British video game developer The Creative Assembly uses sound effects and music to keep players in a permanently tense state when exploring its video game Alien: Isolation. The title is a spin-off ...

Audio plays a hugely important role in how we experience games, immersing players further into the gameplay. One misplaced sound could be the difference between immersion and comedy. As part of our ...

'Alien Isolation' is out on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC from Tuesday October 7. 'Alien Isolation' is a first-person video game inspired by Ridley Scott's 'Alien'. That probably sounds awful, ...

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The musical duo of Joe Henson and Alexis Smith is becoming more and more prolific in the world of video games. The pair have created the score for titles ranging from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – ...

Alien: Isolation ($49.99) is one of the best games of the year, and a far cry from 2013's disastrous Aliens: Colonial Marines. Instead of using James Cameron's Aliens as its foundation, as so many ...

There's something lurking in the corner of the room; something big, ugly and grotesque. It's stalking the shadows, sizing up its prey, and everybody's in fear of the havoc it's wreaked - yet no-one's ...

A metallic “clank” echoes above sending my nerves into hysterical overdrive. I freeze, too scared to gently push the analogue stick of my controller forward slightly just in case it makes a noise.

Creative Assembly set out to capture the true horror of Ridley Scott's Alien movie. The developer's E3 demo suggests it has succeeded It is so close you can hear its breath. You are huddled under a ...

British video game developer The Creative Assembly uses sound effects and music to keep players in a permanently tense state when exploring its video game Alien: Isolation. The title is a spin-off ...