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The Christmas issue of the Official Playstation Magazine (UK) is featuring a 3-page article on Aliens: Colonial Marines. It includes some tidbits and new screenshots of the game by Gearbox Software and Sega. Click below to see the scans in full.

 

 

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Thanks for the scans :)

So the Alien animation is still wonky :/

I wonder what they've added into the derelict sequences?

Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on Nov 23, 2012, 03:32:46 AM
I wonder what they've added into the derelict sequences?

Ditto.

Sad to hear that the Xeno animations were still wonky. Funny how that was one of the things Rebellion really got right in AvP 2010. Although I wonder if this was from the recent London preview even or the NYCC event.

they probably added some corridors and the Jockey's stasis pods.

"Quick Tip: Bitches Are Back"
That is the best thing ever.

"other crap" referring to the PREDATOR franchise.  PSHHH, they failed to involve Terminators because we all know that there were Terminators, Batman, Superman AND the Green Latern involved with the Aliens canon. So WTF GB!? We aint gonna see the goddamn Batman either? Thank god for MODS, cuz i want my Batman sckin.

They DID involve Terminators, Batman, Superman and Green Lantern (and Witchblade and Darkness and Judge Dredd) when they said "other crap".

I for one am pretty happy that they are throwing in some prometheus bits in to the derelict. Have to say though I may be the only one... lol

The human blood looks better in 1 of the pics

They have changed the game to fit Prometheus? I remember the main reason I looked forward to this game a couple of years ago was because of it's simplicity. In my eyes I didn't see how they could screw it up. Co-op survivor game, with Aliens. That would kick ass.

But all this crap they keep changing, it's starting to sound like a real mess. Silly moving Aliens, (which by the sounds of things still hasn't been fixed) human enemies turning it into a generic shooter, terrible new alien breeds that have been ripped off from other games. Questionable plot setting it in a place that should be destroyed, setting it after Alien 3, obvious after thought multiplayer that looks very underwhelming with no first person xeno too, and now they are going to incorporate another major disappointment; Prometheus.

It's getting harder and harder to anticipate this game, they need to release a really badass trailer or something.

Quote from: MR EL1M1NATOR on Nov 23, 2012, 12:12:22 PM
They have changed the game to fit Prometheus? I remember the main reason I looked forward to this game a couple of years ago was because of it's simplicity. In my eyes I didn't see how they could screw it up. Co-op survivor game, with Aliens. That would kick ass.

But all this crap they keep changing, it's starting to sound like a real mess. Silly moving Aliens, (which by the sounds of things still hasn't been fixed) human enemies turning it into a generic shooter, terrible new alien breeds that have been ripped off from other games. Questionable plot setting it in a place that should be destroyed, setting it after Alien 3, obvious after thought multiplayer that looks very underwhelming with no first person xeno too, and now they are going to incorporate another major disappointment; Prometheus.

It's getting harder and harder to anticipate this game, they need to release a really badass trailer or something.

Also movie Colonial marines which dont really look like the actors (mostly Hicks)

"Regular Xenomorphs can't withstand much fire"


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No....THEY ARE GOING TO ADD PROMETHESHIT, NO NO NO.

The alien jumping in the air has weird feet! Do the feet actually look like that? Anyway I cannot wait for this game! I really hope that the new Xbox is backward compatible with Xbox 360 games so I can still play this when the new console comes out!

Just read it, boy, Gearbox sure are full of themselves and the game still has problems, what a great combination  ::)

Anyone else notice the photo caption on the second page?

"Typically you won't need three Marines to down a Xenomorph - regular Xenos can't withstand much fire."

Funny. :laugh:

GBX is making it clear that their view of normal human spawned xenomorphs are just of "dumb weak bugs"

the game STILL has problems after YEARS of delay, and Gearbox still has the nerve to talk about how awesome this game is going to be. -____- they really are the most self-absorbed company i've ever heard of.

Quote from: Byohzrd on Nov 23, 2012, 08:20:11 PM
the game STILL has problems after YEARS of delay, and Gearbox still has the nerve to talk about how awesome this game is going to be. -____- they really are the most self-absorbed company i've ever heard of.

We definitely need another delay, I'd want it to be delayed for at least another year in order to just tune this f**ker up, because they've had so many months since the last delay and it looks like they've done nothing. They should stop with showing this game in so many conventions and whatnot, and just work on the damn game.

you're nuts. They could fix most issues in three months if so they wanted/were allowed to.

Yes, GB is going down in our furious tirrany! Blowjobs for everyone!  :laugh:

Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Nov 23, 2012, 08:29:48 PM
you're nuts. They could fix most issues in three months if so they wanted/were allowed to.

They've had plenty of time to do that, and would have finished by now if it wasn't for them setting up demos for people to play.

The aliens tail is all distorted in that picture. And why with the god dam double jointed legs and massive butcher blade tail and and meaty hands? So they can appear to look menacing and cooler? What happened to the hellish intelligent beast that resembled a twisted up human body?

