Fox Innovation Lab announces a virtual reality experience for the upcoming sci-fi horror filmAlien: Covenant, with series creator Ridley Scott executive producing.
Award-winning film director Ridley Scott is no stranger to the world of video games. He’s beeninvolved withCall of Dutyin the past, and even had a hand in creating a VR experience for his 2015 science-fiction hitThe Martian. Ridley Scott’s foray into the gaming industry will continue with a VR experience forAlien: Covenant, which is in development for unspecified virtual reality platforms.
As reported byVariety, Ridley Scott will serve as executive producer for theAlien: CovenantVR experience, which is being developed by Fox Innovation Lab, with David Karlak in the director’s chair. No release date is available at this time, but sinceAlien: Covenantwill hit theaters on May 19th, 2017, one has to imagine that the VR experience will be made available around the same time.
So far, there aren’t many additional details available onAlien: Covenant’s VR experience. We do know that it will be a paid title, but we’re not sure which virtual reality platforms Fox Innovation Lab is aiming for. However, now that Oculus Rift has theOculus Touch controllersavailable, all three major VR headsets can basically perform the same functions, so there’s a chance we’ll seeAlien: Covenantrelease for Oculus Rift,PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive at some point in the future.
Whatever platformsAlien: Covenant’s VR experience lands on, it should provide an unnerving experience for gamers, if Fox Innovation Lab achieves its goals, that is. The studio has described theAlien: CovenantVR experience as “dread-inducing,” as players navigate alien environments while making major “life and death” decisions.
If Fox Innovation Lab succeeds in makingAlien: Covenant’s VR experience truly horrifying and more fun to play than its critically panned take onThe Martian, we may see moreAliengames come to virtual reality. Before newAlientitles are created from the ground-up for virtual reality technology, though, it’s possible that 2014’sAlien: Isolationcould come to VRfirst, as previously teased by Sega.
A successfulAlien: CovenantVR experience could see Ridley Scott bring more of his franchises to virtual reality. He doesn’t seem to share fellow filmmakerSteven Spielberg’s pessimismon the technology, and for fans of science-fiction that want to become more immersed in the worlds of their favorite films, that’s a good thing.
Alien: Covenant’s VR experience is in development for unspecified VR platforms.
