20 Things You Didn’t Know About Alien: Isolation

7. John Mollo And Jean Giraud

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Creative Assembly

Alien: Isolation is full of plenty of sneaky Easter Eggs and references the original 1979 film for players to stumble across. One of these comes in the form of posters scattered throughout the deserted space station advertising a lounge signer named Jean Mollo.

At first glance, this looks to be a quirky piece of set dressing promoting a suave, moustached performer. However, this is actually a hidden reference to Oscar-winning costume designer John Mollo and concept artist Jean 'Moëbius' Giraud, who were both involved in the making of Alien.

As self-confessed fans of Scott's film, it's only fitting that the team at Creative Assembly paid tribute to those who's work was the inspiration in creating this game.

This isn't the only Easter Egg of this kind either. An advert for Koorland Gold Cigerettes gets its name from game producer Paul Koorland.

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