*evil face* Throw the Newborn in as a plot-twist. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  :laugh:
Where's my Runner skin?  >:(

No where because according to GBX xenomorphs can only use humans as hosts.....

Thanks ikarop.

Nice cover.

I want a Queen poster!

Twenty years in the making?

Quote from: Valaquen on Nov 23, 2012, 11:24:04 PM
Twenty years in the making?

Not to dig on A3 but when it came out in 1992 it didn't scratch that "itch" for the fans who wanted to see more Colonial Marines, so we have been waiting ever since.

These delays have been going on for 20 years, duh.

Damn it X-Box Magazine...can't even get their math right. Maybe it's a joke? Like that it FEELS like 20 years in the making, yeah that has to be it, lolololol X-Box Magazine, I get it now lolololol.

It's a reference to wanting more Colonial Marine action but never getting any from Alien3 so it's been 20 years in the making, figuratively speaking.

Quote from: Predaker on Nov 24, 2012, 12:07:53 AM
It's a reference to wanting more Colonial Marine action but never getting any from Alien3 so it's been 20 years in the making, figuratively speaking.

Are they ignoring Alien Resurrection? Because it should be more like 15 years in the making.

Course. To be fair, it hardly scratched Pitchford's itch (Get that checked out!) the way he likes it.  No direct ALIENS references or anything. 

Although the dreams of Newt were interesting concepts (I recall an unfilmed scene where Ripley 8 dreams of a little girl being engulfed by a swarm of black insects...now that I think of it, isn't that how the sacrificial engineer went out in Spaight's script?)

They did a really poor job of chopping up the picture of the warrior alien on the second page. Was that done on purpose? You can see by the right arm that it's multiple images overlayed, as well as around the shoulder/chest area and the tail segment that reaches beyond the image border as if a child made this with scissors and a glue stick.

It's so bad I wonder if it was intentional, but then why?

Oh God you're right. And I wonder what that attachment is in place of Bella's grenade launcher on her Pulse Rifle...unless that is a 'shop too.

I guess they butchered it so it would overlap the image onto the white border for the magazine.

Besides the changes to the lower half of the body for gameplay purposes, the warrior alien in A:CM is the best looking alien I have seen in any game yet. Really looking forward to the classic aliens in this game.

Quote from: The Runner on Nov 23, 2012, 02:25:45 PM
"Regular Xenomorphs can't withstand much fire"


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No....THEY ARE GOING TO ADD PROMETHESHIT, NO NO NO.

That was exactly how I reacted. Can't withstand much fire? What a bunch of BS.

Every time GBX shows off a new build, many of the problems with previous versions still exist. Whether it's gameplay, animations, graphics, or sound. And with GBX constantly emphasizing authenticity, then seeing how much they're actually screwing up canon-wise... I just don't know. Sometimes I wonder if they've even seen the films.

Quote from: Predaker on Nov 24, 2012, 12:44:36 AM
I guess they butchered it so it would overlap the image onto the white border for the magazine.

Besides the changes to the lower half of the body for gameplay purposes, the warrior alien in A:CM is the best looking alien I have seen in any game yet. Really looking forward to the classic aliens in this game.

The AVP2 model was better then A:CM. IMO.

Yeah, don't forget guys, this is the sequel we've all been waiting for. Remember when you talked with friends about Aliens and they said, "man, I can't wait till they do a sequel where another group of marines go to the same planet and we get to see what happened in the previous film" I've gone from 'I will buy this game because it looks good to,  i'll buy this game because I am a fan of aliens to, I am not buying this game.

I am a big fan of aliens is why I am still following forums related to the game.

I don't care much for the new alien types but other than that, the game looks pretty solid.

Quote from: MR EL1M1NATOR on Nov 24, 2012, 02:03:33 AM
Yeah, don't forget guys, this is the sequel we've all been waiting for. Remember when you talked with friends about Aliens and they said, "man, I can't wait till they do a sequel where another group of marines go to the same planet and we get to see what happened in the previous film"

:laugh: I guess that's essentially what this is. None of the story aside from this has been revealed so far. You go back and... go inexplicably go through the same thing. Plus Bishop leg cameo.

Quote from: The Runner on Nov 23, 2012, 09:03:07 PM
The aliens tail is all distorted in that picture. And why with the god dam double jointed legs and massive butcher blade tail and and meaty hands? So they can appear to look menacing and cooler? What happened to the hellish intelligent beast that resembled a twisted up human body?

jim cameron made aliens! thats what happened

I don't know about those 20 years in the making, 20 years have passed between Aliens's premiere and Aliens: Colonial Marines announcement.

How do they explain the evolution of these "new" Aliens? Fox claims this is official canon, etc, but this dumb stuff with suicide-Aliens and Alien acid spitting snipers is goofy. Good for video game villain variety (whew, that's a tongue twister) but uh..

Quote from: Warghost on Nov 25, 2012, 08:06:52 AM
How do they explain the evolution of these "new" Aliens?

