Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC/360/PS3/WiiU)

[MonkeyWrench]

I think the should definitely keep double-jumps and Hockenheim in.

[Largo]

Damn recent shots look good, love the avp games because as mentioned above the atmosphere and jump out seat factor is much higher than the ****y movies.
But ive got to play a marine damn it, i always played alien...that way id never be scared to come across one....4 player co op sounds fun tho

[angelx]

Let this be entered into the new gaming constitution.

With NO MORE QUICK TIME EVENTS

[fishbowlhead]

If brothers in arms is anything to go by we should be seeing playable code of this in about 2011.

[MattyD]

'FSW in space' isn't going to happen I'm afraid Ian. I was half hoping for this as well. But in an interview with Gearbox (about them generally, not just Aliens) they said they didn't feel Aliens needed squad mechanics of any sort because as they quite rightly pointed out it's a waste of time using military tactics against what are essentially vicious animals. They did say however that they'll be applying their experience and expertise in creating solid characters and good team AI, so the squad will pretty much look after itself anyway by doing things like holding formations, automatically keeping their arcs covered etc etc.

[Ian(not Ian)]

'FSW in space' isn't going to happen I'm afraid Ian. I was half hoping for this as well. But in an interview with Gearbox (about them generally, not just Aliens) they said they didn't feel Aliens needed squad mechanics of any sort because as they quite rightly pointed out it's a waste of time using military tactics against what are essentially vicious animals. They did say however that they'll be applying their experience and expertise in creating solid characters and good team AI, so the squad will pretty much look after itself anyway by doing things like holding formations, automatically keeping their arcs covered etc etc.

Oh no.
Gearbox's assertion that squad mechanics would not work is bollocks. Witness the first insertion into Hadley's Hope in the movie, Apone directs the marines to move forward (sic) by squads. At this early stage we viewers were 'almost' convinced the marines could repel any attacks.
The very reason the marines met their doom a wee bit later is purely and simply they did not work as squads, they were in dissarray when and during aliens attacked, save the lack of ammo which had been taken off them at Burke's behest, which is a rubbish scene btw.

The proper Aliens game when it comes will redefine the movie...This time the marines will have a chance to win, in the atmosphere processor encounter, in saving civilians, in securing the base, in defending the base, in rescuing the wee newt, in clearing a path for evac, in actual evac.
All without Ripley.
An alternative.

Is it so hard to do?

If no-one does the above game, one day I'll finance the bloody thing myself if I win Euromillions.

[TheBlackLodge]

Witness the first insertion into Hadley's Hope in the movie, Apone directs the marines to move forward (sic) by squads. At this early stage we viewers were 'almost' convinced the marines could repel any attacks.
The very reason the marines met their doom a wee bit later is purely and simply they did not work as squads, they were in dissarray when and during aliens attacked, save the lack of ammo which had been taken off them at Burke's behest

See, I'm not sure I agree there, those nice tactics they displayed worked well when they where up against thin air. You can't really turn around and say they would have worked against the Aliens as we have no real basis for that from the film. During the AP encounter........It was an ambush from the start, even working as squads the best they could have achieved, IMO obviously, would be to not 'Get our ass's kicked pal".

[Welrain]

Agree with Blacklodge here, tactics mean nothing if you are surrounded and confused.

[MattyD]

Tactics also assume that your enemy is not coming outta the god-damned walls

[Brodie]

Especially in a dry heat.

[Uli]

there's first video footage available. it's super short but nonetheless sweet: http://www.shackvideo.com/?id=12813

hope to see more of this soon

[MJ]

Shaky cam teaser trailer:

http://kotaku.com/5046404/aliens-colonial-marines-teaser-trailer

[MattyD]

According to a leaked email from Corrinne Yu, Gearbox's former head of technology (who is joining Microsoft to work on Halo projects), this is "more than mostly complete". It doesn't seem like it but it's nearly three years since they started developing this so it can't be that far away.

[SuperBeatBoy]

They could say the same thing for Hells Highway.

[SmokeMeAKipper]

They could say the same thing for Hells Highway.

Lol