Obsidian, Sega confirm Aliens RPG 'no longer in development'

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Jun 26, 2009 4:31 pm PT

Developer breaks silence, confirms all work has ceased on sci-fi film-inspired role-playing project; publisher says there are "no plans to move forward" with the game.

Last week, gaming fans of the 1986 film Aliens (see below) got some welcome news when Gearbox Software confirmed it is still developing Aliens: Colonial Marines. The game, which has been back-burnered so the Texas developer can focus on its original October release Borderlands, had been rumored to be canceled following the surprise announcement of Aliens vs. Predator.

(Insert 'game over' joke here.)

Another game that was rumored to be canceled was the unnamed Aliens role-playing game being developed by Obsidian Entertainment. Though the independent shop, formed in 2003 by former Fallout 2 developer Black Isle Studios, remained officially mum on the matter, GameSpot learned that work on the title had been indefinitely suspended in February. Though the game's forums remained active on the Obsidian site, subsequent reports from former staffers said the game had been canceled outright.

This afternoon, Obsidian made it official with a brief post from an administrator on the Aliens RPG forums. "Rumors have circled around a bit regarding the fate of the Aliens role playing game that Obsidian and Sega had been working on," read the post. "Unfortunately, it is true that we are no longer working on the game, and we wanted to finally announce that officially to everyone who has been following its development." The Aliens RPG forums will continue to operate another week before being dismantled entirely.

After weeks of promising that information would be forthcoming, Sega was quick to confirm the project's demise. "At this point, Sega has no plans to move forward with the Aliens RPG," a rep told GameSpot. "The Aliens franchise offers us so much content to choose from that we feel it important to take a step back and carefully consider the type of game we want to release. We plan to continue working with the Aliens franchise and ask fans to be patient and stay tuned for more information about what Sega has coming out for the Aliens series of games, starting with the upcoming Alien vs. Predator game."

Sega will still publish Obsidian's Bourne Identity-like espionage RPG Alpha Protocol, due out this fall on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The Irvine, California-based shop is also hard at work on Fallout: New Vegas, which will be published by Bethesda Softworks next year.

164 Comments

  • dogbert784

    Posted Oct 7, 2009 2:17 pm PT

    aww man.... =/

  • Vaultboy-101

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 3:33 am PT

    I wish that they would make a individual new predator game where you could be a human or a predator. At least it would make people forget about that old one on the NES.

  • Lukescic

    Posted Sep 20, 2009 11:43 am PT

    In AVP you can play as Predator, Marine or Alien so in my opinion it is better to have one good game than two mediocre games.

  • Ducati996R

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 4:25 pm PT

    You guys are tards. The Alien RPG game was cancelled not Aliens: Colonial Marines or AVP. One out of the three. You tards were thinking there were 2 Aliens games coming out not 3?

  • Crabs4sale

    Posted Aug 26, 2009 1:52 pm PT

    I'm sure this game would have it's advantages to be played as a marine and not an alien. Think Dead Space: you can't play as the zombies, but you still have a kick ass time playing it. Come to think of it, this game would be really, REALLY close to Dead Space...

    I'm sad this was canceled, but at least AvP is still a go.

  • MERGATROYDER

    Posted Aug 12, 2009 4:36 am PT

    This sad news. Guess I'll more time to play AVP in Febuary!

  • groundgamer

    Posted Aug 3, 2009 11:09 am PT

    I don't actually care about Aliens: Colonial Marines being cancelled, because Alien VS Predator will just own it's ass. I mean, why play as a marine in the Aliens game, when you can play as an Alien, Predator AND Marine in AVP. Can't wait!

  • jumper-man

    Posted Jul 25, 2009 2:09 pm PT

    sorry about that last comment, I forgot to mention that I was talking about ALIENS: Colonial Marines

  • jumper-man

    Posted Jul 25, 2009 2:07 pm PT

    I am glad to hear this is still going to be released, we may need to wait a little more but who cares the games looks awesome

  • Schmitty722

    Posted Jul 18, 2009 2:35 pm PT

    and this aint a movie tie its just a fun first person shooter that i have been waiting for they should let you play as aliens too like a kind of left 4 dead thing but you spawn only if the queen is alive as a face hugger

  • Schmitty722

    Posted Jul 18, 2009 2:32 pm PT

    watch out for hace huggers people it wasnt the big black things that were scary it was the face huggers man all fast and small hiding any where then it rapes you i hope theres a game mode were the aliens get people too the hive and you have a time limit too go guns ablazing into hive fighting everything that moves before the eggs hatch

  • holypro

    Posted Jul 17, 2009 3:49 am PT

    1337 uber saddface

  • alien33

    Posted Jul 11, 2009 6:37 am PT

    As long as AvP and A:CM get released, I'm happy. Afterall, I never quite understood how an Aliens RPG could work...

  • stryke297

    Posted Jul 6, 2009 7:50 am PT

    Thank god someone like CreatureRising is here to confirm what is and isn't true and not true. I'm glad his smug ass is here to share his all-knowing frat-tastic bro science.

  • sooty1987

    Posted Jul 4, 2009 8:54 pm PT

    awwww =(

  • CreatureRising

    Posted Jul 4, 2009 7:54 am PT

    @backatcha Yes Movie Games Suck But this was not i Repete NOT a Movie tie in It is just set in the Alien Universe.

  • CreatureRising

    Posted Jul 4, 2009 7:52 am PT

    Well Game Over Man Aliens RPG. But I loved AVP2 I just cannot Wait for AVP to come out plus Aliens Col. Marines Looks like Superb Co-oP, Welding Doors just like Killing Floor

  • forhekset

    Posted Jul 4, 2009 6:05 am PT

    Though from when I first heard of this I never understood what could even be possible with an Aliens RPG (judging from Obsidians style it would have been a traditional RPG style and not some hybrid), I'm still really disappointed about this. I'm not really so interested in Alpha Protocol, and I was hoping they would continue to solidify their name with established franchises.

    Alpha Protocol might be great, I dunno. It just doesn't immediately make me turn my head like an Aliens game did.

  • Excedra

    Posted Jul 3, 2009 11:14 pm PT

    aww bummer

  • jin-ro

    Posted Jun 30, 2009 8:41 am PT

    hehehe love all of ys guys ,fans of aliens all those lines.......jezzzz love that movie.........

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