Creative Assembly drops first look at the Alien: Isolation sequel

Twelve years after the original Alien: Isolation game was released across platforms, on the official "Alien Day" meant to celebrate the beloved franchise, game developers Creative Assembly are returning to the world of xenomorphs and unreliable robots to once again terrify the living daylights out of us.

The teaser trailer, aptly titled "False Sense of Security," does a lot with very little, from the flashing red light in a poorly lit room to the ominous background music and eventual close-up of what looks to be a payphone, with the word "Emergency" appropriately backlit.

As you might expect from the makers of the original game, Creative Assembly is clearly reluctant to over-share, relying on atmosphere and sound to do the heavy lifting, but the brief glimpse we get of the background when the door opens suggests the possibility that, unlike the first...