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Sega Drops Details On Aliens: Colonial Marines

NINgod — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:58:36 MST

@blainer: i can imagine Newt holding a pulse rifle slaughering aliens left and right. in the Alien timeline though she is already dead.

NINgod

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NINgod — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:57:21 MST

my jaw dropped when i heard about this. now i want an AVP game based off the Colonial Marines alien style like the pc games.

NINgod

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RobotsAlive — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:19:26 MST

i wonder if we'll able to use the power walker. hmn.
www.consolepatrol.com

RobotsAlive

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blainer — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:18:31 MST

This is great and all, but will we be able to play as Newt? I know my wife will mostly want to be Newt. Mostly.

blainer

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crazyrabbits — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:27:18 MST

What's this? Picking up on the abandoned Sulaco that was forgotten about in Alien 3? HELL YES. Powerloader battles, here I come!

crazyrabbits

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73mike — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:18:35 MST

Aliens: the Computer Game, 1987 (Commodore 64, among others)

This game contained some of the first rudimentary elements of FPS (and squad-based combat, to stretch my point nearly to breaking).

No corridors, IIRC. Just rooms leading to other rooms, any of which could contain eggs/facehuggers, bipedal xenomorphs, or the occasional Queen.

You could switch between 6 squad members, and had to keep enough of them alive to get through different parts of the map and simultaneously achieve certain objectives.

Conserving ammo, headshots, and the RE-style horror of a sprite alien turning towards you for a snack if you didn't blow it away within seconds of sighting it.

Hell of a game, back in the day. Not exactly scary, but atmospheric enough (by the standards of the times) to inspire several very weird dreams.

73mike

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red — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:21:18 MST

i await with anticipation, but i know right now that the only thing ill be thinking when playing it is '... whither predators?'

red

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necrotoxin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:33:02 MST

4 Player co-op hell yes this is going to be kick ass.

necrotoxin

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StratfordX — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:18:35 MST

hey @mandarin, have you ever been mistaken for a man?

StratfordX

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Draconis — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:02:36 MST

Should be fun, but the sole existence of this game makes me want an AvP3 that much more. :(

Draconis

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dnez — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:48:06 MST

they have amazing multi-player potential..I ope it isnt squandered on cookie-cutter marine vs marine Capture the flag and Death match. Needs me some AVP style Xenos vs marines with each having distinct advantages and disadvantages WHILE being balance and fun.

dnez

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mrantimatter — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:35:48 MST

I read in game informer the game has no hud...should be pretty interesting as a game.

Looks fantastic, can't wait. AVP2 was amazing back in the day.

mrantimatter

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jago.kot — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:19:36 MST

@GFX-187: Did you miss the footage that was shown at E3 last year? That sh*i was realtime gameplay...not CG cut scenes.

jago.kot

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Bunn — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:47:02 MST

I must say I am really enjoying the coop trend that's reappearing lately

Bunn

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Draftbaboon — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:44:27 MST

awwww yeah....Now I can take the role of Hicks in my mind.

Draftbaboon

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J-Fro — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:44:17 MST

Ah, so this is the major franchise that Gearbox was talking about a month ago. I'm slow.

This has the potential to be very very cool. They should ressurrect Hicks and Hudson for this....then again, Hudson would probably try to run away 5 minutes into the game.

"The Sarge is gone! Let's get the fuck outta here!"

J-Fro

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ArmyofJuan — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:41:39 MST

Republic Commando wa sthe best squad based shooter ever so far. It made everything simple and not overly complicated like GRAW or anything.

And with the announcement of 4 player co-op, i think i might excrement on myself. Gearbox so far have proven themselves as a pretty good developer, so i have faith.

BTW, Darkhorse needs to put out more Alien/Predator comics. Hellboy is cool and all, but come on. If they can pump out 25 different star wars series at one time, why not Aliens

ArmyofJuan

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boopadoo — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:28 MST

I hope their engine supports acid blood and gi-normous nuclear explosions.

I'm so excited to hear more news about this, but I'm convinced it won't meet my expectations -- they're pretty damn high.

boopadoo

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Gunhaver — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:29:37 MST

I don't know...to me the Alien(s) franchise seems to be built around the fact that just about everybody gets their brains chewed out by a xenomorph. It's weird enough to survive for two hours (like an Aliens movie), let alone survive for ~8 hours of fighting while dragging three other redshirts through with you.

Gunhaver

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heretrix — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:29:00 MST

"We're on the express elevator to hell!"

heretrix

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COLDBLOODED_BMC — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:16:23 MST

Game on Man, Game on!

COLDBLOODED_BMC

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DEXTER O — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:56:42 MST

This better be awsome.

Either way, it's an excuse for me to whisper 'Keep it frosty marines' at every given opportunity.

DEXTER O

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mandarin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:53:27 MST

The Sarge in the movie was really something:

WHAT ARE YOU? HUDSON! Get on the ready line, Marines, get some today! Get on the ready line! Move it out! Move it out, goddammit! Get hot! One, two, three, four! Get out, get out, get out! Move it out, move it out, move it out! Move it out, move it out, move it out! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven! Aaarrrrr, absolutely badassess! Let's pack 'em in! Get in there!

mandarin

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DARTH_TIGRIS — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:50:32 MST

This could be a very good game, but ... I just have nothing left for this property. Its done nothing but burn consistently after Aliens and the mystique and appeal has just ... been melted away by alien blood.

