Aliens: CM Gameplayer Preview
Aliens CM News | Posted by Darkness on 11 May 2008 16:51 BST
Gameplayer has a lengthy preview of the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines game. There will be parts of the game where you basically need to fortify your position and defend from aliens. The developers are also aware of how the aliens should be portrayed; i.e. "virtually indestructible beings" like in the first movie. The preview also mentions a new place they saw from some concept art: "shanty mining town on a barely terraformed planet".

"A second major gameplay approach is through the use of what Gearbox are calling 'Make a Stand' situations. These are particular moments in the game where you will need to fortify your position against incoming aliens. Your preparation time will be short, but there are a lot of interesting decisions to be made that add a tactical layer to each encounter. Creative Director, Brian Martel, is enthusiastic about this mechanic. "It's the tools that we have; the ability to move things around, to put turrets there, to have the motion tracker so that you can know when they're coming and from where."

There's a couple of renders of an APC and Dropship in the pictures that I've not seen before too. Thanks to Space Voyager for the news.

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NECA 7" Alien Figure Pics
Merchandise | Posted by Darkness on 11 May 2008 16:34 BST
A couple of days ago, NECA released pictures of its 7" Alien Figure which will be released later this month.

"Today NECAonline revisits the original sci-fi nightmare as we debut composite images of the upcoming Alien 7" Scale Action Figure! Movie-accurate, standing 9" tall, and boasting over 20 points of articulation, the Alien Action Figure is the first figure that truly captures the nightmarish essence of H.R. Giger's iconic creature design. The Alien 7" Scale Action Figure will begin hitting store shelves at the end of this month..."


Thanks to Mr Weyland and Von for the news.

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AvP Requiem FA Cup Adverts
AvP Requiem News | Posted by Darkness on 09 May 2008 17:54 BST
If you check out the Official UK AvPR DVD Site, you'll find three AvPR DVD ads. If you remember the AvP Poker spoof that Fox did for the first AvP, you'll enjoy these.


The clips centre around football and the upcoming FA Cup Final. In the first clip, the Predator shoots and scores, second one, the alien saves it and the third shows the Predator doing kickups. The suits and visual effects are straight from AvPR. Thanks to Rishi and shakermakerman for the news.

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AvP Requiem Nominated!
AvP Requiem News | Posted by Corporal Hicks on 07 May 2008 07:43 BST
...For the MTV Movie Awards in the category of Best Fight:

"It'll be a fight to the finish, but nothing like the kind of brawls that are nominated this year in the category of Best Fight, which include Damon vs. Joey Asah, for their rooftop rumble in "The Bourne Ultimatum"; Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco, for their superhero smackdown in "Spider-Man 3"; Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell for the global grudge match in "Jumper"; Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming for their behemoth beating in "Rush Hour 3"; and Alien vs. Predator for their whoever-wins-we-lose grapple in "AvP: Requiem."

Other than two Razzie nominations - Worst Prequel or Sequel and Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie - none of which it won, this is the third nomination AvP Requiem has received. Also it is its first positive nomination. Check out the whole story here.

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New Aliens: CM Interviews
Aliens CM News | Posted by Darkness on 04 May 2008 19:31 BST
There's a couple of new interviews about the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines game. The first is on CVG and another preview / interview you can find in Issue 35 of the Official X-Box Magazine [UK]. You can read a transcript of this article on Sh0dan's Space site.

X-Box 360 Magazine: Have you worked closely at all with the original filmmakers?

Brian Martel: Not that closely! I mean, we are in contact with Fox, and they've provided a lot of material. We work closely with some of the special effects people at Amalgamated Dynamics, who did the special effects for Alien3, Alien: Resurrection and Alien vs Predator. We went and talked to them to get a better understanding of how the aliens work, and how they would design the aliens for a game. The writers' contributions were also essential in helping us create an experience that is as close to Hollywood as it gets. James Cameron hasn't been round for a chat yet, but hey, we'll keep knocking at his door. You never know...

Aliens: Colonial Marines is still scheduled to be released by the end of this year. Thanks to G-Man and Sh0dan for the news.

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AvP Requiem DVD / Blu-Ray Sales
DVD/Blu-Ray News | Posted by Darkness on 24 Apr 2008 19:21 BST
So AvP Requiem was released on DVD / Blu-Ray last week in the US and the sales figures have now been published today. From ComingSoon.net:

"Juno debuted at No. 1 on both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert Sales chart and Home Media Magazine's rental chart, with Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem bowing at No. 2 on both charts... In rental revenue, Juno generated an estimated $8.4 million in its first week according to Home Media Magazine market research. "Requiem" finished close behind with $7.7 million... On Blu-ray Disc, "Requiem" came out on top while Juno bowed at No. 2."

So AvPR came second place in the Sales/Rentals charts, generating $7.7M in rental revenue. It came top in the Blu-Ray chart, however. So what does this mean? Well, the first AvP generated $8.6M in its first week. So despite the overwhelming negative reaction to AvPR, it's done pretty well.

Update: AvPR made $11M in DVD sales in its first week making a total of $19M. That doesn't include Blu-Ray rentals/sales so the figure is even more.

Update #2: In the second week, Cloverfield entered the rental chart at the top while AvPR dropped to 4th making $6.34M. However, AvPR still kept top place in the Blu-Ray chart.

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No Extended Cut for AvPR UK Sets
DVD/Blu-Ray News | Posted by Darkness on 21 Apr 2008 21:08 BST
A couple of clarifications need to be made about the UK AvPR DVDs / Blu-Ray sets. I read the first UK AvPR Blu-Ray review over on DVDActive and:

-There will be no extended / unrated cut in the UK AvPR Blu-Ray Set. Instead, all people will get is the theatrical version. The same is probably true for the DVDs too. If you noticed on shopping sites, the DVDs have been renamed from Extended Combat Edition to Ultimate Combat Edition.

-The 20 minutes of deleted scenes which we heard about a while ago is nothing more than the 6-7 minutes of extra footage from the US Unrated version. This has been padded out with existing footage which comes out at 20 minutes in length. What a bitch, eh? Still, there is a whole lot more hidden footage out there and I wouldn't be surprised if Fox release another cut of the movie later down the line.

According to Fox UK, the lack of an extended version was due to 'time constraints on production'. On the bright side though, we do get a few more extras than the US sets.

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