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Aliens: Colonial Marines

gamesradar.com - 1/7/2009

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This franchise plays host to the DNA of every sci-fi shooter ever put to pixel or cel. The dimly lit corridors, the unseen enemy, the lashings of gore and the chunky near-future weaponry and it’s all centered around space marines. The original space marines too, not those Turok ...

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Kotaku: Aliens: Colonial Marines Got QTEs, Custom Cover & Flashbacks [Game Over Man]

Destructoid: Aliens: Colonial Marines is still kicking, has a few details

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Blue's News — Evening Previews [January 06, 2009, 9:23 pm ET] - Post a Comment Aliens: Colonial Marines on GamesRadar . Empire: Total War on the Official Website . Introducing the "Fougasse." Where's Donnie Brasco when you need him? X-Blades on IGN . Share Story Enter the email address of the person you'd like the share this story with, or share it with other sites. From: ReplyTo: To * : Subject: Text: Notes: Email Password Remember Me If you don't already have a Blue's News user account, you can signup here . Forgotten your password? Click ...

Aliens: Colonial Marines Got QTEs, Custom Cover & Flashbacks [Game Over Man]
Kotaku — ... scream NNNOOOOOO when they inevitably start falling to the xenomorph's advances. The preview also says that you'll be able to use adaptive cover in the game, ordering squadmates and other personnel to do things like weld entrances and move furniture to seal off (or just slow down) the aliens. And when they do get through? It's time for combat. Combat that isn't always a straight-up fight, and instead occasionally becomes a scripted, QTE bug hunt. Full piece below. Aliens: Colonial Marines [Games Radar] ...

Aliens: Colonial Marines is still kicking, has a few details
Destructoid — ... In addition to this, we also know that the game will be split into six chapters, each one giving you control over a different member of your six-person Marine squad. Each mission contains flashbacks which gives a backstory to each Marine, lending some extra narrative weight to proceedings. The game will use "adaptive cover," and you'll be able to have entrances welded shut and furniture moved to block the Alien advance. ...

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Not Going Down Without a Fight!
co-optimus.com 3/28/2009 — The rumor mill is ripe with co-op promise once again, and Aliens: Colonial Marines is next on the roster. After many previous rumors of it's cancellation, Aliens: Colonial Marines has made a minor news appearance. According to Sega Nerds , UK magazine Powerstation will be featuring a preview ...

Aliens: Colonial Marines still enlisted for duty
thatvideogameblog.com 6/16/2009 — Believe it or not but Gearbox’s Alien-based shooter, Aliens: Colonial Marines , is not only still in development but is also likely to hit store shelves next year. With Rebellion’s Aliens vs Predator title stealing most of the limelight and little to no information on ...

It's Not Quite "Game Over Man" for Aliens: Colonial Marines
co-optimus.com 2/14/2009 — This week Sega decided to announce a new game in the Aliens franchise, in fact, it was a new game in the Aliens vs. Predator franchise. There was a bit of turmoil when the game was announced, because it appeared as though Aliens: Colonial Marines got delayed when an official ...

Sega: game not over for Aliens: Colonial Marines, Aliens RPG
joystiq.com 6/16/2009 — The big, green gooey eggs containing Sega's long in development Aliens: Colonial Marines and Aliens RPG are going to hatch -- just not soon. When we asked why the games were absent from this year's E3, Sega replied, " Aliens vs. Predator will ...

Rumored video of Aliens: Colonial Marines for DS surfaces
nintendo.joystiq.com 5/29/2009 — What's the real deal with the Aliens franchise, recently? Ask Sega -- except don't, because you're pretty unlikely to get a straight answer from the company regarding the whereabouts of Aliens: Colonial Marines or the Obsidian-developed Aliens ...

Colonial Marines still in training
thatvideogameblog.com 7/22/2009 — Despite looking most awesome when the game was first showed off, we haven’t seen anything from Sega and Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines for a while now. But, Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford assures us again, through CVG this time, that unlike the Aliens RPG which met its sad ...

Aliens: Colonial Marines Still Coming, To DS Too, But Not This Year [Gearbox Software]
kotaku.com 6/15/2009 — Aliens: Colonial Marines , Gearbox's Aliens shooter, is still very much on, but won't be arriving this year. When it does hit, there will be a DS version as well though, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford tells Kotaku. Colonial Marines was first ...

Colonial Marines Release Date Depends On Aliens vs. Predator
1up.com 8/25/2009 — Sega put Gearbox Software's Aliens: Colonial Marines on the backburner in favor of Aliens vs. Predator . According to Sega, Colonial Marines will be released eventually, but ...