See, even in disinterest, I was able to pay homage to the series. Oy vey ...

DARTH_TIGRIS

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4sparta — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:42:59 MST

@Gray665: They are using the Unreal 3 Engine on their upcoming Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway, so I'm assuming they will use that on Aliens too. Don't forget Gearbox also did Halo PC, which is still fun to mod and play!

4sparta

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unit — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:39:46 MST

Yes!!!!!, now the ball is in there court because this franchise is basically what all those other alien themed fps get their roots from. And these aliens will have more of an impact on the players because of their history and nostalgia(atleast for me). I can't wait to hear that authentic sound of the pulse rifle and the screams of the aliens while your firing at them. im getting goose bumps thinking of how they can give this game that authentic feel and detail because of todays technology! please don't screw it up sega! thank you and goodnite!

unit

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Raziel66 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:38:07 MST

@JerrD74: hopes his license issues get fixed soon:

Thanks! Have gotten that issue yet :( Don't what's going on with my subscription. I always get 'em late.

Raziel66

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GFX-187 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:36:57 MST

those scans look too good ther probably renders of what the intend the game to look like at the end of production kinda like Killzone.

anyway ive been waiting to play something other than zombie horde on CS:S.

Wonder how they will deal with acid blood tearing up the enviroments, sounds like a job for HAVOK here.

GFX-187

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Koztah — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:30:05 MST

I was sold at "Four-player coop".

Koztah

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Massiah — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:29:02 MST

@AndrewG009: Yup, totally agree there, and I'm looking forward to Hells Highway too.

Massiah

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jayntampa — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:26:41 MST

I love DS9, and they worked on a few very good episodes ... so, that's very promising. Gearbox is a very solid developer, too -- so, I actually have very high hopes for this.

jayntampa

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Lono — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:25:47 MST

I'm going to end a lot of friendships by yelling "Game Over Man" during co-op....over and over.

Lono

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jago.kot — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:20:23 MST

Sweet mother of all things that are awesome...good god that looks awesome! I just hope the story holds up. I wonder if they used the comics as a reference for anything.

jago.kot

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greeble — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:18:02 MST

Thats nice and all Sega but how about announcing when( or if?!?) we'll get Valkyrie of the Battlefield over here in the states.
[kotaku.com]

greeble

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poser85 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:13:39 MST

[www.avpgalaxy.net]

scans ^^ :D

poser85

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AndrewG009 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:12:33 MST

I am indeed pleased.

@poser85: @Massiah:

Brother's in Arms was an excellent game if you ask me, so I'm not about to complain about Gearbox.

AndrewG009

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Touy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:11:34 MST

@poser85: Gearbox did the Brother in Arms series, and those were pretty fun squad based shooters.

I'm actually pretty excited about this, I'll definitely check it out when it drops.

Touy

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Volrath — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:11:22 MST

I'd like to hear more about Obsidian's RPG. All I know about it so far is that Avellone is doing the writing. Which is, you know, awesome and all that.

Volrath

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ShockTerminal — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:09:27 MST

Seems like I heard about this game back in 2000 or 2001, always wondered what happened to it. I've been geared up for this cense I heard about it.

ShockTerminal

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poser85 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:08:36 MST

@Massiah: Really? When was the last time Gearbox made a good game>?

poser85

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Massiah — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:07:28 MST

Aliens + BSG writer + Gearbox = Epic Win

Massiah

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poser85 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:06:23 MST

Any word on the rpg?

poser85

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Krytha — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:05:55 MST

Fucking facehuggers! FUCK!

Krytha

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Nickatiah — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:05:53 MST

Please let this not suck. The last Aliens game I liked was the AvP CapCom brawler from the 90's.

Nickatiah

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poser85 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:04:56 MST

Game over man! game over!

poser85

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tnx3 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:03:26 MST

A sci-fi FPS Gearbox game. I'm sold.

tnx3

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SpeedTurtle — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:59:56 MST

co-op over live would be really atmospheric. I'm seriously (for once) looking forward to playing this online and using the mic.

SpeedTurtle

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JerrD74: ..drawing a blank — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:59:10 MST

@Raziel66: The newest GI that I just got mentioned that it was a completely unrelated game.

@Crosswayboy: also stated there would be 4 player co-op online

JerrD74: ..drawing a blank

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SolidOni_ds — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:58:42 MST

Could be cool, but I'm not sold just yet

SolidOni_ds

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feegore — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:55:16 MST

i'm pretty sure these are supposed to be some screens of the game

found it on CVG

[games.tiscali.cz]

feegore

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Gray665 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:53:22 MST

Does anyone know what engine they are using? What does Gearbox usually use, do they have a proprietary engine?

Gray665

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Sam Smith — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:52:47 MST

If this is as good as the Marine campaign in AvP2, I will be very happy indeed.

Sam Smith

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Raziel66 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:52:04 MST

Awesome. Does this game have anything to do with the previously canceled Colonial Marines game? Just wondering if they used the work that had already been completed as a starting point. That one looked good...

Raziel66

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Crosswayboy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:51:37 MST

This is gonna blow every other Aliens-related game outta the water. Online Marines vs Aliens pleeeeease!

Crosswayboy

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killer_meatballs — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:49:53 MST

Can't wait for this game

killer_meatballs

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Irenicus-the one and only — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:49:49 MST

Great writers :)
This sounds cool, I love that we are getting treated to a bunch of Alien games now. I hope we can see footage soon.

Irenicus-the one and only