Mutation due the radiation. But thats bullshit you know. No one knows how the xenos' DNA will react to the radiation and is it going to mutate at all. FOX are making it like its human DNA and it will mutate for sure rofl...

Quote from: WinterActual on Nov 25, 2012, 09:15:26 AM

Quote from: Warghost on Nov 25, 2012, 08:06:52 AM
How do they explain the evolution of these "new" Aliens?

Mutation due the radiation. But thats bullshit you know. No one knows how the xenos' DNA will react to the radiation and is it going to mutate at all. FOX are making it like its human DNA and it will mutate for sure rofl...

Thing is even humans wouldn't mutate, they'd just be really, really f**ked up with hanging flesh, hair falling off, nails falling off. All that gooey nasty shit. If anything the suicide Alien is the first one we've seen that actually looks like it's been burned up/effected by radiation, and that would be cool for me...if it's attack wasn't killing itself. :-\

If its like that its not making sense even more. How on earth something which is just born will be born with hanging flesh? I mean its organism is brand new from the host and its already rotten? What the hell FOX? You are insane motherf**kers really...

Quote from: WinterActual on Nov 25, 2012, 03:25:37 PM
If its like that its not making sense even more. How on earth something which is just born will be born with hanging flesh? I mean its organism is brand new from the host and its already rotten? What the hell FOX? You are insane motherf**kers really...

So you're basically assuming the worse story ever based on the logic from one line of a press release.  ??? Did you read the f**king articles? 
Try this one,
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/gearbox-software-president-randy-pitchford-on-aliens-colonial-marines-and-the-future-of-game-consoles/ (http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/gearbox-software-president-randy-pitchford-on-aliens-colonial-marines-and-the-future-of-game-consoles/)

getting sick of the trolling.

Quote from: acrediblesource on Nov 25, 2012, 11:33:24 PMgetting sick of the trolling.

Lol  ;)

Quote from: WinterActual on Nov 25, 2012, 03:25:37 PM
If its like that its not making sense even more. How on earth something which is just born will be born with hanging flesh? I mean its organism is brand new from the host and its already rotten? What the hell FOX? You are insane motherf**kers really...

I should've been more specific. What I'm saying is that it's not born from the host like that, but it's an alien that was originally exposed to the nuclear fallout. In other words it's been effected by the radiation for so long to the point where it's literally falling apart.

f**k it I give up, I'm just giving it too much thought and I shouldn't care anymore with how ridiculous the game already is. :P

You're giving it more thought than Gearbox did.

Hell, why not Radio-Active Chestbursters that you can shake and use as glow sticks.

Or how about Aliens with inflatable sacs on their heads that fill with hot air and allow them to float away.


Or how about an Alien with a shootable tail blade, that regrows within a minute.

Or how about an Alien with a bunch of blades on top of it's head.

Booga booga.
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4087%2F4988330022_7f27856513.jpg&hash=98f8c09f2a9dac89b8b5264ef197205906245b33)

Dah FUK Is that?

Quote from: The Runner on Nov 26, 2012, 01:08:32 AM
Dah FUK Is that?

Yo' mama.

*Remembers when everyone was worried about this:*

(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages2.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20101211063420%2Favp%2Fimages%2F4%2F4a%2FRavager_Alien_3%252B%252B.jpg&hash=1f4f59b5e14ca93dfa03ef6acb0ef41ea23c0d14)

*Laughs to self*

:D

How long ago was that? What did people say?

Quote from: The Runner on Nov 26, 2012, 01:31:25 AM
How long ago was that? What did people say?

Last year. I believe when the Crusher was revealed.

Quote from: SM on Nov 26, 2012, 01:03:03 AM
Booga booga.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/4988330022_7f27856513.jpg

:laugh:

Quote from: SM on Nov 26, 2012, 01:03:03 AM
Booga booga.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/4988330022_7f27856513.jpg

Still have this bad boy somewhere in a box. Possibly one of the few toys I have that is not missing something.

Quote from: King Rathalos on Nov 26, 2012, 12:55:38 AM

I should've been more specific. What I'm saying is that it's not born from the host like that, but it's an alien that was originally exposed to the nuclear fallout. In other words it's been effected by the radiation for so long to the point where it's literally falling apart.

f**k it I give up, I'm just giving it too much thought and I shouldn't care anymore with how ridiculous the game already is. :P

I thought that all living xenos were wiped out during the explosion.

well not anymore.

 :'(

I still don't understand the need for new xeno types ???
We have a great variety of xeno specimens such as: drone, rigged warrior, runner, predalien, praetorian, queen, face-hugger and chest burster.     

The need is to attract the casual CoD noobs.

Quote from: WinterActual on Nov 26, 2012, 01:27:53 PM
The need is to attract the casual CoD noobs.

Ha! Next, we're gonna have some deuce by the name of ULTIMATECoDFANBOY coming on here saying that Halo, Medal of Honour, and everything that is Alien and Predator based are straight up rip-offs of CoD-  ::) because it came out before everything.  ::)