{"id":37962,"date":"2023-10-13T14:15:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1907468"},"modified":"2023-10-13T15:00:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:00:55","slug":"alien-blackout-game-being-ripped-from-stores-as-devs-face-hard-decision","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/alien-blackout-game-being-ripped-from-stores-as-devs-face-hard-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien: Blackout game being ripped from stores as devs face \u201chard decision\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> It&#8217;s game over man. Game over! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Cole Luke\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 13 October 2023 at 12:15 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The oft-overlooked Alien: Isolation mobile follow-up, Alien: Blackout, is being pulled from mobile storefronts as the devs face a \u201chard decision\u201d about the future of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Alien: Blackout served as an \u201cunofficial\u201d sequel to Isolation, and players took the role of Ellen Ripley\u2019s daughter, Amanda, once more.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than personally sneaking around Sevastopol Station, however, Amanda was firmly planted in a control room, guiding other crewmates through a Weyland-Yutani facility to safety via security cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, though, the Xenomorph would sniff out the player and try to make their way into the control room, forcing them to cut off all power to seal the door akin to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/fnaf-games-in-order-five-nights-at-freddys-release-and-story-timeline\/\">Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s<\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p>Players have until 31st October to purchase the game from either the App Store, Google Play or the Amazon Store for \u00a30.99<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXntXkEHw8\">pic.twitter.com\/rXntXkEHw8<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Alien: Blackout (@AlienBlackout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlienBlackout\/status\/1711801350571577576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>Publisher 505 Go took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce the decision.<\/p>\n<p>No word has been given on what has caused this \u201chard decision\u201d, as the game doesn\u2019t have anything in the way of live services requiring developer support, but it is most likely a licensing issue.<\/p> <p>We are personally hoping that Creative Assembly has an official sequel in the making and license holder Fox doesn\u2019t want any confusion among players.<\/p>\n<p>There is absolutely nothing in the way of evidence to support this, but that would be our darkest desire.<\/p>\n<p>Creative Assembly\u2019s foray into first-person survival horror wowed us back in 2014, and its retro-futuristic visuals still look stunning today.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, nothing other than Blackout has explored Amanda\u2019s story any further due to some negative reviews.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6338231434112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p>In the director\u2019s cut of James Cameron\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/alien-predator-movies-watch-order\/\">Aliens<\/a>, Ellen Ripley\u2019s daughter is revealed to have died aged 67, leaving plenty of time in Amanda\u2019s life to continue the search for her mother.<\/p>\n<p>We did get a new Alien game in the form of Aliens: Dark Descent, a real-time tactics game that captured much of the intense dread that made the movies and Isolation so compelling.<\/p>\n<p>There was also the third-person co-op shooter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/aliens-fireteam-elite-release-date-trailer-gameplay-pre-order-and-more-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aliens: Fireteam Elite<\/a>, released in 2021, which is thematically much more in line with Cameron\u2019s Aliens.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these good games, people are still clamouring for an experience like Alien: Isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, they might find what they are looking for in the upcoming Routine, which was re-revealed during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/summer-game-fest-2022-announcements-trailers-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summer Game Fest in 2022<\/a> after many years of silence.<\/p>\n<p>Set on an abandoned lunar base, Routine bears many similarities to Alien: Isolation, down to its analogue retro-futurism and handheld scanner.<\/p>\n<p>Mick Gordon of Doom Eternal fame has composed the soundtrack, so it\u2019s safe to assume Routine will be an auditory feast as well as a visual one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/one-more-life-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One More Life podcast<\/a>, subscribe to our <a 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