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Dedicated Servers Not Likely for Aliens vs. Predator, Either
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Oct 28
By Owen Good Modern Warfare 2, of course, done stepped in it with the dedicated-server thing. CVG talked with a producer and got less-than-assuring answers that Alien vs. Predator PC will support dedicated boxes, too. Replied Brickley: Replied Brickley: Interview: Aliens vs. Predator [CVG]
Apparent Internal Sega Document Describes Plans For Game Line-Up
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Sep 22
By Stephen Totilo The possibility of interaction between the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable is mentioned for Aliens: Colonial Marines, a game that was not yet announced for any portable system. The same option was also mentioned for something called Vanquish.
Sega Iffy On Colonial Marines Release Date
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Aug 25
By Luke Plunkett It's not even top-billing on Sega's Aliens tie-in release schedule! Sega's Mike Hayes has told G4 that the timing of CM's release is all up to how well the upcoming Aliens vs Predator reboot does at retail. Aliens: Colonial Marines Release Date Depends On Aliens Vs. Predator's Success [G4]
Sega Updates Us On Wii Strategy, Aliens, "Sega-ness"
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Aug 12
By Stephen Totilo Aliens is one of the murkier Sega topics. The company announced in 2006 that it would publish three games based on the famous chest-bursting movie monsters. Sega showed Aliens Vs. Predator at this event, demonstrating how games can play as a human marines or a Predator. Still under wraps is wh...
Halo Talk Abruptly Ends Gearbox Interview
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jul 28
By Owen Good Pitchford at first tries to laugh it off, and you hear the PR liaison in the background mumble something, while Pitchford brings the conversation back to Borderlands, and then mentions Aliens: Colonial Marines, and this is media training 101. But Pitchford's follow-up doesn't finish t...
Borderlands Preview: It Shoots Rockets!
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jul 28
By Stephen Totilo Borderlands is a four-year-in-development first-person shooter supporting four-payer co-op. It comes to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall from development studio Gearbox Software and publisher 2K Games. The game is a Mad-Max-looking adventure set on a wasteland planet called...
James Cameron's Avatar Game Scores Some Weaver
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Jul 24
By Michael McWhertor Weaver will be offering her line reading expertise to James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, which is slated to hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, PSP and Nintendo DS later this year. Other famous people who will add vocal talent to Avatar include Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi and...
And Now For The Games Inspired By Summer Blockbusters...
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Jul 16
By Luke Plunkett Aliens was released in 1986. And almost every single game that involves men fighting in space has taken something from it. Halo borrows from its aesthetic (Pelican dropships and assault rifles). Halo also borrows from its cast (Sgt. Johnson). Countless games have named their protagonists "...
They Remember Jedi, Jaws and Indiana Jones
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Jul 13
By Stephen Totilo Aliens is the one that gets the eye-rolls a lot. Another drop-ship? Another group of space marines? Another tough-talking black sergeant? Another drab color palette? "When it came out, Aliens' visual design was so amazingly fresh and almost mind-blowing, it's not surprising that so ma...
It's Officially Game Over, Man For Aliens RPG
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Jun 26
By Michael McWhertor Sega still has plenty of Aliens licensed game coming down the pipe, with Aliens Vs. Predator and Aliens: Colonial Marines shooting for every platform that can handle 'em. The Official State of Obsidian's Aliens RPG, by The Guildmaster [Obsidian Forum Community via Giant Bomb]
Avatar Demo On The Way This Week
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jun 2
By AJ Glasser Now, every gamer who also loves Aliens, Terminator and True Lies probably has nothing but mad respect for Mr. Cameron. But I've never heard (or rather seen) so many Twitters about how boring the guy's 13-minute talk about Avatar was. Come on, guys — this is the man responsible for the sex scene...
Sigourney Weaver Said "No, Thanks" To Ghostbusters
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Mar 5
By Luke Plunkett See, once Weaver found out the game was the real deal, and that even Bill Murray was involved, Weaver wanted back in. By then, though, the game's production had moved on, another "leading lady" was put in the game and Weaver was left out in the cold. Sigourney Weaver turned down [GameReactor]
Rumor: Aliens RPG Canceled, Layoffs Hit
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Feb 12
By Brian Crecente The rumors come the day after Sega announced that a new Aliens vs. Predator game coming out in early 2010. In that announcement Sega said they had "strategically updated the release of the other upcoming Aliens titles currently in development within its portfolio."
Aliens: Colonial Marines Due Before July
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Jan 8
By Luke Plunkett Bit hard not to be excited about Gearbox's new Aliens shooter. But how can we plan our excitement schedule if we don't know when the game's coming out? Not too long, then! Six months, at the most (KNOCKONWOOD). SEGA confirms Aliens: Colonial Marines still alive [videogamer]
Aliens: Colonial Marines Got QTEs, Custom Cover & Flashbacks
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jan 6
By Luke Plunkett Details on Gearbox's Aliens shooter are thin. But excitement is thick. So let's address both those issues with this preview for the game, which touches on story, setting and the use of cover. Full piece below. Aliens: Colonial Marines [Games Radar]
Signourney Weaver Declined Aliens Game, Not Offered Ghostbusters
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Dec 5
By Mike Fahey Sigourney Weaver talks about participating in video game film adaptations with MTV's Josh Horowitz, revealing that she once once asked to apear in an unnamed Aliens video game, but turned it down due to character innacuracy. Sigourney Weaver Appalled By Offer To Be In ‘Aliens’ Game, Not...
