Today, Sega has revealed the box art for the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines game. You can find high-res shots of the artwork on PC, Xbox 360 and PC as well as the full press release by clicking the image below. Check out all the versions here. Also be sure to let us know your thoughts on the artwork in our forums.
In related news, Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford has talked about the game’s delay & Prometheus during a recent interview with Playstation. You can read the full thing here. Thanks to Sega for the news.
Press release:
“Aliens: Colonial Marines Packshots & Info Text
Today we are excited to reveal the pack fronts for SEGA’s highly anticipated Aliens: Colonial Marines™, featuring you and your friends as the ultimate badasses against the deadliest killers in the galaxy.
In partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and developed by critically acclaimed studio Gearbox Software, Aliens: Colonial Marines will bring new levels of bone-chilling suspense and adrenaline-filled action to the renowned franchise. The game pits players against the universe’s ultimate alien killing machines, the Xenomorphs, in claustrophobic environments guaranteed to produce blood curdling thrills that the movie is renowned for.
Aliens: Colonial Marines begins with an ostensibly abandoned ship, the U.S.S. Sulaco, recovered in orbit around LV-426. Players lead a group of highly trained United States Colonial Marines as they board the deserted craft to uncover the fate of the crew. They will have to fight to survive unspeakable horrors and their own anxieties as they chase down the truth behind a galaxy-spanning deception that places humanity at the mercy of the most murderous and deadly species in the universe. Aliens: Colonial Marines features authentic environments, such as the surface of LV-426 and Hadley’s Hope, weapons inspired by the film series and is designed to provide an exhilarating and engaging new chapter in the Aliens universe.
Aliens: Colonial Marines is scheduled for release in the Autumn of 2012 on Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and PC.“
unless they were only for multiplayer.
I completely agree. After experimenting with making the background black myself, I came to the same conclusion. The profile of the alien is harder to make out on a black background, and the focal point of the marines in the middle is lost.
Maybe they'll have obvious "not so obvious" playable characters in some sort of side story mode that are similar like "Ricks", "Huston", "Ramirez", "Blake", "Gordon", "Verro" and "Helen Risley" with some evil dork named "Connor Lurke"? hahaha... that would be sweet!
Brings forward the extra details of the xeno's head. I also think the head stands out a little more on white than it would on a black back ground.
All honesty, I couldn't have done a better job because I'm not a professional graphics artist
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg213.imageshack.us%2Fimg213%2F927%2Frsz11alienscolonialmari.jpg&hash=f1d2fdd94d4d92ecb00f78fe932f7ad18acdf579
Though the collector's edition could have a completely different cover.
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnymoviereviews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Falien-3.jpg&hash=bf60f61bf79a4291257fe396f3e738d9e94753c0
Personally, I could see some box art being the steel grating in the hallways of the colony, acid stained, with an empty pulse rifle nearby and a left 4 dead style hand.
Same thing happened to me a couple of months back. Random posts were being deleted with no admin record of it ever happening. Think it's just a rare forum glitch. Or at least I hope it was
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This
only kidding, who cares about post count anyway, if someone has an opinion, but it appears someone else has already stated a similar statement and they wish to express their opinion too, what's wrong with stating their agreement?
Next time I hear a one-word response like "this" or "agreed" made just for the sake of post-count:
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthewolfmancometh.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fkenpark-suicide.gif&hash=f4ef077e9867ca577e9639bd06a382aa1cebb8a5
I lol'd.
It looks better in any case, as with the white background!
dito, guys!
Cruz, Bella, Winter, and O'Neal.
Cruz is in the Walkthrough footage.
That was the first thing I thought of when I saw it. I never liked that AVP poster, mainly because of the white background. Granted I think the A:CM cover looks a lot better, I still wanted to know what it would look like on a black background. This is pretty rough, but I'm not going to spend all day on something so insignificant:
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1080.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj335%2FxAndrewJJx%2FAliensCMcoverblack1.jpg&hash=e8d55e6522f5078f37201a82d8ea7235befbbdee
We've known about Bella for a while now and also there are female marines in the cinematic trailer.
I'm kind of on the fence about this cover. While I'm glad they went for something different the overall design feels very bland to me. There's no sense of tension or threat or dread. The marines in the cover are just walking down the hall with very neutral expressions and relaxed poses. Also blue and white are very calming colors.
The composition feels very uneven (too heavy on the left) and the monochromatic color scheme is making some of the details vanish (as seen with the weapons). There's also some weird perspective stuff going on with the inner jaw and the rest of the mouth. I actually preferred some of Xeno_kilelrs mock ups.
Then again this is just very nitpicky stuff.
HMV.com says the came will be released on August 1st
And thehut.com says it will be released on October 18th.
What gives?
I'd say it's exactly the same.