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Aliens: Colonial Marines delayed to fall

Sega says it did not want to "sacrifice creative process" to meet former spring ship date; first-person science fiction shooter now due this fall.

Gamers hoping to play Aliens: Colonial Marines in spring 2012 won't have that opportunity. In a statement provided to the GameStop-owned Game Informer magazine, Sega and Gearbox Software revealed that the sci-fi first-person shooter has been delayed to fall 2012.

Gamers now have more time to catch up with the <i>Aliens</i> films.

Gamers now have more time to catch up with the Aliens films.

"Aliens: Colonial Marines is a process of creativity and invention and those don't necessarily follow the structure of an assembly line," reads a line from the statement provided to Game Informer.

"While setting clear goals, deadlines and predictions is helpful, they are often subjective. We don't want to sacrifice the creative process just for the sake of following a blueprint. We prefer to have the creative discovery shape that blueprint because our goal is to make a great game, and we are prioritizing this goal over the previously targeted date."

When it does ship, Aliens: Colonial Marines will arrive for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Its story will pick up shortly after the events of the 1986 sci-fi film Aliens. Players will join a squad of the titular space soldiers who board the USS Sulaco, the spaceship from the film, after it is apparently abandoned. From there the action will spread to the surface of the planet LV-426 and its main settlement, Hadley's Hope. The first-person shooter will also feature environments and weapons inspired by the film.

For more on Aliens: Colonial Marines, check out GameSpot's latest preview.

81 Comments

  • MrHatnClogs

    Posted Jan 30, 2012 10:27 pm GMT

    @ticklemonster1

    That's what I was talking about, why wouldn't they track the pod to the prison colony? The plot doesn't make much sense.

  • Davhut

    Posted Jan 30, 2012 2:03 am GMT

    Better for my bank balance that they delay the game avoiding the Spring crush. Patience young Padawan patience

  • frydaddy1978

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 8:48 pm GMT

    Bummed it is pushed back. But it might be a good thing. Maybe they want to polish it up and not dissappoint the fans. I grew up watching these movies and if they keep the feeling of the movie it should be good.

  • d_40

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 2:54 pm GMT

    game over man, game over!!!

  • 00J

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 2:47 pm GMT

    hadley's hope got destroyed, but this is probably pre-event, they only tried to destroy hadley's hope because everyone was dead, ripley, girl newt, android bishop, and hicks were left.

  • ticklemonster1

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 1:55 pm GMT

    @mrhatnclogs : it was a nuclear reactor(more or less) so not the whole planet was destroyed, just messed up real bad, also this is a support marine team( apparently they didnt get the memo that things went bad), and only escape pods were jettasoned on lv436(the prison planet) the main ship did not crash...but who cares, it still should be fun with a plot!

  • MrHatnClogs

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 9:20 am GMT

    Few things that are bothering me, from reading wikipedia this is taking place between Aliens and Alien 3.

    Problems:

    1. Hadleys hope was turned into a crater.

    2. After Aliens, the Sulaco was heading back to base, they should still be on board.

    3. If they found it abandoned, it would mean that the remaining crew crashed on the prison colony, why wouldn't they check that out?

  • jaymib

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 9:18 am GMT

    Damn it, i was looking forward to playing this, i hate it when games get put back till the Christmas, come on, we know the game is ready, you just want to make as much money out of it but releasing it at the end of the year!!! I hate it, no games to buy for 10 months and then in a space of two month 20 odd games you want to play come out and not enough cash to get all.

  • MrHatnClogs

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 8:56 am GMT

    @Legrieme

    Unless your company is Rockstar or Valve.

  • Teggert

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 7:29 am GMT

    @sammyd1234- No to both of those suggestions, those noises are intrinsic to Aliens!

  • sammyd1234

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 4:27 am GMT

    get rid of that damn beeping sound, its so annoying, also change the gun sounds, they sound really bad. thats just 2 bad things i can say about this so far.

  • residude

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 1:52 am GMT

    Read that as "due to fail"

  • Diarma10

    Posted Jan 29, 2012 12:17 am GMT

    @endorbr - spot on. The first two movies are the only "cannon" movies in my mind, so this game is the only proper sequel to the Aliens movie I will likely get for the next couple of decades. No pressure Gearbox. We can only hope Hollywood and games companies stop with the AvP already. Predator 2 has a lot to answer for.

    @Legrieme - I hate to say it, but you're probably right. I'll bet you Sega read consumer feedback about getting games completed to a deadline, and used it as an excuse to delay the release. I hope though, that extra polish is being added, or am I being naive?

  • Legrieme

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 6:38 pm GMT

    God I'm getting sick of these Game company's Greed. Keep delaying games to meet with their Fiscal Year's to manipulate profits for their shareholders. And anybody who thinks otherwise is a moron and has no clue how the realworld operates.

  • neogeta8

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 3:45 pm GMT

    Looks like a standard Alien(s) game. Didn't see anything new to get excited about in that trailer.

  • mortis1982

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 2:47 pm GMT

    Awesome!!

  • mothboy

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 2:43 pm GMT

    @ AloeVera4...I AM DISAPPOINT!

  • JoeSour

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 11:57 am GMT

    Sucks but not surprised. This game has been pushed back so many times I'm just like "...meh". After seeing the last gameplay demo I wasn't too impressed either. Feels like an addon to AVP, but I might be wrong after this pushback

  • jasonlc3221

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 9:41 am GMT

    @AloeVera4

    You OBVIOUSLY have never seen any of the Alien movies. And that's even more sad than this article.

