My name is Aaron Percival - although I go by the handle Corporal Hicks in the Aliens/vs/Predator community - and I'm the co-administrator of AvPGalaxy. I also work specifically as editorial doing news posts, interviews, articles, etc and handle public relations for the website. I also host and edit the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast.
I first saw the first half of Aliens on my 5th birthday after going on the Aliens - Ride at the Speed of Fright 4D cinema at American Adventure. It gave me nightmares for 5 years until I finally saw the film in its entirety and became obsessed with the franchise.
I have worked on various Aliens vs Predator websites since 2003 when I learnt HMTL over a weekend and created a website called AvPWorld. In retrospect it was a terrible looking website but it further enhanced my love of the franchise and the online community. I became a newsposter for AbsoluteAvP (previously AvP2.net) later that year.
In 2005 I eventually decided to close AvPWorld and take on a more editorial role working for the re-incarnate version of AvPNews hosted on GameGossip. Unfortunately the administrator left and I was left to run an entire website by myself again. Following the AICN script review of Aliens vs. Predator 2 I eventually lost the heart and left AvPNews in April of 2006.
When I was contacted by Darkness in November 2006 about using my articles & reviews for AvPGalaxy, I volunteered to join him as permanent staff and have been here ever since.
I have a very open mind when it comes to the franchise so I enjoy reading the various comics and novels so I can experience other stories outside of the films. I enjoy attending various conventions and playing numerous games based on the series.
During my time working on Alien vs. Predator Galaxy I've had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the Alien Encounters: 25 Years of Aliens Convention. I've been featured in a documentary about Alien fandom called Alien Fans by Dennis Lowe. There is also a ship in the Aliens vs. Predator novel trilogy, The Rage War, named after me.
Alien's first foray into the realms of virtual reality, Alien: Rogue Incursion, released on Steam VR and PlayStation VR2 back in December 2024. A third version of the game, which runs natively within the headset hardware of the Meta Quest 3, was delayed until yesterday, February 13th 2025. Survios had said they needed some extra time to ... [Read More]
Concept artist Nguyen Dong has shared a number of key frame illustrations of what appears to be some of the footage shown in the recently released Alien: Earth teaser trailer. Check them out below!
Frames I made for Alien: Earth. That was a fun job last year. Glad I got a chance to work on it. :)
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Alien Romulus's fantastic creature concept artist Dane Hallett has continued to share new pieces of concept art from his work on the Saturn Award-winning film. In some recent uploads to his Instagram page, Dane has shared some early explorations for the film's incarnation of the chestburster.
It was important to add something without detracting from all the lore that had ... [Read More]
As Alien Romulus continues to bring home the accolades and awards, work continues behind-the-scenes on the next entry in the Alien pantheon. Talking to ScreenRant at the Saturn Awards (where Romulus won "Best Horror Film"), one of the film's producers Michael Pruss talked about how development continued on the next film, and that they're entertaining concepts that ... [Read More]
The nominations and awards keep rolling in for Alien Romulus as the Fede Alvarez helmed Alien film adds a Saturn Award for "Best Horror Film" to its accolades! During last week's award show, Alien Romulus took home the Saturn Award for "Best Horror Film," fighting off A Quiet Place: Day One, Abigail, The First Omen, In a Violent Nature, Longlegs ... [Read More]
We have just uploaded the 201st episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! In our latest episode the regular gang are back to talk about Marvel's first foray into alternate takes on Alien, with Aliens: What If> ... Burke survived?!
We talk about the redeemability of Burke, humour in the Alien franchise, continuity ... [Read More]
Back in 2022, Alien joined the plethora of licences that crossed over into Mediatonic's free-to-play party royale game. There, the Xenomorph was an outfit that could only be unlocked as part of the Satellite Scramble season.
It's now been announced that the Predator will be joining the Alien's in Fall Guys in two new Alien vs. Predator themed ... [Read More]
The fun post-release exploration of all the concept art for Alien Romulus continues, as artist Rostyslav Zagornov has uploaded their contributions to the latest entry in the Alien pantheon to their Instagram.
Their first few galleries are explorations of the creatures from Romulus, the facehugger and the film's major addition to the Alien bestiary, the Offspring.
Some years ago I ... [Read More]
Update 23/01/2025 @ 20:55 GMT: Fede Alvarez has since responded to the reports of this rumour on Twitter, flatly denying it as "fun gossip."
Update 26/01/2015 @ 08:24am: Daniel Richtman has since clarified that this information relates to an apparently separate project to Alien Romulus and is not connected to the sequel.
According to a new rumour shared by ...[Read More]
Back in October 2024, Free League had announced that they would be launching a Kickstarter for their upcoming not-quite-a-second edition version of Alien: The Roleplaying Game they dubbed the Evolved Edition.
Free League has just now announced that this campaign will be kicking off on March 25th, as well as announcing the Evolved Edition will come with rules for ... [Read More]
We have just uploaded the 200th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! It's the big 2-0-0! And for this special celebration of Alien vs. Predator Galaxy, our podcast, our community and our fandom, regular hosts Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop and Xenomorphine are joined by original host and co-founder of the podcast, Mike's ... [Read More]
Last year, the iconic Hot Toys returned to the Alien franchise with a new figure based on Alien: Romulus's Scorched Xenomorph! This was their first released Alien since 2016! And now, earlier this week, Hot Toys revealed an addition to their Alien Romulus series, a brand-new sixth scale figure of Rain Carradine.
Skillfully crafted based on Cailee Spaeny’s portrayal of ... [Read More]
Industrial Light & Magic, the legendary visual effects studio responsible for Alien: Romulus's digital effects, has recently shared a very interesting FX breakdown reel showing off the work they did for Alien's recent theatrical success!
From Xenomorphs and Facehuggers to spacecraft and enviroments go Behind the Magic with ILM and explore the visual effects of Alien: Romulus in this exclusive breakdown.
Alien: ... [Read More]