Alien: Isolation is the second recent entry in the sci-fi series to skip the Wii U, following the Nintendo version of Aliens: Colonial Marines, which was canceled last year after poor reception for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC versions.It is possible that the Wii U’s install base is to blame. Nintendo has sold just 3.91 million units as of September 30, which pales in comparison to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3’s 80 million units sold.

Newcomer the Xbox One has sold 3 million units, while the PlayStation 4 has already exceeded Wii U sales, having sold more than 4.2 million units around the world.Alien: Isolation, which stars Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda and is in development at Total War studio Creative Assembly, launches in fall 2014 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC. For more, check out ‘s recently published preview of the game.Alien: Isolation official, coming late 2014 -Sega has confirmed that Creative Assembly’s oft-leaked Alien: Isolation is official.

The game, which indeed casts players as Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda, will be coming to the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in late 2014.Sega also confirmed more details about the game’s plot. Amanda Ripley is in her mid-twenties and working for Weyland-Yutani, and arrives on remote station Sevastopol in an attempt to recover the flight recorder of the Nostromo.