What a very “video game” name that is
Our first new game reveal of Summer Game Fest 2022 involved Xenomorphs, and that had to be on someone’s bingo card, right? Tindalos Interactive and Focus Entertainment showed off a cinematic trailer for Aliens Dark Descent with soldiers facing a seemingly hopeless situation — you know the one! — and a sneaky bit of isometric gameplay footage at the end. It’s a squad-based action game. Not what I was expecting, at all.
The game’s official site fills in more info, with a mention of “permanent” death, “shortcuts” and “safe zones,” and “setting up motion trackers in a persistent world where your actions impact levels forever.” Aliens Dark Descent will have threats like Facehuggers, Alien Queens, rogue humans, and a “host of horrifying creatures new to the Alien franchise.” On that note, this is an “original” story.
As little as the trailer gives away, I like the sound of needing to manage “health, resources, and sanity, to avoid permanent team losses and mental breakdowns” in between missions.
Aliens Dark Descent is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in 2023.
Jordan Devore
Jordan is a founding member of Destructoid and poster of seemingly random pictures. They are anything but random.
