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Aliens: Colonial Marines, Alpha Protocol slated for Q1 '09 release

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Jan 7th 2009 12:57PM

No, we don't believe it either, but at least Sega has confirmed that the nebulous development of Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines is still ongoing. According to a release list issued to UK site VideoGamer.com, Sega currently has the xenophobic first-person shooter pinned to the first quarter of its 2009 release calendar -- though the article questions whether said calendar is Gregorian or fiscal.

Joining Colonial Marines in the Q1 '09 release window is Obsidian's Bauer-esque spy RPG, Alpha Protocol. We've contacted Sega of America to clarify these dates and confirm the other titles on the list, including House of the Dead: Overkill (February), Sonic and the Black Knight (March) and Bayonetta (a vague "2009").

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Tags: Aliens, Aliens-Colonial-Marines, Alpha-Protocol, Gearbox, Obsidian, PC, PS3, Sega, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (21)

I know its a probably a bad idea to be excited about Aliens: Colonial Marines, but I can't help it, its been to long!

Gearbox are fairly competent devs, I wouldn't be too worried.

Don't expect Half-Life though.

"Don't expect Half-Life though."

Ironic, considering Gearbox developed the critically acclaimed Half-Life:Opposing Force expansion.

They made Blue Shift and Opposing Force which were on par, if not better, than the original Half-Life. They also made the Brothers in Hells games which are pretty good, so I think it's likely this came will turn out at the very least decent. Though I don't see how they can go wrong, the concept for the game is pretty similar to left 4 dead only you replace the survivors with badass space marines, and the zombies with acid-blood spewing Aliens.

Blue Shift and Opposing Force were alright but they didn't have the same charm as the original to me. It slipped my mind though, so consider my point foiled, sort of.

I don't rate Blue Shift too highly myself.

You must have played a different Blue Shift...

I'm more interested in Storm Rise which is do out march but still Aliens: Colonial Marines should be fun too.

I want A:CM so bad I can taste it. And AP is really sounding like an awesome game. If the role-playing aspect of the game is done right, it could be the RPG I've been waiting for (since it doesn't seem like a D&D 3.5 game will ever come out for 360 :().

Do it right, Obsidian. DO IT RIGHT! (and they will, because their effing Obsidian).

i too am lusting after A:CM in the worst damn way. My kingdom for a wicked Aliens based title!

While I adore the Alien series ( esp. the first two films). I have not seen enough of this game.
I mean has there been any footage at all?

I really want this to be good, but I have feeling this game is being rushed out the door for a quick buck.

Yeah...I'll believe that a Gearbox game will come out on time when I am holding it in my hands.

DO WANT.

A:CM is my most anticipated title of 2009. I'm looking forward to KZ2 and Bionic Commando as well, but c'mon... this is Aliens people! Give us some footage!!!

Very rarely do games released with as little hype, information, or publicity actually pan out to be good games. I hope I am wrong because I was really looking forward to both of these titles but if they are releasing in the next 3 months I would have expected to see some more in-depth previews of both.

That's good news. I've been looking forward to Alpha Protocal for a while now.

I'm glad to hear this. I hope they don't mess it up, because I'd like to get my hands on another solid Aliens-related title.

I heard there are lots of QTE, which doesn't please me, and a little more strategy involved that I'd prefer. These games are meant to be fast, crazy, scary action all over. I hope they put that in there as well.

Xenophobic? Surely that must read xenomophic? Just checkin'!

thats a good question

Any Aliens Online players here other than me?

May I be first in this article to say that I WANT MES MAH STAHCRAFT GHOST!

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