Aliens: Dark Descent announced for 2023

One of the first reveals at the Summer Game Fest was Aliens: Dark Descent, a new release based on H.R. Giger’s sinister creatures. It’s set to launch sometime in 2023. Aliens: Dark Descent is launching on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC.

According to developer Tindalos Interactive, Dark Descent is a single-player, squad-based action game. The cinematic trailer only showed a hint of gameplay, but it’s a top-down real-time strategy game, similar to XCOM — a departure from the previous Alien: Isolation.

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Rachel Kaser

Rachel Kaser is a gaming and technology writer for from Dallas, Texas. She's been in the games industry since 2013, writing for various publications, and currently covers news for GamesBeat. Her favorite game is Bayonetta.