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 ...

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.

In the 35 years since Giger's terrifying, implacable space alien first stalked the ragtag crew of the Nostromo, sequels and spin-offs have slowly but surely neutered the once unkillable beast by ...