Overview
- Insider Gaming reports the long-stalled Alien project, once codenamed Marathon and passed between studios, has moved to Eidos-Montréal.
- Sources describe a single-player “arcade survival horror” planned for all major platforms with a tentative 2028 release window.
- Reported gameplay blends stealth, combat, platforming, puzzles, and resource management with adaptive Xenomorph AI that responds to player tactics.
- Leaked character details name an engineer protagonist, Aubrey, with magnetic boots and a grappling hook, an antagonist called Ryuzo, and Ripley 8, with Sigourney Weaver’s participation unverified.
- The budget is reportedly near $75 million, up from an earlier estimate around $30 million, and both Eidos-Montréal and Embracer declined to comment.