My name is Aaron Percival - although I go by the handle Corporal Hicks in the Aliens/vs/Predator community - and I'm the co-administrator of AvPGalaxy. I also work specifically as editorial doing news posts, interviews, articles, etc and handle public relations for the website. I also host and edit the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast.
I first saw the first half of Aliens on my 5th birthday after going on the Aliens - Ride at the Speed of Fright 4D cinema at American Adventure. It gave me nightmares for 5 years until I finally saw the film in its entirety and became obsessed with the franchise.
I have worked on various Aliens vs Predator websites since 2003 when I learnt HMTL over a weekend and created a website called AvPWorld. In retrospect it was a terrible looking website but it further enhanced my love of the franchise and the online community. I became a newsposter for AbsoluteAvP (previously AvP2.net) later that year.
In 2005 I eventually decided to close AvPWorld and take on a more editorial role working for the re-incarnate version of AvPNews hosted on GameGossip. Unfortunately the administrator left and I was left to run an entire website by myself again. Following the AICN script review of Aliens vs. Predator 2 I eventually lost the heart and left AvPNews in April of 2006.
When I was contacted by Darkness in November 2006 about using my articles & reviews for AvPGalaxy, I volunteered to join him as permanent staff and have been here ever since.
I have a very open mind when it comes to the franchise so I enjoy reading the various comics and novels so I can experience other stories outside of the films. I enjoy attending various conventions and playing numerous games based on the series.
During my time working on Alien vs. Predator Galaxy I've had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the Alien Encounters: 25 Years of Aliens Convention. I've been featured in a documentary about Alien fandom called Alien Fans by Dennis Lowe. There is also a ship in the Aliens vs. Predator novel trilogy, The Rage War, named after me.
With The Predator trailer due for release any time soon, several of The Predator actors are now sharing what appear to be stills from the film (or the impending trailer trailer?) on their social media accounts!
The two images released so far seem to show Rhodes, Thomas and Key's characters aboard the Predator ship known as the Ark, and one ... [Read More]
Have you ever wondered what Alien might have been like through the eyes of Jones? Come October, you'll get to experience that with Jonesy - Nine Lives on the Nostromo!
"In space, no one can hear you meow. Aboard the USCSS Nostromo, Jonesy leads a simple life enjoying The Company cat food and chasing space rodents. Until one day, his cryostasis catnap ... [Read More]
20th Century Fox's showcase is currently taking place in Las Vegas at CinemaCon and as expected, Shane Black's The Predator has finally had some preview footage screened! It looks like it was a trailer rather than any preview scenes. The trailer starts off on Halloween with Jacob Tremblay's character Rory playing with a toy box that has a toy alien ship ... [Read More]
In just over an hour 20th Century Fox will take to the stage at Cinemacon and be showing off footage from their upcoming slate of films. This includes Atila, Deadpool 2 and more importantly to us - The Predator. A head of that showcase Fox has sent around updated synopsis' for those films:
"From the outer reaches of ... [Read More]
After Alien: Covenant's release we had the opportunity to speak to Alien: Covenant illustrators Dane Hallett and Matt Hatton. During our chat we talked about their desire to write a David's Diary, so to speak.
Fast-forward to nearly a year later and that book has been announced! Matt Hatton confirmed the book's existence on his Instagram page earlier today.
"We’re ... [Read More]
Update: And it's over! The answers we were looking for were - Bolaji Badejo, Roy Scammell and Eddie Powell. We would like to thank everyone who entered the competition! Unfortunately, there could only be six winners and they were -
John Gazaway (Eaglemoss' MEGA Alien Xenomorph Statuette)
Bill Meacham (Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White)
Tommy Suter (Alien: The Archive)
James ... [Read More]
We have just uploaded the 64th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! Our latest episode features an interview with the Ben Rigby (who plays Ledward), the actor front and center in Alien: Covenant's most memorable scene - the backburster! This latest episode was guest hosted by Muthur (aka Clara) from the ...[Read More]
It's now April 26th (at least here in the United Kingdom) and that means Alien Day is upon us! All the staff here at Alien vs. Predator Galaxy would like to wish all our readers and community members a happy Alien Day! As with the last 2 Alien Days, we'll be covering all the competitions and the swanky new products ... [Read More]
It's been a while since we've heard anything concrete about the next instalment in Sir Ridley Scott's Alien prequel series. And we're not the only one apparently. In a new interview with Metro (via Screenrant), Alien: Covenant's Daniels - aka Katherine Waterston - reveals that she is as in the dark about the next one ... [Read More]
Alien: The Cold Forge is Titan’s first original full length Alien novel since Tim Lebbon wrapped up his awesome Rage War trilogy in 2016. After that we had a single disappointing anthology series with Aliens: Bug Hunt which released on Alien Day 2017.
And now Titan are back and they're swinging hard with Alex White’s Alien: The Cold Forge. Though no ... [Read More]
20th Century Fox have just announced an interesting new Alien experience that is going to be launching for Alien Day 2018! Titled Alien: Offworld Colony Simulator, the new interactive survival game is exclusively available on Amazon's Alexa devices!
"Launching one minute prior to ALIEN DAY at 11:59 PM ET on April 25th, the ALIEN: Offworld Colony Simulator is a turned-based ... [Read More]