According to Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, TimeGate Studios is now involved with the development of Aliens: Colonial Marines. The studio is responsible for titles such as F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point, F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate and Section 8 to name a few.
“We’ve been working with talent in the industry, talent in Gearbox. We actually have some development partners that have been involved and brought some incredible ideas to the table, including Timegate Studios down in Houston. These guys are pretty good and they brought some really good ideas to the table.” Pitchford said.
New previews, interviews and details on the game are still coming from E3 2011. You can find all of them here at our forums. Also make sure to check our Q&A with Gearbox here.
Damn that sucks. Would have liked to have heard what he talked with the devs about.
No he was certainly there.
Well I'm surprised he at least didn't interview any of the gearbox guys. He interviewed other developers at E3. Maybe there were scheduling conflicts?
I would definitely like to see Angry Joe's review/preview of A:CM though.
If those rumors of the Wii U turn out to be true, that will be the second Nintendo console I'll buy for a specific game.
Good questions from the interviewer. Sounds like co-op mechanics will be limited
Best interview yet IMO. Kind of answered a lot of questions including the whole deal with squad based mechanics.
'Cause Alien heads usually don't?
and http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3/aliens-colonial-marines/videos/g-20070604113921651073
Previews have been all over the board, but general pros are the atmosphere (most said very similar to Aliens) including the lighting, the xenomorphs themselves, the drop in/out co-op, the standoff scenes, and the ominous return to the Sulaco and LV-426. The marines were also praised for being foul-mouthed and realistic, bringing back a lot of that special Apone magic. Sentry guns are in, as well as door welding (but only mentioned in one preview.)
The crusher is new, sounds/looks like a sort of Praetorian that rams the marines and is bulletproof. I think the given explanation for this variant was the heavy radiation contamination from the atmosphere processor. Power loaders are also playable, and the marines apparently weld flamethrowers and pulse rifles to the arms.
Also 3 acts confirmed, Sulaco, Hadley's Hope, and Derelict (!)
Weren't really a lot of cons, and some of the previews were rather strange as they dinged the game on things other previews had praised it over. Mostly just early development issues and bugs, but I don't remember reading anything really negative.
From the Spong preview. Hahaha this guys cheeky.
Still I'm really excited for the lighting. I wasn't before, I guess I didn't really think about it but the movies had so many memorable scenes with great lighting, it makes me think we'll get a visual Aliens experience on par with the movies.
Also, this is terribly obvious, but the wikipedia page for A:CM has some interesting info I think. It mentions the AI of the aliens and the Runners, pretty exciting!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens:_Colonial_Marines
But Human version of Alien is a mammal Alien...
I dont want a rhino alien, or a dinosaur alien, or any kind of mammal alien...
IMO, as long as the xenomorphs stay with the insectoid/mechanical look, they can create all the aliens they want to
Oh no, you didn't.
It's boring to fight the same Aliens with the same AI again and again.
AvP2 had Aliens that just ran after you no matter what. (Not just the Aliens). There were moments when the Aliens to tricked you, but that was scripted.
AvP2010 had Aliens that spawned, jumped and tried to attack you with their claws in mid-air, just to die for lulz.
This game offers intelligent Aliens that can be appropriate challenges, instead of horrendous Aliens emerging from horrendous animals/ideas.
Yep! I love the Praetorians too. Alien games need variety. It's REALLY boring fight the same enemies over and over again... personaly i would love to see a giant alien-spider in the game
Awwwwww!
I like them, if only to give the xenomorphs some variety.
A hint for them.
Radiation >>>>> Human Tampering
Human Tampering = Newborn (Well almost, as the Newborn was unexpected)
Radiation = Unexpected results from a Xeno that survived a nuclear explosion.
Needs to see a better view me thinks.
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