SEGA has confirmed Alien: Isolation has gone gold ahead of release, and launched the first in a new series of trailers to celebrate.

For those not in the know, "gone gold" means work on the game has finished, with the final version being pressed onto discs and boxed up in preparation for you lovely people buying it.As there's still a month until the game launches on October 7, it seems the team decided to spend their time creating a series of trailers for periodic release in a bid to keep us alternatively excited/wetting ourselves. There's nine of them in total, with the first viewable below:Players who pre-order the upcoming scarefest will get to relive two classic scenes from the original movie. For more on Alien: Isolation , be sure to check out our extensive preview from earlier this year.

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