, while James Cameron's 1986 action-packed sequel set the template for over two decades of video game culture to...

In many respects, the Ripleys of Alien fame are a lot like the Brodys from Jaws. The heads of the family - Ellen and Martin, respectively - are just trying to get by in life doing less-than-stellar jobs in mostly unexciting places until some arsehole monster comes along to ruin it all.

"Let me see if I have this correct, Lieutenant - it's an 8-foot creature of some kind with acid for blood, and it arrived on your spaceship. It kills on sight, and is generally unpleasant." -Superintendent Andrews, Alien 3 Alien is one of my favorite films of all time.

Through no fault of its own, Alien: Isolation had a lot to prove right out of the gate. Critics were universally disappointed with the last attempt at incorporating the ‘Alien' franchise into a video game experience with Aliens: Colonial Marines from Borderlands developer Gearbox.

It has been a rough few years for the Alien games, but their unlucky streak is close at an end. Alien Isolation is a far cry from the previous games and is far more true to the movies.

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Too Much Padding | Cinematics Need to be Improved

In 1979, Ridley Scott and company introduced the world to Hollywood's most petrifying extraterrestrial, and we all know I'm not referring to Spielberg's kindly, soft-hearted E.T. but rather the heart-ripping endoparasitoid that invaded our nightmares for years to come.

Alien: Isolation will make you scream in both frustration and euphoria but succeeds where many games of this franchise have failed

The 1979 film Alien still stands as one of cinema's most memorable films. Originally labelled a haunted house movie set in space, it created a whole new sub-genre of science fiction horror, kickstarted the careers of Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, and introducing mainstream audiences to the...

HR Giger's alien has often been dealt a disservice by videogames. Described as the "perfect organism" in Ridley Scott's original movie, the videogame xenomorph has been anything but.

Those who played the awful Alien: Colonial Marines would be forgiven for coming into Isolation with a negative attitude, after all, the aforementioned title was looking amazing right up until release, where it then turned out to be nothing like the previews had suggested and was even completely...