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The game is currently being developed by French studio Tindalos Interactive, which had previously developed the Battlefleet Gothic: Armada series of real-time strategy video game. Set 20 years after the events of Alien 3, a team of colonial marines must stop a Xenomorph outbreak while gathering resources to repair their Otago spacecraft in the moon base of Lethe.

According to the developer, each mission in the game lasts 'anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour'. Players can evacuate during a mission to prevent losing the entire squad.

Squad members may die permamently after being attacked. They may miss their shots, behave irrationally, or even sabotage the player's mission. Their combat performance may be affected if they were put under too much strain. Each character has their own mental traits. Players need to maintain not only the physical health but also the mental health of these characters.

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īetween missions, players can upgrade and customize their characters. Welding a door may stop the Xenomorphs from advancing, but it may also block the player's route in subsequent visits. The changes to level layout are permament. They can also use electrical saw to open locked doors, or welded door shut as they retreat from one room to another. Players are encouraged to explore the moon station, discovering short cuts and deploying motion trackers which allows players to track alien movements. While combat happens in real time, players can briefly slow time to a crawl in order to issue commands or set up an ambush. The game features five starting character classes, each with their own unique weapons and abilities. Players need to issue commands to a squad of four colonial marines, who must battle the Xenomorphs and rogue agents from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. Set in the Alien franchise, the game is set to be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in June 2023.ĭark Descent is a real-time strategy video game played from a top-down perspective. Aliens: Dark Descent is an upcoming real-time strategy video game developed by Tindalos Interactive in collaboration with Disney's 20th Century Games and published by Focus Entertainment.

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