To its credit though, Alien: Covenant seems to be combining the best elements of not only the original Alien film but also Prometheus and even aspects of James Cameron’s Aliens as well.
There’s currently no word on how or if the VR experience will feature any of Covenant‘s characters or factor into the movie’s story in any way.
This won’t be the first VR experience 20th Century Fox has made to go with one of its film releases either, with the studio also releasing The Martian VR Experience last year, which coincidentally enough, was also based on a film directed by Scott.
Whether it does or not will have to wait to be seen, but if nothing else, the Covenant VR tie-in may produce the kind of horrifying, immersive experience that Alien fans have been waiting years for… even if they didn’t know it until now.