As the Alien franchise enjoys a resurgence across film and TV following 2024’s Alien: Romulus and the just-released Alien: Earth show, it comes as no surprise that 20th Century Studios is also ramping up the number of video game projects featuring Xenomorphs.
After a timid launch targeting VR headsets last year, Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition is bringing the bug hunt to gamers without access to VR on September 30.
The preview doubles down on the idea of one ex-Colonial Marine, Zula Hendricks, who must blast her way through “hundreds” of Xenomorphs with “thousands” of bullets and more than a few explosives. It’s safe to say getting ‘facehugged’ without a VR headset won’t be as intense, but Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition probably isn’t for the faint of heart regardless.
The character of Zula Hendricks was first introduced in the 12-issue series Aliens: Defiance by Dark Horse Comics. Rogue Incursion’s plot is centered on “black-site experiments” conducted by Weyland-Yutani (of course) on the uncharted planet of Purdan. The trailer alone reveals bigger and meaner types of Xenomorphs, so who knows what else is hiding in the shadows …
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As a reminder, we’re still waiting for news on ‘Part Two’ of Rogue Incursion; neither the VR version nor this Evolved Edition are the full story. That said, ‘Part One’ takes around 9 hours to beat. At $29.99, it feels like a perfectly sized piece of sci-fi survival horror.
Reviews for the VR release were mostly favorable, with the controls and presentation receiving the most praise; enemy AI, on the other hand, was heavily criticized, so maybe Survios has paid special attention to those issues in the re-release.
Pre-orders are now live across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store). The accompanying press release also confirms Rogue Incursion’s re-release is getting PS5 Pro-exclusive graphical improvements.
Alien: Rogue Incursion is currently available to buy as a VR-only title for PS VR2, Meta Quest 3, and Steam VR. This non-VR Evolved Edition is a separate release.




