Well I thought it’d be nice if I posted this up. It’s been a good year and I’d like to thank every single one of our members who frequently visits AvPGalaxy. It’s for you guys we do all this work.  :amuse: I’d also like to thank all our affiliates such as Dark Horse, Sega, Gearbox, Obsidian and Fox.

I hope you all look forward to another exciting year with plenty of news on Colonial Marines, the RPG, the new comic series (!) and all the wonderful merchandise we can expect. I might finally bring myself to get one of those awesome Hot Toy models.

From all the staff at AvPGalaxy, myself, Darkness, all the mods: Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Here’s to Hot Toys in your stockings, and South Sea China wrapped up with your presents!

Continuing their release of Aliens and Predator Maquettes, ADI and Sideshow have just announced the latest in their recent line:

This Maquette is actually life sized so it will be quite large. Unfortunately there is no release date. But you can keep an eye on this thread for more information as it is released. Thanks to Sabres21768 for the news.

Following up on Weaver’s recent idea of having an Alien 5 without any Aliens, MovieHole has just released a little article after they got the chance to talk to Weaver:

“And, you know, I don’t think we have a deep, pressing need to finish the saga although it does definitely feel unfinished to me. And I think if I wanted to go and have a meeting with Jim about it, I’m sure he’d be game”.

Usual stuff really. As expected she also takes the chance to slag off the recent AvP movies (that’s our lass  :amuse: ). But to quote Dreamcatcher, “same shit, different day”. Read the whole thing at MovieHole. Thanks to DazAvP85 for the news.

PlayStation magazine PSW (PlayStation World) recently did a massive article on the upcoming Colonial Marines game. While they released no new screenshots, they did reveal quite a bit about the game!

• One aspect of the story ties neatly into the Aliens universe is the use of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation as an over-arching evil, a puppet-master pulling the strings behind the action. Though your immediate survival against the Sulaco’s alien infestation is your primary concern, the game will build in a conspiracy story behind the gameplay.
  
• There will be more than six episodes to wade through, including some revelations that could affect the Aliens cannon.
  
• All team members are essential. One marine will be able to hack security doors another will be able to set portable gun turrets. Each carries their own signature weapon. The officer carries a standard pistol, while the other squad members carry flame throwers, pulse rifles, grenades, one even carries an RPG
  
• Gearbox has said new aliens will be introduced to ensure that there’s plenty to shoot.

Forum members WarWager and Sh0dan have been kind enough to scan up the pages and post the new information, the rest of which you can read in the CM board. The game is sounding better and better. Keep your eyes on this space for more news.

I’d really like to apologize for this one. We’ve had it for a while but I was waiting until we got a little added extra before announcing it so I’m extremely sorry for the delay. However, onto the main attraction!

“But for me I really like ambiguous characters because they seem more real. I mean, we might not be gunrunners, but each one of us has made some dubious moral or ethical decisions. So when we respond to villains, we kind of are acknowledging that, yeah, we have a part of ourselves that’s like that, too.”

Jeff VanderMeer is the author of the latest Predator novel, South Sea China. We talk about the usual stuff including the other comics, the translated version of South Sea China (of which we were given an exclusive copy of the cover) and I’ve even scored you all the entire first chapter of South Sea China! So be sure check out the interview.

MTV Movies has been talking to Mrs Weaver and as usual she reveals that her and Ridley Scott have been talking about an Alien 5. Again. But this time it’s a little different:

““What we’re interested in is taking the character of Ripley and seeing what other science fiction story we can tell about someone who has lived several lives.”

An Alien film without Aliens? I know it’s always been about Ripley but…Well, I’ll let you make your own minds up about it. Read the whole thing here. Thanks to Xenomorphine for the news.