
Mike Diver, the writer behind books such as The Console: 50 Years of Gaming and From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops, has just revealed that his next book will be a complete history of Alien's Xenomorph appearances in games.
Aliens: The Video Games (working title) is slated to be released sometime next year and was described by Diver in a Twitter post as "a complete guide to all the official (and some unofficial!) games starring the nasty Xenos from the movies".
It looks to feature interviews with key people related to the Alien franchise's history in games, though the exact identity of these individuals is still being kept a secret at this moment in time — likely ahead of a more official announcement from its publisher.
Given we already have Andy Kelly's upcoming book Perfect Organism arriving later this year, in August, which looks set to cover Alien Isolation in detail, it will be interesting to see how this new book will complement that release with coverage of the other games that feature H.R Giger's alien.
We're excited to see, for instance, what info Diver will be able to dig up on Konami's 1990 arcade game Aliens, as well as other titles like Alien 3, Alien Trilogy, and Alien Resurrection.
We'll let you know here when more information is revealed, but you can also follow Diver on Twitter to keep a tab on any upcoming announcements.
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Very cool idea! I actually just picked up a copy of Alien Isolation on Switch.
I've been playing Alien 3 on the Analogue Pocket Game Gear Adapter. Good little game actually - tough, but you can get through!
I remember playing Alien Trilogy at my mate's house the week it launched. I know the game hasn't aged particularly well, but I hope this book manages to capture that special feeling of playing these early 3D games for the very first time. This was a genuinely terrifying experience at the time!
if they forget Animaniacs on SNES this book is trash.
@Blast16
Is it completely on the cart?
@Spider-Kev yes, including all the expansion DLC. There was no download prompt when I popped it into the Switch. Very refreshing!!
@nocdaes I have Alien 3 on Genesis, have been enjoying since I borrowed from my friend in 1995! I’ll have to try out the GG version some time.
@Blast16
Thanks!
I'll buy it soon now!
I think I got it off VGP., shipped from Canada 👍
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