After 11 years, first Alien Isolation sequel teaser trailer warns us not to let our guard down, and fans are more than ready: "Back into the nightmare"

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What better way to celebrate Alien Day than a teaser for the long-awaited sequel to the best game in the franchise? No, not Colonial Marines 2 – I'm talking about Alien: Isolation 2, of course, as Creative Assembly has posted the first snippet for the Xenomorph-filled follow-up.

The video went live on April 26, dubbed 'Alien Day' because it's 4/26, matching LV-426. Clever, eh? Anyway, it's called False Sense of Security, and the 25-second clip shows a locked door at the end of a dark corridor suddenly open to some foggy, gray, stormy outdoors.

Then, we cut to an emergency phone, before the video ends entirely. Those who've played Isolation will know, those phones serve as save stations, beacons of refuge as the Xenomorph stalks you in Isolation.

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The tension is real. The description is merely the definition of the title: "A feeling of being safer than one really is." Seems to be implying those phones won't be as helpful as before. Joy!

While we're not given any substantial context, it seems like this'll be set on a colony, as opposed to the space station Sevastopol of the original. If that's the case, Creative Assembly may be going for more of an Aliens vibe, which is no bad thing in my book.

A particularly appealing angle narratively would be if this was a prequel to Aliens, showing the downfall of Hadley's Hope, and tying into the established canon without disrupting it, similar to Isolation's relationship to Alien. But that's speculation on my part, and I have complete trust in whatever the devs are up to here.

Over 11 years on from the release of the first game, it's fair to say fans are excited, anyway. "In space, no one can hear you scream. But planet-side, you don't want to be heard," one writes in the comments on YouTube. Or, as another succinctly puts it: "Back into the nightmare."

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Anthony McGlynnContributing Writer

Anthony is an Irish entertainment and games journalist, now based in Glasgow. He previously served as Senior Anime Writer at Dexerto and News Editor at The Digital Fix, on top of providing work for Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PC Gamer, and many more. Besides Studio Ghibli, horror movies, and The Muppets, he enjoys action-RPGs, heavy metal, and pro-wrestling. He interviewed Animal once, not that he won’t stop going on about it or anything.

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