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Creative Assembly says Alien: Isolation 2's protagonist is a Yutani employee, which offers 'a new perspective to the franchise' — 'Weyland-Yutani is an English-Japanese speaking company, and the Japanese side doesn't really get explored that much'

Creative Assembly says Alien: Isolation 2's protagonist will offer "a new perspective to the franchise"
Blake is a Weyland-Yutani employee, with principal environment artist Archie Whitehead saying the Japanese side hasn't been explored a lot
Principal UI artist Laura Mouther says Blake isn't like any other Alien protagonist and "is such an interesting character to explore"

Alien: Isolation 2 will offer a totally new perspective on the Alien franchise by telling a story from the viewpoint of Yutani employee Blake, and Creative Assembly believes players will love her.

Speaking to TechRadar Gaming at Gamescom, principal environment artist Archie Whitehead and principal UI artist Laura Mouther discussed what they're most excited for players to experience in the upcoming sequel, highlighting the game's protagonist, Blake.

Blake works for Weyland-Yutani Corporation, a mega-conglomerate and the major human-led antagonist throughout the sci-fi series, but is employed specifically on the Yutani side of the...

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Apple Is Reportedly Developing a Screenless Fitness Tracker

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Data security startup Cyera raised $400M from Goldman Sachs in a Series G extension, bringing its total funding since June 2025 to $1.94B

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What Does Anti-Aliasing Actually Do To Your PC Games?

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Paramount will need to release way more movies to make this merger work

Now that Paramount has reached a settlement with the 12 states that were suing to block its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the studio is even closer to becoming one of the world’s biggest production houses. In addition to spending at least $300 million more on

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Apple Is Reportedly Developing a Screenless Fitness Tracker

Data security startup Cyera raised $400M from Goldman Sachs in a Series G extension, bringing its total funding since June 2025 to $1.94B

What Does Anti-Aliasing Actually Do To Your PC Games?

Paramount will need to release way more movies to make this merger work