Aliens

By Ed Grabianowski This classic arcade game by Bally Midway was essentially Aliens: The Video Game, except they never bothered to buy the license. The players represented space explorers who were sent to clear various space colonies from alien infestation. The premise by itself is awesome, but Xenophobe d...

With a reduction in workforce many have been worried about the continued development of Aliens: Colonial Marines. Word spread that development on the title had been halted. Of course this has led to rumors that the title has been canned ...

The development status of Aliens: Colonial Marines is currently about as convoluted as Weyland-Yutani's interest in the xenomorph. Following reports that the title had been canceled, developer Gearbox's president, Randy Pitchford, ...

by Jimmy Thang November 24, 2008 - Gearbox Software President Randy Pitchford has denied rumors that Aliens: Colonial Marines has been cancelled. ... Gearbox Sees Staff Reductions, But Denies Aliens: Colonial Marines ... Gamasutra Gearbox Software Lays Off 25, 'Aliens' Game On Hold G4 TV

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 - Unfortunately, little has been heard or seen of Aliens: Colonial Marines since it was first revealed. This mystery added credence to this morning's report ... Aliens: Colonial Marines "isn't canned" CVG Online all 3 news articles

How Aliens Work. Nov. 24, 2008 - UFOs. Extraterrestrial intelligence. Alien abductions. Whether a believer, a skeptic or somewhere in between, these words are sure to conjure a bit of curiosity. In a new series called UFOs Over Earth, ...

 - James Cameron defines it as: An interplanetary war in which aliens can manifest themselves by possessing human bodies – avatars. Everyone knows that Cameron ...

By Rob Crossley Multiple reports emerged over the weekend claiming that Gearbox Software, the independent developer of Brothers in Arms fame, has had to make as many as 26 jobs redundant in its Texas-based development studio. News has now come through that the outfit’s upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marin...

Late Friday, reports came out of Gearbox Software that several employees had been laid off and their upcoming shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines had been cancelled. Well, it seems the layoffs did happen but the game is still alive.

By Michael McWhertor The second Aliens project, a role-playing game, is in development at Obsidian Entertainment. We attempted to clarify with Pitchford the status of the Aliens: Colonial Marines project. He told us that, yes, the game is still in production but couldn't provide an update on its ship date.

Several sources have also told Shacknews that Gearbox today laid off between 15 and 25 employees, with one putting the number at 26. These sources independently claimed that the poor performance of Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway and the stoppage of work on the Aliens title were contrib...

By Jessica Barnes Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, SonyYou know, you would think that after starring in one of the biggest movies of all time, Aaron Eckhart might want to take a break from the world of big-budgeted action movies. Then again, he probably knows better than anyone that some...

By Jesus Diaz Something weird must be going on in the Alps, because alien structures keep popping up like circles in the English crops and people insist on doing jacuzzi parties at 15,700 feet. Take this shiny...

By Lauren Davis Glagoliths (Alien Adventure): The Glagoliths travel the universe, seeking a new home planet. They send a team to Earth to scout it out, but the team first encounters Adventure Planet, a new amusement park. They mistake the fake alien setting for a real human city, and ride the rides to learn...

When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. Alerted to the threat of this new monster, the military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a cove...

By Annalee Newitz An Alien and a Predator are forced to live together in a small house in the suburbs. The great bathroom commercial can be a promo for the new not-buddies comedy. Predator is sick of Alien building resin hives in the living room and Alien is tired of Predator killing and taking trophies from any...

By Cynthia Fuchs Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem - Review -- These decent but emotionally stunted guys probably arent the team youd wish for, headed into a battle with all-powerful eight-foot-high monsters from another world, but in Aliens vs.

When it comes to action movie sequels, the best tend to take the original formula and twist it enough to keep the concept fresh. Whether it's Terminator 2, Aliens or The Dark Knight, great sequels build on the previous work, rather than treading over tired ground.

The Verdict: DreamWorks Animation's latest is sadly not, as its title might suggest, an Aliens vs. Predator–style horror thriller — but it looks pretty good anyway! When space aliens invade America ("The only country UFOs ever seem to ...

 CA - Nov 3, 2008 A quick opening text scroll tells an Aliens-inspired tale of space marines making a direct attack on an extra terrestrial ship, only to find they're now ...

By Ann and Jeff VanderMeer So: Write up your own short Predator or Aliens pitch in comments. Limit it to a paragraph or so. You can be serious or funny. You can only enter once. The deadline is midnight EST next Friday, November 7. We’ll judge the contest. Check back Monday, November 10, when we announce the four winners. Each...

By Charlie Jane Anders Yeah, I'm very glad people are talking about the "Bechdel Rule," even though I'm a little ambivalent about that name. When I talked to the NPR reporter, I suggested changing it to "Ripley's Rule," after the Sigourney Weaver character in "Alien." Since at the time of the rule's inception, th...

By Alex Taldren A tour of the studio making Aliens: Colonial Marines resulted in the leaking of some in-game footage.  The camera is zoomed in on a developer’s screen as he plays through some of the game.  The video is brief and doesn’t show us much.  However, from what can be seen, I’d wager the game is shaping...

By Nivair H. Gabriel The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Several of the most imaginative minds in science fiction (and science) gathered at this year's Readercon to discuss a fundamental question of our existence: Why does it seem like we're alone in the universe? Writers Jeff...

By Meredith Woerner We are introducing a couple of new races," Mallozzi spilled. "There are a number of civilizations that will be standing up on their own." But they aren't the huggable E.T. type of Aliens. "They [the new Aliens] will be coming in a big way in the mid-season two parter [where] Daniel Jackson comes t...

