Welcome to the first news post of 2009. Free Comics Book Day is upon us on May the 2nd and to celebrate this and advertise their upcoming revival of their Aliens and Predator series, Dark Horse surprised us with this gem:
All we know is it's a flip book. I'm still waiting back on Dark Horse for story details and a ... [Read More]
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 ... [Read More]
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. [Read More]
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 ... [Read More]
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. ... [Read More]
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 ... [Read More]
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 ... [Read More]
There's a couple of stories circulating today on Kotaku and ShackNews that Gearbox / Sega was going to drop Aliens: Colonial Marines altogether. Apparently, Gearbox let go of a large number of employees today because Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway hadn't sold well. Kotaku also mentions that Sega may have cut the funding on Colonial Marines ... [Read More]
The hot topic of the community is the upcoming fanfilm by Alex Popov, Redemption. We've been covering it for a good few months and I recently got chance to have a chat with Alex about Redemption:
"It all began when I saw "Batman Dead End". I decided I wanted to make my own Predator fan film. The next step was making ... [Read More]
I just received word from Gary of Alien War that a massive piece of news has been posted regarding the upcoming Alien War attraction. And that is that it will be opening this month:
"The London show will now not happen until mid 2009 so to keep things ticking over we are delighted to say that Alien Wars will return back ... [Read More]
Things have been a little quiet on the NECA front recently. We've had a lot of Wolf variants out under the AvP Requiem line (with series 4 due out this month) and the love it, hate it Alien model. Now the silence is broken. Take a look at this badass:
"Standing 7" tall and with multiple points of articulation - included ... [Read More]
Despite its age Serria's Aliens vs Predator 2 for the PC has been running strong since its release and is still receiving no end of updates and mods from the fanbase. It has simply been keeping the gaming fanbase alive. Until now:
"Sierra, now part of the vast Activision Blizzard group, have revealed that they are to close 21 game servers ... [Read More]