The developers behind the new Alien: Isolation game have revealed a key feature of the upcoming sequel – namely, that the super-menacing Xenomorph will be able to hear players breathe through their microphones.

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In an extensive development Q&A released on YouTube, the team at Creative Assembly also confirmed that Alien: Isolation 2 will be getting a physical release. However, as fans already know, that release date has yet to be confirmed by the development house.

In addition, the sequel’s developers emphasised that “staying true to the analogue nature of Alien is one of our pillars” in constructing the sequel.

Elsewhere in the Q&A, creative director Al Hope discussed how he and his team are both emulating – and trying to build on – the intense intimacy of the original Alien: Isolation game, which was originally released in 2014.…