SEGA reveals Aliens vs. Predator game

By Robert Purchese Published 11 February, 2009

By original series dev, out next year.

SEGA and Twentieth Century Fox have unveiled a brand new Alien vs. Predator game for release next year.

There's no set title, no set platforms and no gameplay details. But, excitingly, we do know Rebellion will develop. And that same studio made the very first Aliens vs. Predator game all those years ago.

"The innovative new AvP game presents an exciting opportunity for us. It represents a fantastic addition to our growing Aliens franchise and the reinvention of one of gaming's most cherished iconic titles," said SEGA West boss Naoya Tsurumi.

SEGA now has three Aliens games in development: Aliens: Colonial Marines by Gearbox, Aliens RPG (working title) by Obsidian, and Aliens vs. Predator by Rebellion.

The latter will be the first of the trio to appear. That means Aliens: Colonial Marines, which had been on the SEGA schedule for early this year, will be pushed way, way back.

Incidentally, we've not heard anything on the Obsidian Aliens RPG since 2006. But then Obsidian is currently hard at work on spy RPG Alpha Protocol for SEGA.

Rebellion is making Shellshock 2: Blood Trails for Eidos, which launches on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 this Friday. Look out for our review soon.

The last Aliens vs. Predator game by Rebellion was Requiem for PSP, which was, unfortunately, dreadful.

Fingers crossed.

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Comments (41) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Razz #1 3 years ago

    Oooh! Wonderful news.

  • Triggerhappytel #2 3 years ago

    Good stuff, although it remains to be seen if Rebellion can pull it off. They haven't really had a game as good as AVP since then, have they?!

  • Ninja_Tino #3 3 years ago

    AvP 2 I thought was better. Was a pretty scary game too.

  • Doctor_What #4 3 years ago

    Rogue Trooper was a decent shooter. Great fun on the PS2, fairly decent story too.

  • SamboMambo #5 3 years ago

    Fuck Yeah!

  • Machetazo #6 3 years ago

    "The latter will be the first of the trio to appear. That means Aliens: Colonial Marines, which had been on the SEGA schedule for early this year, will be pushed way, way back."

    WHAT?! I want to know more about the Aliens RPG, by Obsidian. Nobody ever talks about it, though. :(

  • bioreit #7 3 years ago

    I did love that first one.

    We are talking about the '94 Jaguar original, yes?

  • theodg #8 3 years ago

    I think the first Alien vs. Predator was on the SNES in 93, wikipedia tells me it was developed by Jorudan. Anyone got anything before that?

  • rhinoxious #9 3 years ago

    Yup, I really enjoyed Rogue too, and loved the original AvP.

    Lets hope they don't take any direction from the half-baked movies!

  • SBfistfun #10 3 years ago

    "Vindaloo_Pooshoot"

    Awesome name!

  • SomaticSense #11 3 years ago

    \o/

    That's all!

  • N.A.T.O #12 3 years ago

    Why can't Sega reveal Shenmue 3 instead?

  • bad09 #13 3 years ago

    and the crowd goes wild!

    \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/


    although......

    "The latter will be the first of the trio to appear. That means Aliens: Colonial Marines, which had been on the SEGA schedule for early this year, will be pushed way, way back."

    This mostly makes me sad, mostly.

  • toy_brain #14 3 years ago

    I'd like to get excited (spent a lot of time playing the AvP Jag game), but as Rebellion's output is so uneven all I can do is remain neutral till the review scores come in.
    I hope they make a good-un, I really do. I'm just not willing to put money (or a preorder) on it.

  • StarchildHypocrethes #15 3 years ago

    What the deuce!?

    Excellent news!

    \o/

  • des #16 3 years ago

    OMG,omg...

  • LowEnergyCycle #17 3 years ago

    "The latter will be the first of the trio to appear. That means Aliens: Colonial Marines, which had been on the SEGA schedule for early this year, will be pushed way, way back."

    ...Along with my dreams of being Hudson.

    Game over man. Game over.

  • bad09 #18 3 years ago

    "They mostly come at night, mostly. "

    and so it begins...

    All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day on EG! A day on EG is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I LOVE EG!

  • bodypopper #19 3 years ago

    Bah. Colonial Marines was the one I wanted but I fear it may quietly disappear. I enjoyed the PC games but the movies have sapped any interest I had in the concept of AvP.
    How about Predator vs Thing instead!
    Edited by 1 at 11/02/09 @ 17:29

  • Machetazo #20 3 years ago

    A bit on Obsidian's Alien RPG:

    forum member JayHy17: Will you guys be showing anything at E3 or Comic Con 09?

    Project Director: We'd sure like to, but that's up to SEGA.

    [link url=http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showtopic=49089& st=465
    ]http://fo rums.obsidian.net/index.php?sho...[/link]

    So, it sounds like they're ready to properly reveal the game, but that may get scuppered by SEGA's shifting priorities.
    Edited by 1 at 11/02/09 @ 17:44

  • Nameless-001 #21 3 years ago

    MOTHER OF GOD.
    I've been awaiting for this news for years.
    Please, please PLEASE do not ruin it by sacrificing on the console altar.

    I want terror and cold sweat, as it was in the previous marine campaigns :)
    And I want it to be difficult

    Edited by 1 at 11/02/09 @ 17:54

  • Dark_Stranger #22 3 years ago

    I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. That's the only way to be sure.

  • CallousB #23 3 years ago

    Now that Headstrong have finished "House of the Dead :overkill", Sega should get them to do an ALIEN lightgun game for the Wii.

