Rebellion just released a brand-new trailer for its forthcoming action horror shooter Alien Deathstorm and Rebellion’s Head of Design Ben Fisher has highlighted five key takeaways about what you can expect from the game…
Since we announced Alien Deathstorm in March at the Xbox Partner Preview, we have been hard at work in the studio, and we are delighted to finally be able to reveal more about the title this week at gamescom. Starting with our brand-new trailer:
As you will see the game is certainly action packed. To give you some context, Alien Deathstorm is a science fiction FPS that sees you take the role of an Engineer who has been sent to an off-world colony that has lost contact with Earth. You arrive on the planet knowing that things are going to be bad… but this is so much worse than you expected. What had started as a rescue mission is now a desperate fight for survival!
The mega-storm
One of the first thing that you will notice from the trailer is the effect the mega-storm is having on the mining colony. The storm is apocalyptic in scale and is literally tearing the planet apart. It is an ever-present and escalating danger. The scale of the carnage presents an immediate threat to life, and you will have to navigate through the wreckage if you are to survive.
Outside the world is being decimated by the mega-storm and is crawling with aliens but if you think you can find solace by heading indoors you will find that the threat is even more stark as the aliens present a more persistent threat and can hunt you from the shadows.
The Reactor
The trailer is captured from the Reactor mission that we will be showing at Gamescom. This occurs midway through the game. You have to fight your way inside the malfunctioning fission reactor to repair it and get everything back online.
This is not going to be easy! Your mission will send you to repair several faults which require you to visit the menacing underground substation and the reactor’s flare stack – both riddled with dangers, exposed terrain and deadly ambushes.
As we did with Atomfall we are taking a different approach to missions and objectives with Alien Deathstorm. Objectives look like the readout from the player’s digital assistant, Squire, and it’s up to you to diagnose the situation and piece together your own solution. The gameallows you as the player to dictate your pace – which means there’s a tense contrast when the alien threat starts hunting!
Aliens
As you will have seen, the aliens are far from friendly and are a menacing foe. They are highly intelligent, deadly creatures who hunt in packs and use the environment to their advantage. No two play throughs will be the same as the aliens dynamically adapt, stalk and attack depending on the game scenario and the way you are playing.
Combat is brutal and intense. You are not a highly trained super soldier; you are an Engineer who has been through basic combat training. This is a game about survival.
At Gamescom we are revealing four types of alien: Soldiers, Scuttlers, Blister Scuttlers and Scuttler Swarms, each of these present their own challenges. We have more alien types to reval in the coming months.
You will also see a variety of weapons being used in the trailer. We are showing off the pistol, SMG and shotgun with more to be revealed before the game’s launch. As you play and explore you can find blueprints for weapon upgrades, such as optics, stocks, barrels and magazines, which can then be 3D printed and added to your weapon.
We have used our years of experience in shooters and gunplay (honed on the Sniper Elite and Zombie Army franchises) to create a shooter that feels bombastic and fun to play.
You may have also noticed the engineer using his trusty hammer. This can be used to both repair items in the Reactor but also as a melee weapon when things get too close and personal. It’s particularly useful against flying Scuttlers!
There are also tools that can help you survive including a Geiger Scanner to detect nearby threats, grenades, flares and health injectors.
Release window
Finally, we announced a release window for the game. Alien Deathstorm will launch on XBOX Series X|S and XBOX on PC in Spring 2027 and will be available on Game Pass from day one. It is available to wishlist now so be sure to check it out.
We cannot wait to show you more in the run up to release.
Alien Deathstorm
Rebellion
Explore a devastated off-world colony which has been ravaged by a cataclysmic mega-storm and overrun by bloodthirsty aliens. Using a combination of cunning and firepower you must defeat the countless lurking horrors in a desperate fight for survival.
