Something unexpected is brewing in the world of Alien. There’s no surprise that a new, AAA Alien video game is on the way. The project being in development has been announced, and we may even have a title, although that’s more speculative. That said, the official Instagram for the whole franchise has been teasing something over the past day or so, and whatever it is, it’s connected to Alien: Isolation.
Here’s the rundown: Since yesterday, the Alien Instagram account has been posting slightly animated illustrations that tell a story of the historically evil Weyland-Yutani corporation doing some real nasty stuff with the titular murder creature. There have been six of these images so far, and it seems like that may be it for now as they tell a somewhat complete story.
It begins in what seems like an unknown narrator blowing the lid off a secret Alien research facility. As it progresses, things get worse and worse, until it ends with Weyland-Yutani air-bombing a hapless colony with facehuggers. The unknown narrator pleads with the reader to tell the world about this, as they themselves fear a discrediting campaign if they were to try themselves. Now, if you take a look at the hashtags in the first few slides, there’s a hint at who the narrator might be.
Amanda Ripley, the daughter of movie protagonist Ellen Ripley and protagonist of Sega and Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation is named with a hashtag. While her name conspicuously disappears from the tags as the story progresses, this is a deliberate, obvious nod to Alien: Isolation. Could this be a lead-in to the next game, which could be called Alien: Blackout? Or could it be something else entirely? Alien is no stranger to transmedia projects, after all.
[Source: Alien Instagram]
Alien Isolation
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Alien Isolation Welcome
Welcome. Your nightmare begins now.
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Alien Isolation
See this guy? You need to run from him. It's all you can do.
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Alien Isolation Sega Presents
Oh, that's right. SEGA published this game.
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Alien Isolation Buttercream
Enjoy it while it lasts...
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Alien Isolation Save Station
These take forever to save!!!
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Alien Isolation Ripley is A Badass
Amanda Ripley is just like her mother - a born killer.
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Alien Isolation Ready for Your Closeup
Nobody make a smell.
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Alien Isolation Pretty Fire
That is some fancy-looking fire.
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Alien Isolation Nobody Make A Sound
OMGWTFDON'TMOVE!!!
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Alien Isolation Ominous Tail
Please don't touch me please don't touch me...
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Alien Isolation Oh Hell No
Oh hell naw!
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Alien Isolation Motion Tracker In The Clear
Radar looks good.
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Alien Isolation Moody Lighting
Oddly, you cannot cross that beam.
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Alien Isolation Meet Harold
Harold is a great evolution of the Roomba.
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Alien Isolation Make A Path
Hope you know how to read this thing...
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Alien Isolation Locks of The Future
Behold! The security of tomorrow, today!
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Alien Isolation Just Outside Jupiter
Such beauty serves as a backdrop to such grotesque horror.
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Alien Isolation I Need Some Chick Nuggets
Super-size those chick nuggets, please!
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Alien Isolation I Dont Like The Looks of That Background
Explosive background!
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Alien Isolation Flare on
No, really, what's going on here?
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Alien Isolation Flare on Again
Something ain't right...
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Alien Isolation Featuring Wall E
Batteries not included.
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Alien Isolation Dont Worry Hes Just An Android
Whew! He's a nice android, right?
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Alien Isolation Creases In The Fabric
Nice detail!
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Alien Isolation Captured Moments Before My Death
Do you see it? AHH!
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Alien Isolation Be Very Scared
I should probably just run with this guy to safety.
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Alien Isolation Bay 42
42: Not the answer to everything this time.