  • Jonathan_Fakenham #24 3 years ago

    The first Alien vs Predator was brilliant. And one of the reasons why, was that they made the experience scary as hell wandering around those corridors, by deliberately designing the game to be without savepoints or checkpoint systems. And the great gameplay variety of playing the different races is probably the best gameplay variety I've ever seen in a shooter. Playing through the dark and terrifying marine levels, then having a ball playing around with the predator equipment and being the best assassin ever in the predator levels, and then the disorienting fast crazyness of running over the walls and roof in the alien levels.

    I hope they can live up to it.

  • kupocake #25 3 years ago

    I'm still confused... are we talking about the Jaguar 'original' or the super hard FPS 'original' from about a decade ago?

  • makeamazing #26 3 years ago

    Nooo dont delay Colonial Marines..... thats bad news and anyone can work out its either being canned or they obviously have serious problems with it. I would be very surprised if three different games are related storywise other than there are aliens in them.

  • Gastrian #27 3 years ago

    Well Rebeliion seem to do okay with their own licenses - Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd but other than the PC AvP they aren't too good with other people's licenses especially when trying to tie them into movies, etc.

    I wish they would do more with their 2000AD IP, the Button Man is crying out for a good game.

  • kwesleyb #28 3 years ago

    Id love if they thought about an Alien vs Predator RTSl, could be an idea that will never work but id just like to see it.

    3 Factions: Men, Aliens, Predators...

    Hmm...Cant wait for Colonial Marines!

    Next year ile be buying this as well :)
    Edited by 1 at 11/02/09 @ 21:22

  • clockworkzombie #29 3 years ago

    AVP on the Jag was superb, that and Tempest 2000 justified the huge import price tag I paid for the Jag. The other good games such as cannon fodder et al were icing on the cake.

    Edit

    As chance would have it I am listening to the T2000 soundtrack. Good times indeed.
    Edited by 1 at 11/02/09 @ 21:56

  • growleroo #30 3 years ago

    Good to see the Obsidian devs spamming up their own boards - there's nowt like pro-active marketing!

    [link url= http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showtopic=49089
    ]http://fo rums.obsidian.net/index.php?sho...[/link]
    [link url=http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php? showtopic=49089&view=findpost&p=918304
    ]http://fo rums.obsidian.net/index.php?sho...[/link]

    In other news - the PC AvP games were indeed awesome, hope they keep the same intertwining storyline thing going on. And playing as a facehugger. XD

  • RedSparrows #31 3 years ago

    I only had AvP2, but man alive if the Marine levels weren't shit scary. Probably the scariest game I've played, partially because Alien evokes some horrible things, I hate and love it :(

    I remember when you had to go into investigate what had happened to some missing buddies, and as you progressed into this otherwise nondescript corridor network, the walls turned green and webbed, and you began to see eggs. Then you came across your old friend, stuck against the wall. Then you had to fucking leg it. Scared me senseless. Loved it.

  • stallion185 #32 3 years ago

    "Id love if they thought about an Alien vs Predator RTSl, could be an idea that will never work but id just like to see it.

    3 Factions: Men, Aliens, Predators... "


    Sounds a bit like Starcraft to me.

  • AhSoul #33 3 years ago

    Please be good......
    Please be good......
    Please be good......

    Some of my best MP games ever were playing AvP2

  • muscleblade #34 3 years ago

    Instant buy for me. This series should have stayed in comics and games though. I really hated the films.

  • DAN.E.B #35 3 years ago

    it they could make it like a three team LFD that would rock!

  • Biggles #36 3 years ago

    Oh god, AVP kicked so much ass. Never really got in to the sequel, seemed too much like a generic FPS for my tastes. But AVP1... it was just so different to everything else out there. I wonder if they'll be able to pull that off again? I'm guessing no... but would love to be proved wrong.

    One thing I loved about the original was that they didn't hold back on which toys you could use early on in the game. In the second, running around as a predator with only a pistol seemed a bit silly.

  • Gecks #37 3 years ago

    rebellion did:
    AvP on the jaguar
    AvP1 on the PC (but not AvP2)

    AvP1 is the finest aliens-related game so far IMO.
    Edited by 2 at 12/02/09 @ 12:09

  • Calgon #38 3 years ago

    Got to say I think Monolith did a better job with AVP2 on the horror bits, Marine especially but the last level on Marine just went a bit silly. Multiplayer was top notch though, they did quite a good job of balancing the characters, although Predators seemed most fun to play to me(more to master there but worth it once you did).

    Looking forward to this, hope they can pull it off. :)
    Edited by 2 at 12/02/09 @ 14:22

  • bongofury #39 3 years ago

    AVP2 was one of my favourite PC games, nearly shit myself when playing as the marine in the dark with headphones on and my cat jumped on my lap!!!

    "Hey Vazquez you ever been mistaken for a man?"
    "No have you?"
    "They said Aliens, she thought they said illegal aliens and signed up!"

  • bongofury #40 3 years ago

    kwesleyb

    they already did an Aliens RTS on console... original XBOX or PS2 I think.... it wasn't so good as i remember!

    "Have IQ's just dropped sharply while I've been away"

  • NBAoz #41 3 years ago

    Just to clear things up for those that are interested. Here are the facts on Alien vs Predator games:

    * Alien vs. Predator (FPS) developed by Rebellion and published by Atari. Released 1994 on Jaguar.

    * Aliens versus Predator (FPS) developed by Rebellion and published by Fox Interactive. Released 1999 on PC.

    * Aliens versus Predator 2 (FPS) developed by Monolith and published by Fox Interactive. Released 2001 on PC.

    * Aliens versus Predator: Extinction (RTS) developed by Zono Inc. and published by EA. Released in 2004 on Xbox and PS2.