Scientists are stunned by HD 189733b, a blue planet 63 light-years away, resembling Earth but far more hostile. Orbiting its star in just two days, it endures scorching temperatures, supersonic winds,

Maybe we did not create life in the biological sense, but maybe we created something stranger: an alien form of intelligence.​

Isolation, the game never faded from the minds or mouths of horror aficionados. With such a tall legacy, I was excited to jump into Alien: Isolation 2 at Summer Game Fest to learn more about how Creative Assembly was planning to follow up on its smash horror hit.

Of all the series most ripe for a virtual reality adaptation, few have greater potential than Alien. I mean, who aside from Ellen Ripley herself wouldn’t want to experience the thrill of being hunted by the perfect organism without that whole “risk of ...