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| Developer(s) | Housemarque |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Harri Tikkanen |
| Producer(s) | Sami Koistinen |
| Designer(s) | Kristian Vuorinen |
| Programmer(s) | Markku Velinen Jere Sanisalo |
| Artist(s) | Antti Kallioinen |
| Writer(s) | David Navarro Ville Vuorela |
| Composer(s) | Ari Pulkkinen |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 4 |
| Release | April 26, 2016 |
| Genre(s) | Shooter, Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Alienation is an action role-playing shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It was released in April 2016 worldwide. The game is an isometric twin-stick shooter in which one to four players defend themselves against an alien invasion on Earth through increasingly-difficult levels. Players can choose one of three character classes, each with its own abilities. Players can upgrade their weapons with collectables, known as upgrade cores.
The development of Alienation was hinted at in early January 2014 and announced at the 2014 Sony Gamescom convention. In 2015, the developers released details of the gameplay and classes and its first trailer. According to Sony, the game would be released sometime in 2015; it was delayed until March 2, 2016. After another three-week delay, it was released as part of a Sony promotion releasing six games in seven weeks. Since the release of Alienation, Housemarque has updated the game with free and paid expansions. It received generally positive reviews, with praise for the twin-stick elements and cooperative multiplayer feature. Reviewers criticized the lack of a local co-op mode, which was later added, as well as the game's lack of variety in regard to weapons and ammunition.