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By LISA KATAYAMA When constructing a message to extraterrestrials, it's important that we make it a message that represents the diversity of human cultures," says Douglas Vakoch, Director of Interstellar Message Composition at SETI. "It makes sense to start with science because ET doesn't speak Engl...

By Scott Sigler Last week, terrestrial biological classification This week: Aliens, the undead and "everything else." Alien: Acidosis chestbursticus Predator: Dreadlockicus youareoneuglybastardea Critters: Dwarfea younameitwe'lleatiticus

By Charlie Jane Anders Transformers 2: Meanwhile, actor Matthew Marsden will play a British special forces commando named Graham, who teams up with Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson to fight the Decepticons all over the world, in this more globe-trotting sequel. [MTV Movies]

By Graeme McMillan Van Lente explained what he's planning for the new series: What I'm doing here tapping into my inner James Cameron. The analogy I keep using is that Marvel Zombies 3 is like what James Cameron's Aliens was to the original Alien. We're using the same sort of props, but we're just doing somethin...

By Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Welcome back to The Jewels of Apator, a biweekly column on the intersection of science fiction and art by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. One of the best science fiction graphic novels from the past few years doesn't use any words. It doesn't even come from our world. Deliberately weathered and made...

By Annalee Newitz Despite these moments when Kress bashes the reader over the head with simple allegories, the collection is generally strong and worth a read. I was especially impressed with Kress' ability to quickly invoke posthuman worlds with just a few deft paragraphs, and bring us deeply into the em...

By Charlie Jane Anders The greatest alien visitors in science fiction are totally invulnerable — except for one crucial weakness. And the best almost-unstoppable aliens have a weakness that is more poetic than Sylvia Plath and William Blake put together. Just look at our video compilation of aliens encounter...

By Jason the TVaholic The Simpsons (FOX): New. Bart is attempting to keep a cow from going to the slaughterhouse. Aliens in America (The CW): New. Raja tries to make friends with a girl that he thinks is being ostracized unfairly, until after spending a little time with her, he comes to the revelation that she is qui...

By Michael Reilly DNA consists of a double helix, like a twisted ladder. Every rung of the ladder comprises a pair of molecules called bases. These bases are the part of DNA that actually encode the genes. There are four types, known by the initials G, A, C and T, and they form the alphabet of every genetic code. The...

By Alex Zalben • In case you didn't get enough cross-over space baddie action in the first movie, your two favorite alien hunters are back in Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem. Set immediately after the events of the first movie, a Predator ship crashes into a small town, releasing Aliens, Predator-Aliens, a...

By Jason the TVaholic The Simpsons (FOX): Repeat. Sideshow Bob is trying to lure Bart to his doom in this replay of “Funeral for a Fiend.” Aliens in America (The CW): New. Justin joins his mother at the community theater and ends up making friends with the lead actress. Meanwhile, Claire feels helpless in her attemp...

By Kevin Kelly You'll control a squad of four Colonial Marines in the game, issuing commands and dealing with their different personalities as you investigate the disappearance of Ellen Ripley and the team of Colonial Marines she left with aboard the U.S.S. Sulaco. Key areas in the game include the dereli...

By Annalee Newitz Earth has suffered a massive climate disaster that submerges most of Florida, rips the United States into several mini-nations, and sends a band of freethinking scientists and entrepreneurs to found a colony (and a really great restaurant) on Mars. Many years later, two of these early c...

Alien vs. Predator Requiem on April 15th  - Picking up immediately after the events of the 2004 worldwide blockbuster Alien vs. Predator, the Predator gives birth to the crossbreed ‘PredAlien’ shortly ... Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem' Blu-ray Specs, First Look Cover Art TheManRoom

By Charlie Jane Anders The end of fossil fuels on Earth is coming, probably within the next century. This is a unique event in the history of our planet, but one that science fiction hasn't dealt with all that much. Our sophisticated global civilization is built on the the foundation of cheap, readily available oi...

By Edward The Strause Brothers’ film picks up where the irredeemably terrible AVP:Alien vs. Predator (2004) left off, aboard a Predator space ship, where a horrid Alien/Predator hybrid screeches its way through the chest of a fallen Predator.

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 20th Century Fox, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Trailers and ClipsThe first few lines of dialogue in Alien vs. Predator: Requiem include "take your time" and "slow down," which is pretty ironic considering how impatient the mo...

Aliens focuses on the lives of two socially awkward but well intentioned American high school students, one of whom happens to be a Pakistani Muslim exchange student who speaks in accented English and wears traditional South Asian clothing. The show has been enthusiastically received...

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By fdemarco Konami produced the Aliens game for arcades in 1990, nearly four years after the James Cameron directed movie of the same name. The game was loosely based on the film and players could choose between two different player characters, Lieutenant Ripley or Corporal Hicks although there was...

By alwaysontheright Nearly one year ago, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid was polluting the immigration debate by calling a proposal to make English the official language "racist." Nearly one year ago, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid was polluting the immigration debate by calling a proposal to make En...

By T. Rigney Rest in peace, Anna. Lord knows you deserve it.T. Rigney is the author of the coming-of-age horror opus Found, and is currently waxing intellectual about B-Grade cinema down at The Film Fiend. When he's not wasting his time with various on-line endeavors, this techno-savvy hermit spends co...

By Ken Tucker I've never been a big believer in giving the deceased a free pass when it comes to evaluating work released after that person has died; artistic merit doesn't gain or decrease with someone's passing. Illegal Aliens, the final feature film...

By Brian Crecente Aliens SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (December 11, 2006) - SEGA of America Inc., SEGA Europe Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising today announced a worldwide exclusive agreement to bring game content based on the critically-acclaimed Alien film franchise to next...