Alien: Isolation will be released on October 7, SEGA has announced.

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The survival horror shooter will be available globally on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC from that date. Alien: Isolation is a first-person survival-horror game, and the development team wants to capture the essence of Ridley Scott's 1979 classic Alien, as players are tasked with evading the Xenomorph threat on the outer fringes of space.Though we've yet to have any official confirmation, last we heard from developer Creative Assembly it was keen to try and get the game outputting at native 1080p on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One . For more on Alien: Isolation, be sure to check out our in-depth preview of the upcoming game , replete with interviews with the creative team.

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