It’s been two years since the last non-VR Alien release, Aliens: Dark Descent, and eleven years since the highly regarded Alien: Isolation. Schofield later co-founded Sledgehammer Games and directed three mainline Call of Duty titles; his most recent project, The Callisto Protocol, was conceived as a spiritual successor to Dead Space but underperformed both critically and commercially.
If offered an Alien project, Schofield says he would set firm conditions for his participation.
“I have to own the creative,” he told the outlet. “That’s not even negotiable. Because I won’t make a great game unless it’s mine and I’m so ingrained in it—then I will give you 130%.”
Believing The Callisto Protocol deserved a fairer reception — not award-winning, but certainly not the costly flop it became — I’m open to the idea of Schofield tackling the Alien universe.
Still, a Schofield-led Alien title feels unlikely. In July, Schofield told GamesRadar that he’d “decided to walk away” from a new horror project and, facing funding shortfalls, wondered if he’d “maybe directed my last game.”
Thankfully, we also have a handy guide to the best space games you can play right now.
Source: gamesradar.com
