Aliens FPS due out this year

By Robert Purchese Published 21 February, 2008

SEGA chimes in with officialdom.

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.

Picture of Robert.

About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (40) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • D_arkTrooper #1 4 years ago

    Time to stop your grinnin' and drop your linen!
    Edited by 1 at 21/02/08 @ 18:14

  • Benno #2 4 years ago

    5/10

  • Arcadiian #3 4 years ago

    Really looking forward to this.

  • drumbaby #4 4 years ago

    Looked forward to this on PS2. Hope it makes it out the door this time.

  • GamesConnoisseur #5 4 years ago

    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.

  • Commander #6 4 years ago

    Alien > Aliens

  • convercide #7 4 years ago

    @ 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.

  • Ryze #8 4 years ago

    What an original idea! I'm sure that an Alien based FPS has never been done... DOH!!!

    It's probably one of the best settings for an FPS to tell the truth.

  • Jmek #9 4 years ago

    Dear god please let those scans be in game.

  • RedPanda #10 4 years ago

    Post deleted at 14:31:59 28-01-2012

  • hahayou #11 4 years ago

    So long as I can play as an alien I'm happy. Wall-walking rules!

  • mossychops001 #12 4 years ago

    FUCKIN A MAN!

  • Commander #13 4 years ago

    convercide: They are indeed different, and I think Alien is a better film.

  • Apologie #14 4 years ago

    i like the mood and typical atmosphere of the "alien" series... if the game manages to get at least a 7+ i will buy it, no doubt about that.

  • SBfistfun #15 4 years ago

    This better not be shit.

    Sega's involvement doesn't exactly boost my confidence....

  • TWIGishere #16 4 years ago

    Amaaaaazing! Cant wait for this badboy!

  • Wyrm #17 4 years ago

    I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid!

    This had better rule.

  • TheDifficult3rdAlbum #18 4 years ago

    GAME OVER, MAN! GAME OVER!

  • finty13 #19 4 years ago

    Is Ron Pearlman in it? Maybe it is just me but he seems to be doing voiceovers for everything at the minute.

  • Redeye #20 4 years ago

    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...)
    Edited by 1 at 21/02/08 @ 23:14

  • hugejeans #21 4 years ago

    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......
    Edited by 1 at 21/02/08 @ 23:16

  • TitusCrow #22 4 years ago

    a day in the core's like a day on the farm!

    man i hope the dont balz this up ! better nuke from orbit - only way to be sure.

  • Machetazo #23 4 years ago

    That looks brilliant, and I can't believe it's coming out this year! :D

  • muscleblade #24 4 years ago

    @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.

  • Dark_Stranger #25 4 years ago

    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.

  • bad09 #26 4 years ago

    Those screenshots look AWESOME!

    Although I suspect they are mostly not in game....mostly

  • gman7714 #27 4 years ago

    Aliens>Alien. But its a tight run thing.

  • wattoo #28 4 years ago

    @muscleblade

    I think that was partly the point. despite being the best of the best, they were completely unprepared for what they were going to come up against because they didn't really believe ripley.

    then they got their arses handed to them in a bag.

    it maked the film more interesting you see.

  • cw- #29 4 years ago

    Most interesting, really looking forward to seeing this!

  • StevilKnevil #30 4 years ago

    Thats just fucking great man, we`re in some real pretty shit now!

    This could be great....

  • Daymare #31 4 years ago

    Get away from her... you BITCH!

    Kghm. Carry on.

  • muscleblade #32 4 years ago

    @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.

  • bad09 #33 4 years ago

    @ 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!

  • muscleblade #34 4 years ago

    @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

  • Daymare #35 4 years ago

    "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.
    Edited by 1 at 22/02/08 @ 11:52

  • bad09 #36 4 years ago

    @ 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • muscleblade #37 4 years ago

    @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.

  • bad09 #38 4 years ago

    @ muscleblade

    I know what you mean, I was glad they put the gore back for this one but man it was so painful to watch I didn't care about the gore!

  • AHiFi #39 4 years ago

    Alien: 9/10
    Aliens: 9/10
    Alien 3 8/10
    A:R : 4/10

    AVP: 3/10
    AVP2: 8/10

    Predator: 10/10
    Predator 2: 9/10

  • samadriel #40 4 years ago

    Hey, some BSG guys, neat.