Gearbox has just announced the inclusion of playable female marines in both the co-op and multiplayer aspects of the game. Three additional playable co-op characters have also been announced today. According to Gearbox:
“Female marines are playable in competitive multiplayer as well as co-op, complete with customization elements. This is something the team has been planning and working on for quite some time, and that work is finally at the point where we can confirm it will indeed ship with the game when it releases on February 12, 2013.”
Below you can see all three new characters:
“Demarcus, Jennifer and Guillermo appear as playable characters in co-op. When playing through the campaign in co-op, the host controls Winter with the rest of the party able to choose between players Demarcus, Jennifer and Guillermo — complete with a variety of customization elements we’ll have more on later.”
“This is great news for all dynamic fans of Aliens. Especially the ladies!” Said Colette Hiller (Cpl. Ferro in Aliens) when she heard about the news.
For more news about Aliens: Colonial Marines at PAX Prime, including interviews and gameplay footage please visit the forums here.
Keyword here is trying, sadly..
I don't mind and I'm actually pretty used to playing as dudes for my 'avatar' in various games, just seems a nice touch to have the option.
Although I'm a bit more involved than just that one question now, as hopefully will be revealed on the facebook page soon.
don't forget the console fanboys too, since their definition of a "mod" is this :
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jk jk...ill go sit on my pc-elite naughty step now
Really? that's shocking!
Haha you know I'm kidding
Put it this way, I was watching that 30 minute long interview with Brian a couple of days ago (which ikarop was kind enough to post up) and he blatently said (when asked if there would be playable female marines in the game by someone called Vasquez-something funnily enough) that there would absolutely be NO playable marines, and no Mr. Pitchford, he did not say there would be no playable females in the demo they were showing! nor do I give a flying f*ck if there was a female on the cover art - if a dev says there's no playable females; that is obviously what I am going to believe, perhaps you should check with the provider of that inaccurate information before you claim "I don't know where you got that from".
Sorry for that little rant but after seeing that interview first-hand, I have to admit, I felt downright insulted after Randy's ingnorant comments on the matter, and Moosh likely took that worse than me but neverless it was him who looked the unaware.
Has anyone seen the King of Queens episode where Doug invited his new neighbours over to his house and was given scotch that, after tasting it, he didn't like and decided to pour it down the sink (unknown to him) in plain view of the guest he recieved it from...then... even after he knew he had been caught in the act, he continued to deny that he poured it down the sink and protested that he had drank it! Yep, that's what Randy's reaction to this matter reminded be of, to be perfectly honest.
https://twitter.com/jenettebras/status/243161704362569728
Its not. Allot of us just want to prolong the legacy of the game with modding. And regarding the console debate :
http://ignitegt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IgniteGT-PC-gaming-vs-CONSOLE-gaming1.png
So yeah...It would be very...very...wise to release an SDK.
EDIT : and thats an old research. This year alone a million copies were sold by releasing a mod (DayZ) for a 3 year old game. So yeah..... I would release a SDK if I were them.
Well said
Haters gonna hate!
Shit, I tip my hat to you sir
Well f**king said.
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Huh? Your point is both invalid and obnoxious. Firstly, we can be certain that GBX will not push the release date back further as a result of this petition as they have already claimed that they have been working on including playable females for a while now. To push the date back now would confirm that this statement was an outright lie and they were basically a bunch of ingnorant assholes - not good for sales.
Secondly, your point is obnoxious and completely ignorant as it appears to me that you are blatently trying to be negative with no foundations to support that opinion, AND Moosh here; who single-handedly managed to create a petition and recieve 3900 signatures beyond her initial target to support her goal, along with the support of myriad of cast members from the actual movie; clearly deserves more than this imbecilic outburst.
I was originally against this petition as I had similar worries to you in that I believed, if they hadn't already begun development, it would do more harm than good; but I managed to push that opinion aside and become more empathetic rather than insulting.
We all have our opinions, I agree, I'm just saying yours is stupid.
