I'm sure I can't be the only person who's rather excited at the thought of potential nerd-fest Aliens: Colonial Marines. This is a video game with the kind of gestation period usually associated with cathedrals – it was originally scheduled to appear on the PS2 back in 2001, but was dropped for undisclosed reasons. Rumour has it that it's now pencilled in for an autumn 2008 release on the PC, 360 and PS3, and from early screenshots and previews it looks like it's going to be worth the wait; the aliens look incredible, and the tri-functional assault rifles from the old James Cameron movie are present and functional. Fabulous!
Unsurprisingly, it's going to be (you guessed it) a first person shooter, but that's no bad thing. Who wouldn't like to run around LV426 blasting Giger's finest creations?
Sega's website isn't exactly overflowing with information, but here's hoping the finished product will live up to the promising details revealed so far...
All together now, 'That's it man, game over man, game over!'
2008-04-24 @ 08:28