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\nWe already knew it was coming, thanks to a post-credits teaser<\/a> at the end of 2022’s The Devil in Me, but developer Supermassive has now confirmed its sci-fi horror outing Directive 8020 will launch for PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC next year.\n<\/p>\n

\nDirective 8020, taking one fist of Alien and another of The Thing then smushing the two together, places players aboard the colony ship Cassiopeia, where its crew must escape an alien organism capable of mimicking its prey.\n<\/p>\n

“Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time,” teases Supermassive. “12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realise they are far from being alone… As they battle to survive, they are confronted with the hardest choice of all: to save themselves, they must risk the lives of everyone on Earth.”\n<\/p>\n

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We already knew it was coming, thanks to a post-credits teaser at the end of 2022’s The Devil in Me, but developer Supermassive has now confirmed its sci-fi horror outing Directive 8020 will launch for PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC next year. Directive 8020, taking one fist of Alien and another of The Thing then smushing the two together, places players aboard the colony ship Cassiopeia, where its crew must escape an alien organism capable of mimicking its prey. “Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time,” teases Supermassive. “12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realise they are far from being…<\/p>\n

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