When the game comes out we should all just game women avatars as a celebration.
...and A:CM has not been pushed back to add playable females + black marines. According to gearbox, they planned this all along.
whatever, if people managed to take the assets of AvP2010, then they sure ass hell are going to work just fine without an SDK. it's just a matter of tipping hat to the community and actually wanting it to grow and extend itself further. however, this means they can't release outrageously poor DLC or churm out a sequel that's barely any improvement, so that's why you don't see games with them nowadays.
and Unreal Ed can be downloaded for free. Its FOX intellectual property that they don't want floating about in cyberspace which is totally understandable.
And i'm sure they haven't pushed it back considerably. They probably had a female marine in MP on their to-do list considering that there are females marines in the movie and a selection screen like this would be terribly lacking with out this alternative. It be like 1999 all over again.
LULZ, the released date hasn't been pushed back, and if it has been...too bad.
To have the public slap on boobs and wigs into the game is a travesty.
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A reply to the Thank you letter I sent Ms. Hiller!:
You really did something great here for fans of the film and women everywhere.
Good job! You should be so proud.
Thanks for the kind words Hemi (I really enjoy your work by the way)
However a large amount of the sales (including mine which might be for two consoles) is from console players. Consoles get left out of cool mods and many of us can't afford gaming PCs
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Aliens: Colonial Marines Will Indeed Have Female Characters, Gearbox Says
Tina Amini
You'll be able to play and customize lady marines in Aliens: Colonial Marines, developer Gearbox assured fans during a panel at PAX Prime today. You can hop in the clunky metal shoes of Jennifer Redding during co-op play and even customize an array of female avatars for competitive multiplayer.
Gearbox didn't want to announce anything today, but they felt they had to, CEO Randy Pitchford told me in a recent meeting. The decision to reveal the remaining three cooperative characters (including Redding, who you can see in the above concept art) came as a reaction to a growing online petition that accused the first-person shooter of excluding both playable female characters and female character customization in competitive play.
The petition, which currently holds over 3,800 signatures, appears to be supported by several of the 1986 Aliens film's actors and actresses that performed the roles of marines.
The online controversy was first stirred by a post-E3 interview where senior producer Brian Burleson had claimed there were no playable female characters. What he meant, Pitchford told me, was that there were no playable characters in the E3 demo, which only featured team deathmatch.
It was always the plan to include playable female characters, Pitchford told me. Working with female avatar builds, he explained, is beneficial for both visual diversity—animations and silhouettes that differ from male characters—as well as gameplay diversity. Females have a different skeleton and therefore move differently than the male marines.
Competitive multiplayer will feature a whole range of both male and female characters, all of which can be customized. You'll be able to write on your gear, customize your armor, and even attach a flamethrower to your pulse rifle if you felt so inclined.
Because the announcement is earlier than the team expected, some details are still being ironed out. Subtleties ranging from mohawk hairstyles to the stance of the lead co-op hero are subject to change. But Gearbox felt the need to clarify that there will indeed be both a playable female marine in co-op, as well as customizable female avatars in the game's competitive multiplayer mode.
None the less its quite the achievement to get something done on community demand within the realm of Sega. Congrats.
fist bumps to everyone.. but specially to Moosh!
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Can't wait to take advantage of this in the game...
This is splendid news!
That is hard to believe
Special Thanks to ADC for making that awesome video appeal!!!
Everyone should check out his site!, He has an interesting Aliens Documentary coming soon that I can't wait to see!
What a whirlwind!
I just finished emailing/facebooking/tweeting the cast some nice "Thank you"s!
My fingers are gonna fall off!!!
Why wasn't it ready to be shown? Maybe because they just started working on it...
Regardless, I am ecstatic. Thanks again to all supporters!
Hear, hear. And thanks to the AVPG staff for posting the Wierzbowski video. Well done to Melissa of course and everyone that signed the petition. It's heartening to know that a petition with fan and cast interaction can actually make a difference. Wow.