I am absolutely terrified of horror games. To be clear, I don’t mind horror and have actually acquiesced to the genre quite well. Rather, and not that there is any real shame in it, I simply cannot ...

The Alien franchise has made some interesting pivots in recent years. Ridley Scott's prequel films have largely been abandoned, Alien: Romulus attempted to bridge the gap between the first and second ...

In the decade-plus since the release of Alien: Isolation, the game never faded from the minds or mouths of horror aficionados. With such a tall legacy, I was excited to jump into Alien: Isolation 2 at ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States who has been working with GameRant since August 2023 and self-publishing since May 2025. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has ...

He has been writing professionally since 2017 and covering games since 2019, with work spanning lists, news, features, and ...

Alien: Isolation 2 uses Xenomorph legacy animations the studio designed for the first game but didn't have the technology to implement at the time.

My hands-on with Alien Deathstorm had all of the intensity and fear that I wished Alien Isolation 2 had at Summer Game Fest.