  • brynhyfryd

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 7:25 am GMT

    I cannot wait for this game.

    I had a pre order on this game over 2 years ago. I just dont get why they keep delaying this game.

  • CptRexKramer

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 2:49 am GMT

    Oh, well this sucks. I was really looking forward to this game. I guess it won't kill me to wait a few more months, though. ;0

  • parrot_of_adun

    Posted Jan 28, 2012 12:41 am GMT

    @AloeVera4

    Lizards?

  • AloeVera4 posted Jan 27, 2012 8:46 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    AloeVera4

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 8:46 pm GMT (hide)

    F.E.A.R. set in space with lizards!

  • jasonlc3221

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 7:49 pm GMT

    I know that this could be a good thing, thinking that the game will have more time for polishing.

    However, I'm saddened by the fact that it will probably just become obscured in the mass quantity of games that are released this fall and it might fail to meet sales expectations.

    My bet is that by Christmas, this game will be on sale for $20. I hate saying that, but I've seen it happen so many times.

  • vengefulwilberg

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 6:56 pm GMT

    Sad face. I was hoping for it to come out at release. But I would rather have a good aliens game than a crappy one. I will just have to deal with it. All I can say is Sega better not screw this up cause I was anticipating this game for a long time.

  • Warhawk613

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 3:51 pm GMT

    No problem.

  • mechag2

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 1:50 pm GMT

    If only Sega did this for AVP... that, and not cut support for it only a few months after it's release.

    ...those bastards.

  • Wolflink001

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 10:09 am GMT

    If they are delaying it then that means its going to be a better game. This game will probably end up being the best Alien shooter yet!

  • DarthLod

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 10:01 am GMT

    Better to wait, considering how BAD the previous AVP games were.

  • Landsharkk

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 9:05 am GMT

    AVP2 for the PC is still the hands down best Alien vs Predator game in my opinion.

    Even the multiplayer was fantastic.

  • Aentikraist

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 9:03 am GMT

    WHOO HOOO IM ALLOWED TO COOMMENT agian mmm and well this is not that bad i hate having half the game on disc oand half on dlc id rather give em some time extra time to make a very very warm and awaited welcome game in my case!!!

  • EXODYS

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 7:36 am GMT

    I'm looking forward to this game, hopefully it'll be good and scary as hell

  • firzok

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 7:02 am GMT

    @power_marks but it is being developed by gearbox software and they are quite good.

  • pszone

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 5:38 am GMT

    I seen gameplay of this and looks finish so i guess more timw wont hurt that wont be like duke

  • macca366

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 2:41 am GMT

    I still find the PS1 Aliens game scary to play. No problem with the Dead Space series, but I think that this might be more intense to play. Not that its a needed feature, but a multiplayer horde mode would be an obvious and good way to extend of the life of the game

  • s4dn3s5

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 2:25 am GMT

    no prob, take your time, just deliver.

  • charlieboomboom

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 2:24 am GMT

    Faith is down on this one..to many nonplaying movieparts, its like u run from one cutscene to another in minutes. And had really hoped to play as Ripley.
    Finally avp wasent halfbad, multiplayer is pretty fun "adv sissiors,stone,paper" and it runs on DirectX 11.

  • power_marks

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 2:11 am GMT

    @ SEGA always failed creating movie based game................
    So i realy no hope with this game

  • Nathalmighty1

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 1:38 am GMT

    Oh man... this is gonna be a very hard wait! I know it will be worth it in the end though!

  • itchyflop

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 1:17 am GMT

    it better not suck after all this, the ps1 alien game was mega and thoroughly enjoyable....

  • AcidSoldner

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 12:51 am GMT

    Damn it.... Oh well. More time to polish and make this game even better.

  • CTR360

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 12:48 am GMT

    no suprise

  • TheGreyArea

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 12:40 am GMT

    Eurgh... really Randy? I'll admit that I'm disappointed. But on the other hand, does this mean we can have Borderlands 2 early instead please? WELL!?!?! PLEASE?!!!! Still looking forward to this in a BIG way.

  • Warlord_Irochi

    Posted Jan 26, 2012 11:56 pm GMT

    Once again...

    Hope it won't become "Aliens: Colonial Marines Forever"

  • Vambran

    Posted Jan 26, 2012 11:54 pm GMT

    better be early fall sega. you Don't want this game going against Call of Duty or halo.

  • MadcatMK6

    Posted Jan 26, 2012 10:40 pm GMT

    Well, if its to improve quality, then I guess I don't mind waiting. Geez, why can't Sega give Sonic this kind of treatment? Yes I know the last two Sonic games(Colors and Generations) were good, but they still weren't amazing.

  • jalen_222

    Posted Jan 26, 2012 10:16 pm GMT

    Bravo to Sega ! Thank you for caring about product quality - instead of deadline (money). I know the outstanding quality of other recent games has really raised the gaming 'bar' - and several game makers have had to revamp their product. Also, despite previous attempts, there has never been a decent shooter for Aliens that it's fans have long thirsted for - let get it right. We don't want ANOTHER disappointment.

  • nemesis1990

    Posted Jan 26, 2012 10:11 pm GMT

    No need to rush it SEGA. We can wait.

  • Barighm posted Jan 26, 2012 9:01 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Barighm

    Posted Jan 26, 2012 9:01 pm GMT (hide)

    They didn't want to sacrifice the creative process of...an Aliens licensed FPS? HA! First great quote of the year!

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