[4] The expansion set Alien Resurrection based on the film of the same name was planned for early 1998,[4] focusing on the Marines.

[6] It was delayed as the company was acquiring rights for the use of actor's likenesses for the photograph still images from the film,[7] which they had cleared by October 1998.

Each player, equipped with a game deck, takes on the role of either the Alien, the Predator or a Colonial Marine.

When each location is searched, character and equipment cards can be played to give in-game advantages.

[11] In the March 1998 edition of Dragon (Issue #245), Allen Varney found the game to be "exciting... easy to learn, flexible in its variety of scenarios, and fast playing."