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After announcing its acquisition of the licensing rights for 20th Century Fox’s Aliens franchise, Sega teased two projects based on the property—a role-playing game and a first-person shooter. Within a few short years, Sega unceremoniously cancelled the RPG, which had been helmed by Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment. Many would later contend the FPS from Borderlands studio Gearbox Software should’ve suffered a similar fate. Instead, it arguably endured far worse, and not at all for the better.

Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines was intended as a showcase of what’s possible when a licensed brand and a skilled group of developers meet in perfect harmony. Fox and Sega additionally envisioned Colonial Marines as a stepping stone to narrow the divide between gaming and film. The shooter’s canonical narrative exemplified this intention tenfold. Gearbox’s efforts failed spectacularly, though, culminating in a mess of broken promises that long tarnished its reputation.

According to a host of accusations leveled against Gearbox, mishandled resources, professional dishonesty, and a lack of passion beset the game’s lengthy and tumultuous development cycle. While studio representatives have denied these claims, the word of former staff members paints an entirely different picture, one that suggests Colonial Marines was never in a position to fulfill its promise of faithfully expanding upon the beloved sci-fi universe.

This is the tragedy of Aliens: Colonial Marines.

 

[D.Final]

One day we will see another Alien game

 

[Salty Popsicle]

The only Alien game worthy of a sequel is Alien: Isolation. Unfortunately, I don't think it will ever happen. Apparently, most of the people who made that game in Creative Assembly now work in various other studios and there are few publishers who are willing to touch the Alien IP at the moment.

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

Very well made video, but if you're familiar with the story there isn't any new info.

GVMERS is an excellent channel overall, I watched the Dead Rising one a couple weeks ago

 

[RAIDEN1]

One day, yeah probably by the time the PS-6 comes out or the equivalent, hell there isn't even an Alien movie on the horizon....but there is a Predator movie in the works..