The fact that Zach is replying to our banter about Aliens makes me feel like we're closer to the light at the end of the tunnel than we were even just a few months ago.
I bet those winter meetings with Sega went a long way towards proving that GBX had come up with some good stuff to show off.
Even Zach's follow up tweet to Jay was something to the effect of "how awesome [A:CM] was looking"
We may get info during E3, but we're still a good 8-12 months away from having the game in our grubby hands.