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We explained it in detail, why Aliens didn't make E3. But it's so much more soothing hearing the news come in the Anglified voice of SEGA of America's head honcho Simon Jeffery.
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How many more reasons do you need to get all excited over Gearbox's upcoming Aliens shooter? It's being done by Gearbox, for starters. Syd Mead's had a hand in designing the gear. And now we hear that Battlestar Galactica's writers are behind the story? The good news just keeps on rolling. Seems Bradley Thompson and David Weddle - the show's lead writers - had plenty of spare time on their hands during the TV writers strike, and kept themselves busy writing a "whole season" of TVs worth of material for the game. Excellent.
Gearbox Talks Aliens Creative Team: BSG Writers, Original Film Artists, Craig Mullins [Shacknews]
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Sega Gamer's Day earlier this week in San Francico stuck to a "blockbusters" theme, reminding the visiting press that they had just launched a video game based on Iron Man and that another based on The Hulk was coming shortly.
Despite the theme, the games shown after the short presentation were distinctly, movie-themed free featuring, two both the upcoming RPG and traditional Sonic titles, Samba De Amigo, Golden Axe: Beast Rider, Valkyria Chronicles and Empire Total War.
While they didn't show it, Sega of America unveiled a brand new IP, a "spy-action" role-playing game for next-generation consoles called Alpha Protocol. The game, a modern day RPG is being developed by Obsidian for Feb. 2009.
The show wrapped up with a quick teaser video showing off what appeared to be a very slick, high-resolution glimpse of Aliens: Colonial Marines.
In the incredibly short video a camera pans away from a clutch of Alien eggs as a voice, obviously the voice of a Marine talks in the background.
One of the eggs breaks open unleashing a young Alien and you can hear the marine say:
"Wait a minute there's movement, looks to be some kind of bug or something..."
Sega promised to have the game at their booth during this year's E3.
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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 subtitles, making it all the easier for us to differentiate them from past titles in the series/franchise. "Gearbox's Aliens game" can now be referred to as Aliens: Colonial Marines. What, I hear you ask, no Aliens, no Predator, no vs? Not a big surprise: we've heard the game is based very closely on the look/feel of Jim Cameron's film and Syd Mead's designs. "Red Faction III", meanwhile, must now be known by its official title, which is Red Faction: Guerilla.
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We had a little break last week, but the cork popped out of the dam and the flood of games has begun anew. Super Mario Galaxy, Assassin's Creed and Umbrella Chronicles are all on my list of things to buy and eventually not get to play because I have too many other things to play. What's topping your list this week?
Super Mario Galaxy (WII)
It'sa Mario again... in space!
Assassin's Creed (X360, PS3)
Altair is da man in 1191.
Crysis (PC)
Fight aliens!
BlackSite: Area 51 (X360, PC)
Fight more aliens!
Need for Speed ProStreet (PC, X360, PS3, PS2, WII, DS)
Race around the world in your custom car.
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008 (X360, PS2, WII, PS3, PSP, DS)
Wrestlemania. Wait, that's something else...
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (X360, PS3, PC)
Co-op killing.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (PS2)
Dragon Ball Z. Still going.
SimCity Societies (PC)
Learn how buildings shape society.
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (WII)
A zombie massacre on rails.
Soldier of Fortune: Payback (X360, PC)
The game based on the magazine based on killing and guns.
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.
The Systems Alliance Office of Naval Intelligence has issued a lengthy Xenological Threat Assessment report, covering the political, economic, cultural and biological factors of aliens likely to be encountered in BioWare's Mass Effect, complete with glamor shots of the various races in action. The document covers 8 different alien societies in staggering detail. The full report is posted after the jump, and it's full of interesting facts, such as: Turian genetic code is based on dextro-amino acids. If they attempt to ingest human food, which is based on levo-amino acids, they may enter anaphylactic shock.A truly insane amount of background information, and exactly what I've come to expect from BioWare. They aren't just creating a video game - they're creating a universe.
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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 no difference between the two except for the graphics. It could be played with up to two people and was controlled with a joystick and two buttons. It was mainly a side scrolling shooter although a few levels had a switched perspective with the characters moving forward down long hallways. The controls were pretty simple with one button letting you fire while standing and the other button allowing you to fire while crouching.
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Yes, yes, extraterrestrial lovers, Rebellion Developments is indeed making an Alien vs. Predator video game. This one, brilliantly titled Aliens Vs. Predator, not unlike its Hollywood inspiration of the same name, puts you in the role of a Predator hunter in third-person perspective, hunting down Alien hordes and mostly helpless humans. The PSP release is from the same chaps who brought us the Alien vs. Predator PC game. They're gearing up for a pre-Christmas release, beating the film version by about a month.
Check out five of the first screens in our gallery.
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