Alien: Isolation is now in-stores and it’s genuinely one of the most terrifying video games I’ve ever played. We’ve got a hold of five copies of the Nostromo Edition on PS4 (alongside five DVD copies of the original Alien movie) and we want to give them away to you. Yes you.
All we need from you is one simple thing…
We want you to create a distress video. You know the kind: “I’M STUCK ON THIS WEIRD SHIP OVERRUN BY ALIENS OH MY GOD COME PLEASE QUICK! ARGGGHH!”
Please see the above example for reference. Please note: we got way too excited and hired a smoke machine. We wanted to get our money’s worth.
The distress signal trope is a true humdinger in both cinema and video games, so you’ve got plenty to go on. It’s also worth pointing out that for this comp we’re looking for creativity, not necessarily high-end production values. Just make it funny/awesome/original. That’s all we ask. It doesn’t matter if it was shot on an iPhone camera in your bathroom, that sort of thing won’t factor into the judging.
To enter simply create a distress video. There are no rules. Just be ‘distressy’. Go nuts! Drop a YouTube/Vimeo link in the comments below to enter!
You can find our competition terms and conditions here.
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55 responses to “Win! One Of Five Copies Of Alien: Isolation!”
The main characters name is Ripley! There, I answered the question, do I win?
…ah crap, you have to do a video to win. That’s me out.
Ellen Louise Ripley!
*Insert fanboi cackle here*
Err… It’s Amanda Ripley.
But thanks for playing 🙂
Both are pictured on the page…your point is only semi valid! 😀
haha too much effort.
Look forward to watching the entries of those that could be bothered.
The best emergency broadcast of all time
A million times yes!!!
Man, feels like ages since I last saw a competition around the place. Would be nice to be able to come up with something.
Aww, PS4 only? Dang.
You can still trade it.
But I already have peanuts.
I think ill give it a shot just cos it sounds fun :3
This… will be great…. Muahahaha. ill see if i can enter in my own
I’m tempted to give this a try with my brother 🙂 hahaha
🙁 Not that much of video guy. I’ll skip this one out
Watched that with sound off…. Childishly thought the distress was from farting and “kicking an own goal”….
Once seen it can’t be unseen…
No PC?
True terror.
So I just found myself sitting with a blanket over my head in a darkened room recording one… stopped midway and realized this is probably the reason I’m currently unemployed. 😛
Hope that didn’t sound snarky. I think this is an excellent competition. Can’t wait to see the entries. 🙂
Did you do the whole “Leave Britney alone!” thing while you were at it? 😛
My submission!:
Winner! (also, only entry as at time of writing this post)*
A video!?
Only for PS4?
Awww :'(
Geez… *DVD* copies of a film all of us should own already?
Also, shouldn’t there be a mandatory requirement of putting more effort than this:
I love video Comps. I want to enter but no idea if I’ll get time. I learnt video editing as a result of one of these comps so encourage everyone to get involved.
If anyone can see this message please send help my camera is broken, my phone has 1 bar, and my laptop is down to it’s last 5%. Please Someone Help M…………….
I think it would be someone running from someone in an alien suit to the benny hill theme. That would be the winner.
SOOOOOO doing this after work!!!! Hope i can have it uploaded in time!
Too much effort for me. Shame as the game looks great. Good luck every one else!!!
Monsters?
You need Monster Hunters!
Do my kids win?
Fingers Crossed I get a prize!! Hope you enjoy my entry: http://youtu.be/GXkCTPdqz4s
yo marky mark! check out this video
This entry has been shared posthumously by Matthew J Hellscream’s surviving family members. Heed his warning.
With my bad acting I came out with this:
edit: same vid, improved special effects
Hope this link worked. First time I’ve used youtube
Took a while to upload (darn you Aussie net speeds) but hopefully it was worth it.
My submission:
http://youtu.be/u0TwfVh67FQ
Enjoy 😀
Love that scream at the end 😀 Very Homer Simpson-like
I’m not a big fan of being on camera so this happened
Haha – would be a crime if that didn’t win one. Also, love the random relevant H&A clips you found, did that take long?
Haha, Cheers mate. Yeah took a solid hour of YouTube searching and then a few hours of putting it together. Started about 1030pm and you can tell what time I posted it that I’m still trying to catch up on sleep
– “How do we get people to rescue us?”
– “Make it as appealing as possible”
Love how its essentially luring people to a death trap 😀 “See monsters in the most realistic costume design you’ve ever witnessed!”
Oh why not
I would do an entry, but I enjoy things like being able to sleep, not shiver or jump at shadows. Hold me.
Last time I entered a kotaku video competition I burnt the carpet and didn’t win. Never again.
Oh god, the shame..
Alien Isolation – Kotaku:
http://youtu.be/7pmINiTvoAk
So this is my legit entry, didn’t have time to add any old timey piano music…… also didnt know how 😛
My entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cBbOBtf1QQ&feature=youtu.be
Nice one!
Alright, I’m back and here’s my ‘OMG WTF did I just watch?’ entry explaining why I haven’t posted for a while. Sorry to disappoint some of you, but it’s only 720p/30fps.
Warning: Semi NSFW.
Made me laugh! Space Va***a LOL
Thanks Chris. If I made just one person laugh, my job here is done!
**WARNING**
The following footage contains REAL aliens….
http://youtu.be/aan1xWV9r0g
Once upon a time I won something in a Kotaku competition, still waiting on that copy of Crysis 2 😛