Xbox 360-Type Logo Appeared In 17th Century As Aliens?
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Dec 1
By Brian Ashcraft Mark claims not to be a conspiracy theorist but finds great non-news fodder like this on UFO conspiracy sites. According to Mark, "This supposedly historical shot was pulled from the 1997 documentary Area 51: Alien Interview. According to the film, on November 4, 1697, the citizens of Ham...
Rumor: Gearbox Lays Off 26, Drops Aliens: Colonial Marines - Update: Gearbox President Responds [Disturbance In The Workforce]
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Nov 21
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.
Aliens Colonial Marines Teaser TrailerOriginal at Kotaku
• Sun, Sep 7
By Brian Crecente Guests of last week's Gearbox party didn't get a chance to just play Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway and Samba De Amigo and listen to DJ Jazzy Jeff, they also get a brief glimpse of upcoming shooter Aliens Colonial Marines. The teaser trailer looks to be the same one shown off in the months le...
Details On Gearbox's Aliens Shooter
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Mar 12
By Luke Plunkett Aliens: Colonial Marines gameplay info [GamesRadar]
Sega Drops Details On Aliens: Colonial Marines [Details Emerge]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Feb 21
By Mike Fahey In Aliens: Colonial Marines, players are part of a United States Colonial Marine squad and must prepare to face an alien assault more intense and horrific than ever before. Driven by a compelling and original story penned by renowned writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle Aliens: Col...
New Aliens, Red Faction Games Christened
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Feb 13
By Luke Plunkett Next month's Game Informer has the scoop on two big-name upcoming shooters. One is Gearbox's Aliens game, the other Volition's third Red Faction title. While the mag's not out yet, leaving us frustratingly short on info and screens, we can see that both games at least have snappy new subtit...
Week In Games, PS3s Rejoice Edition [Releases]
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Dec 10
By Mark Wilson BlackSite: Area 51 (PS3) Man vs. Alien. Pick a side. Pssst. Aliens will eventually destroy man.
Week in Games: Super Mario Galaxy Edition [New Games]
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, Nov 11
By Flynn De Marco Medal of Honor Heroes 2 (WII, PSP) Invade WWII with your Wii Zapper. Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (WII, DS) Rayman's Raving Rabbids return. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (PSP) My money is on Aliens because they look cooler.
AFAS: Arcade Flyer Art Saturday: Top Secret/Bionic Commando
Original at Kotaku
• Sat, Sep 29
By Flynn De Marco And thus ends our first Japanese to American flyer comparison. Stay tuned next week for another special edition of Arcade Flyer Art Saturday where I'll dig up a gallery of flyers for some more well known games that you might know how to play, but who's advertising to the arcade owners at larg...
Arcade Flyer Art Saturday: Aliens
Original at Kotaku
• Sat, Sep 1
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...
Ubisoft Snags Cameron's Avatar Rights
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jul 24
By Mike Fahey London, United Kingdom - 24 July 2007 - Today, Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that it will develop and publish the video game based on Twentieth Century Fox's "Avatar," the upcoming feature film written and directed by Academy Award®-winning film...
Alone in the Dark 2 Casted
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jun 27
By Kim Phu If you haven't heard already, Alone in the Dark is getting a movie sequel with the kind of star treatment you'd expect after seeing the first. Just because Christian Slater and Tara Reid weren't available to reprise their roles as Aline and Carnby doesn't mean that Uwe Boll couldn't resist...
New Details of Aliens Games [Space Is The Place]
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Jun 4
By Kim Phu Although Sega hasn't said much about the Aliens game that will be coming out, the developer for the game, Randy Pitchford at Gearbox, has let some of the cats out of the bag. The game, which is based on that classic sci-fi sequel by James Cameron, will be a first-person shooter that follows th...
Spy Hunter Movie Back On Track. Yay.
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Jun 1
By Michael McWhertor Anderson, mostly famous for the Resident Evil and Aliens vs. Predator flicks, is also hard at work ruining/remaking Death Race 2000. No word from Variety on whether these projects will interfere with his work on the Castlevania film.
Feature: The Colossus and the Comedian
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Mar 22
By Brian Ashcraft Reign Over Me must be one of the first Hollywood films, if not the first, to deal with games thematically and intelligently. While other industry pundits try to figure out how to take the latest blockbuster game and turn it into a movie or vice versa, Reign Over Me already has an insightful le...
Aliens Going Next-Gen [Aliens]
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, Dec 10
By Brian Crecente Aliens Since its 1979 debut, Alien and its three sequels have grossed more than $557 million worldwide, garnering numerous awards, including two Academy Awards . In 2002, Alien was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservat...