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PayPalIt's not quite the classic real Alien series but I'll take it. Rebellion just revealed the off-world first-person action horror Alien Deathstorm.
Mixing together violent weather with blood-thirsty monsters, it's all sounding pretty close the the actual Alien series but perhaps just different enough to be their own thing. Rebellion are no stranger to the Alien series, since they developed Aliens vs Predator. Heck, the aliens shown in the trailer look like a weird hybrid between the Alien's Xeno, Predator and Stranger Things all in one.
Have a gander at the footage below:
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More about it from the press release:
In Alien Deathstorm, you play as the Combat Engineer, a highly trained first responder, who has been dispatched to a remote, off-world colony that has suffered a complete loss of communications. Arriving days or potentially weeks ahead of a full rescue fleet, your job is to determine what has caused the colony to fall silent and try to save as many lives as possible.
As you land, the Deathstorm is tearing the colony to shreds. You must navigate the ongoing destruction, amid apocalyptic conditions and with the threat of unknown alien horrors. You knew it was going to be bad, but it’s much worse than you thought it would be, and it’s going downhill fast. What you thought was a rescue mission has now become a fight for survival.
It will be out sometime in 2027.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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will have to wait several years if its infected with denuvo on release though (and hopefully gets removed later).
Quoting: Eocene84They might get a c&d for having Alien in the title. But I'm defintely interested.Alien is a word, I don't think anyone can claim it as intellectual property. There might be specific cases where it could be trademarked, but it's like with Apple--they can sue you for calling a computer an apple, but they can't sue you for calling an apple an apple. In this case, the game is calling an alien an alien. I don't think that's actionable.
Quoting: Purple Library GuyBecause the product looks similar enough that Disney could argue it could confuse consumers. I'm not saying I want that to happen. Just saying I wouldn't be surprised if they had to change the name.Quoting: Eocene84They might get a c&d for having Alien in the title. But I'm defintely interested.Alien is a word, I don't think anyone can claim it as intellectual property. There might be specific cases where it could be trademarked, but it's like with Apple--they can sue you for calling a computer an apple, but they can't sue you for calling an apple an apple. In this case, the game is calling an alien an alien. I don't think that's actionable.
Quoting: Eocene84I can imagine it looking similar enough for a lawsuit, but I would have thought the remedy for that would be changing the look, rather than the name.Quoting: Purple Library GuyBecause the product looks similar enough that Disney could argue it could confuse consumers. I'm not saying I want that to happen. Just saying I wouldn't be surprised if they had to change the name.Quoting: Eocene84They might get a c&d for having Alien in the title. But I'm defintely interested.Alien is a word, I don't think anyone can claim it as intellectual property. There might be specific cases where it could be trademarked, but it's like with Apple--they can sue you for calling a computer an apple, but they can't sue you for calling an apple an apple. In this case, the game is calling an alien an alien. I don't think that's actionable.
Gerarderloper a day ago
I'll keep an eye on it.
Quoting: ridgeLooks like good fun, and doesn't seem to be using Unreal Engine or chasing the latest ray-tracing trend either, great! :)I'd be surprised if it isn't Rebellion's own Asura engine.
Quoting: Eocene84Since the "Alien Breed" series of games has been left alone all these years - while featuring both obvious Xenomorph rip-offs and "Alien" in the name - I think they're pretty safe. I also don't think this specific alien looks much like the Xenomorph at all.Quoting: Purple Library GuyBecause the product looks similar enough that Disney could argue it could confuse consumers. I'm not saying I want that to happen. Just saying I wouldn't be surprised if they had to change the name.Quoting: Eocene84They might get a c&d for having Alien in the title. But I'm defintely interested.Alien is a word, I don't think anyone can claim it as intellectual property. There might be specific cases where it could be trademarked, but it's like with Apple--they can sue you for calling a computer an apple, but they can't sue you for calling an apple an apple. In this case, the game is calling an alien an alien. I don't think that's actionable.
Other games that would hinder any legal action: "R-Type" (Xenomorph rip-off), "Alien Syndrome" (Xenomorph and Colonial Marines rip-offs), "Ninja Gaiden" (Xenomorph rip-off), "TMNT IV: Turtles in Time" (Xenomorph rip-off - also featured in the comics), "Alien Rampage" (Predator similarity), "Contra" (both Xenomorphs and facehuggers are "homage'd" here), and "Alien Storm" (less Giger inspiration, but the name's similar to this new game).
So, with a lack of visual similarity, a bunch of Xeno-rip-offs in games already, and with the abundances of games already on Steam with a name that starts with "Alien", I don't think they have much to worry about 😁
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
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