Chris Carter

From the old school “20th Century Fox” opening to the first few seconds, Alien: Isolation wants you to know that it takes after the first film from the series it was based on. One alien, one spaceship, one chance at survival.

Developing a licensed game can be extremely difficult. Not only does Monolith Productions have the Lord of the Rings film series to honor with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, but the developer also has to work in many aspects of Tolkien’s other works to weave together a story that calls from multiple sources.

Along with Catacomb, Wolfenstein was one of my first FPS games. One of the fondest memories I have of my father is playing it “co-operatively,” where one of us moved and the other shot enemies and opened doors.