The Gearbox developed game, Aliens: Colonial Marines has not been cancelled and is still in production.
Alan Pritchard, SEGA West’s Vice President of Marketing and Sales confirmed in an interview with Game Informer that Colonial Marines is still being worked on. The interview clip follows:
Could this perhaps mean Colonial Marines will be a better experience compared to the somewhat average AvP game that released earlier this year?
In addition, the next major release coming from Gearbox happens to be Duke Nukem Forever. From a marketing standpoint, it would make a ton of sense to want to release an incredibly anticipated game like that over Aliens. Despite the fact your xenomorph killing is going to have to wait until after Duke Nukem Forever releases, at least DNF will feature some extraterrestrial target practice to tide us over.
While it is good news to hear Colonial Marines isn’t cancelled, it’d be great if more details do come out in “the next couple of months.” However, two things are certain:
- There’s going to be a lot of aliens between you and escape (or whatever objective you’re supposed to accomplish).
- The M41A Pulse Rifles will be at your disposal - along with their beautiful sound effects.
Aliens: Colonial Marines will be releasing some time in the future, maybe 2012 for possibly the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
Source: Game Informer [via SEGA Bits]
