<s>
Alien	B-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2000	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1997	O
film	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Argonaut	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Fox	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
same	O
basic	O
plot	O
of	O
the	O
movie	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Alien	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
follows	O
a	O
cloned	O
Lt	O
.	O
Ellen	O
Ripley	O
awaking	O
aboard	O
the	O
USM	O
Auriga	O
and	O
trying	O
to	O
escape	O
from	O
the	O
xenomorph-infested	O
research	O
spaceship	O
USM	O
Auriga	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
crew	O
of	O
mercenaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lacking	O
any	O
initial	O
directive	O
from	O
Fox	O
Interactive	O
beyond	O
that	O
it	O
be	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Alien	O
franchise	O
,	O
Argonaut	O
designed	O
a	O
game	O
engine	O
with	O
an	O
overhead	O
shooter	O
format	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
recent	O
game	O
Loaded	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fox	O
announced	O
that	O
Alien	B-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1997	O
on	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
Argonaut	O
Games	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
Loaded	B-Application
genre	O
had	O
become	O
outdated	O
,	O
and	O
restarted	O
development	O
as	O
a	O
third-person	O
3D	O
action-adventure	O
in	O
the	O
vein	O
of	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
after	O
work	O
on	O
Alien	B-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1997	O
,	O
by	O
which	O
time	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
had	O
been	O
dropped	O
,	O
Fox	O
announced	O
a	O
Spring	O
1998	O
release	O
window	O
for	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
to	O
use	O
both	O
analogue	O
sticks	O
of	O
the	O
DualShock	B-Device
controller	O
for	O
simultaneous	O
movement	O
and	O
aiming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
in	O
2000	O
(	O
20	O
October	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
1	O
December	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
,	O
almost	O
three	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
film	O
ran	O
its	O
course	O
in	O
theaters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
fine	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
,	O
but	O
unless	O
you	O
're	O
a	O
big	O
fan	O
of	O
the	O
films	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
even	O
better	O
options	O
(	O
Medal	B-Application
of	I-Application
Honor	I-Application
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
)	O
out	O
there.	O
"	O
</s>
