Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player) (4 Player Online)
- Genre
- Release Date
PlayStation Store
26th Apr 2016, $19.99
26th Apr 2016, £14.39
PlayStation Plus Extra (Subscription)
- 13th Jun 2022
- Tags
- Controller Support
- Official Site
- playstation.com
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
"I like to keep this handy, for close encounters"
Housemarque is renowned for a couple of things: its consistently brilliant arcade titles with incredibly moreish gameplay, and its gloriously colourful visual effects. The Finnish developer's body of work is a kaleidoscopic tour-de-force, the games as vibrant as they are deceptively deep. It should...
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Alienation News
News PS4 Exclusive Alienation Loots Local Co-Op Patch
Stronger together
Alienation didn't set the world alight quite like Resogun before it, but in a year that's seen the release of several strong PlayStation 4 exclusives, it's one of the better ones. And now it's been updated as part of patch v1.03, bringing with it the local co-op support which was promised all the way back at launch. You'll be able...
News Housemarque Confirms Local Co-Op for Alienation the Only Way It Knows How
Together forever
We think that PlayStation 4 exclusive Alienation is out of this world, but one drawback is the lack of local multiplayer at launch. Stephen Tailby mentioned in our review that Housemarque tends to provide stellar post-release support for its games, however, and it hasn't taken long for the Finnish firm to confirm that it'll be add
News The Art Lead on Alienation Has Sadly Passed Away
At just 42
There's a bit of sad news coming out of Housemarque today: veteran Finnish developer Antti Kallioinen has passed away. Having worked in the industry for many years all around the world, Kallioinen joined the Resogun developer in 2012 in order to serve as the Art Lead on its upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive, Alienation. "Antti Kallioinen...
News It's Time to Pick Your Class in Bombastic PS4 Shooter Alienation
Suit yourself
The time's come to argue with your friends over who gets to use what character class in upcoming PlayStation 4 shooter Alienation. Naturally, each class has its own strengths and weaknesses, and is largely defined by which abilities it has at its disposal. Along with a gameplay trailer, the three images that we've embedded should help...
News Alienation Annihilates Evil Alien Aggressors this April on PS4
New shooter from Resogun dev looks appetizing
Alienation's finally crash landed with a confirmed release date, and it's brought along a rather great looking new trailer, too. Housemarque's latest shooter sees you fend off alien scum using a wide variety of weapons and abilities, and you can join up to three allies if you want even more chaos on your...
News Resogun Dev's Alienation Annihilates Extraterrestrials on 23rd March
Photon home
Even though we weren't the biggest fans of isometric undead off-er Dead Nation, a new Housemarque title is always worth anticipating. And speaking on Twitter, the Finnish firm has revealed that Alienation will be charging its photon blaster in preparation for a 23rd March release. The game was previously listed for 2nd March on the UK...
News Don't Worry, Alienation on PS4 Looks All Kinds of Rad
Bring the beat back
This is why you should never doubt Finnish developer Housemarque's ability to deliver: Alienation looks freakin' rad. When the studio revealed a few details regarding its isometric shooter earlier in the week, we lamented the lack of footage, as everything that it was describing sounded like Helldivers to us. It turns out that...
News Housemarque's Alienation Will Test Your Teamwork
Out of this world
It's hard not to be hyped for a Housemarque title – but we wished that the Finnish outfit had provided some new footage alongside its latest Alienation progress report, as everything that it's describing screams Helldivers to us. That's not a bad thing – we loved Arrowhead's isometric shooter – but we would like to know what...
Gamescom 2014 Housemarque Exterminates the Alien Scum with PS4 Exclusive Alienation
Nuke it from orbit
Housemarque, the talented team behind PlayStation 4 darling Resogun, officially unveiled its new title at Sony's Gamescom conference today. Dubbed Alienation, the game is a 4 player co-op top-down shooter in the same vein as the developer's previous outing
About The Game
Gather together Earth's steeliest soldiers and prepare to make bloody mulch out of invading alien forces as you take back the planet.
The fight is out there: drop in as soon as you're suited up and join with up to three other players as they face down staggering odds. Or, when the heat is on, call on others to back you up and help drive away the extra-terrestrial hordes.
Combine the most brutal firepower and the deadliest tactics to secure victory. Flank forces and target weak points to create strategic advantages or simply go shoulder to shoulder and let rip a devastating ballistic tidal wave – this is your war soldier, fight it your way.
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