Few video games capture the essence of their inspiration quite like Alien: Isolation. Creative Assembly ... the final loop of The Quarantine. The card unlocks a nearby door that leads directly ...

"I'd always been a huge fan of the first film," says Alistair Hope, Alien: Isolation's director ... the sad story of Chief Porter (whose name and ID card pic came from writer Will) is one of ...

In this chapter from writer Andy Kelly's unofficial Alien ... a Spanish art director, who used hidden hydraulic rams to make the flower-like pods open slowly. Ripley inserts an ID card into ...

Even with the realistic graphics of Isolation, which aren’t up to modern standards, they somehow seem more alive and real thanks to the rock-solid art design first established by Alien in 1979.

The Art of Alien Isolation by Andy McVittie, from Titan Books, was released on October 2014 to coincide with the launch of its companion game. It provides an in-depth look at the development from ...