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SEGA has revealed that Aliens: Colonial Marines will be on shop shelves in "late 2008".
We heard last week that it would be out next year, but oh no not the case says the publisher, leaking new information like a dying soldier does blood.
Excitingly (for me, at least), Colonial Marines will have an original storyline created by writing duo David Weddle and Bradley Thompson; both are better known for their collaborative efforts on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Battlestar Galactica.
It will be dark, brooding, and claustrophobic, as you creep through abandoned spaceship Sulaco and wait for aliens to jump out on you and stab tails at your face.
The action is all squad-based with some sort of equipment and skill system, and it sounds as if each of your team will have a unique role to play.
Four-player co-op is in, as is the zeitgeist, and SEGA plans to unveil more multiplayer fun further down the line.
Gearbox Software of Brothers In Arms fame is making it, as you know, and we're promised a visual feast to gnaw on.
No assets to prove that, just yet, unless you hunt down those magazine scans that popped up.
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D_arkTrooper
21/02/08 @ 18:12
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Time to stop your grinnin' and drop your linen!
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GamesConnoisseur
21/02/08 @ 18:24
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4 player co op? So if one of the team got planted with the alien embryo, I am gonna frag the bastard without a second thought!
Bug Hunt will extend to those foolish marine who allow themselves to be knocked up whilst on duty. |
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convercide
21/02/08 @ 18:39
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@ Commander
The first is a horror film, the second an action film. I'd put them both on par and think Aliens would make the better game. |
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Kirly_Wombat
21/02/08 @ 20:21
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Would prefer it if they just reworked the AvP game, put in some proper multiplayer variations and it would be good to go :)
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Sticking it to a facehugger at point-blank range with a big-arsed shotgun, or scudding around in an APC whilst actually getting to use the farking great cannons on it on hordes of slavering xenos - Gearbox, please don't bugger this up, because this could be absolutely bloody awesome.
(Edited for spooling mystooks...)
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Please get this right Sega,dont rush it out the door to hit the xmas market.
Nothing beats going through a beaten up ship wreak with nothing but loads of ambient sound and the pulse of the motion tracker.You know they are out there but nothing is showing up and then the tracker kicks in......
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muscleblade
22/02/08 @ 09:03
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@Commander
Most people think Alien is a better film than Aliens including me. Aliens sort of made the xenomorphs seem less dangerous and scary. Marines in t-shirts fighting an incedibly dangerous alien species with acid for blood was a bad decision. Would have made more sense if they had some kind of suits like Master Chief or something. |
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Dark_Stranger
22/02/08 @ 09:31
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lol, as soon as the film Aliens is mentioned the quotes start pouring in. This happens evey time. You'r all on a express elevator to hell. Now wheres jonesy gone.
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StevilKnevil
22/02/08 @ 10:50
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Thats just fucking great man, we`re in some real pretty shit now!
This could be great.... |
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muscleblade
22/02/08 @ 11:33
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@watto
Even so the aliens was killed in huge numbers by a small group of braindead soldiers. In alien, 7 people didnt stand a chance against one singel alien. Ripley got lucky when she managed to get rid of the damn thing. The alien also looked a lot scarier in the first one kinda metallic and mostly walking on 2 feet. The aliens in the sequel looked more like black insects. |
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@ muscleblade
If think you have to remember, like convercide said, Alien is a horror movie and Aliens is an action movie. Personally I love both equally but for different reasons. Although I like the way they went back to the suspense of Alien with Alien3, am I the only one who thought Alien3 was actually quite good? Although I think we can all agree Resurrection was absolutely ruined with the stupid man-alien thing! |
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muscleblade
22/02/08 @ 11:48
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@bad09
I can see the difference of course. Its just what i thing make the first one better. Aliens is still 9/10 to me though. Alien 3 was alright. But the premise was to unlikely and the CGI for the alien was really bad. Alien ressurection was bad all the way, even AVP is better. Alien: 10/10 Aliens: 9/10 Alien 3 6/10 A:R : 2/10 AVP: 5/10 AVP2: 4/10 |
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"Most people think Alien is a better film than Aliens including me. Aliens sort of made the xenomorphs seem less dangerous and scary"
You're not taking into account that Alien franchize has very blurred genres across all 4 movies so maybe that's why you like the first more then the second - because you prefer the tone of the first? Both are brilliant, for what they are. Even the third, with its fucked up "no-screenplay" production, and massivly underrated ("oh look it's not Alien or Aliens, beeeee, suckz") Resurrection.
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@ muscleblade
Yeah the CGI was pretty bad in 3! I still think it great though, poor David Fincher had so much trouble making that movie. The Special Edition greatly improves the movie though. I like your scores but I reckon.... Alien: 10/10 Aliens: 11/10 Alien3: 7/10 (8 for SE) A:R: 6/10 AVP: 6/10 AVP2: 2/10 TERRIBLE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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muscleblade
22/02/08 @ 12:20
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@bad09
The reason i gave AVP2 4/10. Its so incredibly bad that it had some entertaiment value. The impregnation of women and the baby chestburting was just horrible and disgusting though. |
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