Corporal Hicks

Biography

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.

Location

United Kingdom

AvP Galaxy Reviews Predator: Hunters 2!

Posted January 15, 2019 6:01 PM Literature News Corporal Hicks 3 Comments

After spending the last few years releasing purely under crossover comic events, Predator emerged back into the spotlight with the release of Predator: Hunters (1) in 2017. It saw the gathering of several legacy characters and new characters, assembled them as part of a team and sent them out to stop Predator activity on Earth! And it was pretty damn ... [Read More]

New Aliens Board Game On The Way! Another Glorious Day in the Corps!

Posted January 13, 2019 1:48 PM Games News Corporal Hicks 6 Comments

If you've been reading the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy forums you may have seen us following an upcoming co-operative Aliens board game from Gale Force Nine. Details have unfortunately been a bit sparse but thanks to a product page on PHD Games we now know what to expect from Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the ... [Read More]

Kyle Brown Shares New The Predator Artwork! Mutated Predator & Predator Hound

Posted January 13, 2019 1:19 PM The Predator News Corporal Hicks 21 Comments

We've seen his Predator Killer concepts and some of his Hound concepts, now The Predator concept artist Kyle Brown has shared another Hound concept and a mutated Predator gone wrong! Thanks to Scified for the news. Keep checking in with Alien vs. Predator Galaxy for the latest on The Predator! You can follow us on ... [Read More]

Katherine Waterston Hasn’t Heard Anything New About Alien: Awakening

Posted January 12, 2019 12:00 PM Alien Covenant 2 News Corporal Hicks 99 Comments

It's been nine months since we last heard from Katherine Waterston regarding Alien: Awakening (aka Alien: Covenant 2). She told the world then that she hadn't "heard anything in ages." In a new interview with ThePlaylist (via Bloody Disgusting) Waterston revealed that nothing has progressed since but she's still very much interested in ... [Read More]

Updated: Alien: Blackout First Impressions Are In & They’re Pretty Good!

Posted January 11, 2019 7:47 PM Alien: Blackout News Corporal Hicks 64 Comments

Following a somewhat disastrous announcement, several outlets have posted up early impressions of the upcoming game and they're pretty positive! VentureBeat in particular was really keen on Alien: Blackout! And in the case of Alien Blackout, developers Rival Games and Theory Interactive and publishers FoxNext/D3 Go! are about to remind us that the platform doesn’t dictate the quality of ... [Read More]

Alien Returns to Cinemas in Glorious 4K!

Posted January 08, 2019 9:37 PM Other News Corporal Hicks 55 Comments

We previously reported on an upcoming 4K re-release of Alien on Blu-ray. Now it looks like they're taking it one step further and bringing the 4K restoration back on Big Screens around the UK (and selected international territories) too! According to SeenIt the new 4K restoration of Alien will debut at the Glasgow Film Festival before ... [Read More]

Eloise, the Alien/Synthetic Hybrid – The Weyland-Yutani Debrief

Posted January 08, 2019 2:31 PM Site Update Corporal Hicks 7 Comments

First introduced in 1997 with the release of Aliens: Purge, a one-shot comic written by Ian Edginton, Eloise was an Alien/Synthetic hybrid lifeform created at the Adullam research facility, an outpost that as of the start of the comic was owned by the Adelaide and Bombay Holdings Alliance. This was information that was delivered to its researchers by Colonel Armand ... [Read More]

Cold Iron Studios’ Alien Game is a “Massively Multiplayer Online Shooter”

Posted January 08, 2019 12:39 PM Aliens: Fireteam Elite News Corporal Hicks 203 Comments

Yesterday's announcement revealed that the recently trademarked Alien: Blackout was for a new iOS and Android game due out at the end of January. It also had some confirmation of a long suspected aspect of the still shrouded in mystery game that Cold Iron Studios is still working on: That it's an MMO-shooter. Tucked in at the end of ... [Read More]

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Updated: Alien: Blackout Details Are Here! It’s A “Fear-Inducing Horror Mobile Game!”

Posted January 07, 2019 3:01 PM Alien: Blackout News Corporal Hicks 297 Comments

Back in November we caught wind that 20th Century Fox had trademarked a new video game title, Alien: Blackout. Fox's social accounts have also been teasing Amanda Ripley's return to gaming with their #ReadPlayWatch hastags. So after some speculation we now know exactly what Alien: Blackout is! It's a new survival horror game developed by D3 Go! ... [Read More]

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Jared Krichevsky Shares New The Predator Menagerie Artwork!

Posted January 06, 2019 4:40 PM The Predator News Corporal Hicks 25 Comments

Following the uploading of his Predator Spider concepts, The Predator concept artist Jared Krichevsky has uploaded some more artwork he did of The Predator's menagerie. This time we have a look at a creature Jared has dubbed the Preda-pede! Keep checking in with Alien vs. Predator Galaxy for the latest on The Predator! You can follow us on Facebook, ... [Read More]

Fred Dekker On The Predator Fan Reception and The Predator Killer Ending

Posted January 05, 2019 6:37 PM The Predator News Corporal Hicks 279 Comments

I don't think I would be wrong in stating that the closing scene of The Predator was not a very popular moment in the film. While a lot of the specifics regarding the behind-the-scenes story on The Predator is still unknown, it seemed fairly obvious that it was a last minute studio addition. And we recently learnt that it could have ... [Read More]

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AvP Galaxy Competition – Aliens vs. Predator: Hot Landing Zone!

Posted December 21, 2018 6:10 PM Aliens vs. Predator: The Hunt Begins News Corporal Hicks 26 Comments

We would just like to thank everyone who entered the competition! Unfortunately, there could only be two winners! And they are Tracy Williams and Joseph Guilar! Emails have been sent requesting shipping addresses. Once again, we'd also like to thank Prodos Games for providing our community with a chance to win their new releases! If you entered but didn't win and would like ... [Read More]

Prodos Games Announces Aliens vs. Predator: Hot Landing Zone Expansion!

Posted December 21, 2018 3:08 PM Aliens vs. Predator: The Hunt Begins News Corporal Hicks Leave a comment

Having spent the week teasing the upcoming release, Prodos Games has officially announced Hot Landing Zone, the new expansion to the Aliens vs. Predator: The Hunt Begins miniatures game! Unlike the previous expansions, Hot Landing Zone is larger scale expansion and continues the storyline of The Hunt Begins. The jungle is calling, time to respond "Through a combination of ... [Read More]

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