Aliens: Colonial Marines

[Uszi]

Its gonna be set in multiple locations including LV-426 from Aliens, But my question is - didn't that place explode at the end of the movie?

I don't think the whole place did. Could just be visiting the ruins.

Or maybe the derelict vessel the Aliens were originally found on.
As I remember the colonists had quite a drive out to the crash site, so maybe it survived the explosion.

EDIT: Damn, beaten to it by like 10 people.


IMHO, the Alien ship would be a really lame mission, since reason would stand that it's just a bunch of Eggs in stasis.

For Alien Nerds out there, where you aware of what the ship was originally supposed to be?

Spoiler

I was reading commentary that in the first movie there was never any concept of a "Queen" or a collective hive mind. The original thought behind the first Alien was that it was a bio-engineered weapon from some other ancient Alien race, and the ship that Ripley and the Gang find is a crashed bomber, of sorts. The eggs are kept in a bombing bay in a sort of stasis (which is broken when the explorers break that light/fog cover as they explore). The team behind the original film was envisioning the ship owning species dropping the eggs on enemies and unleashing Xenomorph hell. Anyway, the Alien in the first movie starts cocooning it's victims to the walls of the ship, which was supposedly done to make more eggs (whether it's turning it's victims into eggs, or eating them so it can lay the eggs itself is not really discussed). But it was able to reproduce on it's own -- no Queen needed.

Which, if you think about it, makes much more sense than having a queen. There are all sorts of parasitoid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid] Wasps and bugs (animals that lay their eggs inside living hosts, whose larvae then eat the insides of the host for nutrition before molting into adulthood and bursting out of the dead host). But none of the known parasitoids are eusocial--employing a sterile worker caste that helps a central queen do all the reproducing.

/nerd rant

 

[Reg5879]

If AVP sells well, which it most probably will, you can expect more news on Aliens Colonial Marines.

 

[Kramcake2516]

Heres to hopeing its better then AVP but to be honest i wont be holding my breath lol

 

[JediMB]

For Alien Nerds out there, where you aware of what the ship was originally supposed to be?

Spoiler

I was reading commentary that in the first movie there was never any concept of a "Queen" or a collective hive mind. The original thought behind the first Alien was that it was a bio-engineered weapon from some other ancient Alien race, and the ship that Ripley and the Gang find is a crashed bomber, of sorts. The eggs are kept in a bombing bay in a sort of stasis (which is broken when the explorers break that light/fog cover as they explore). The team behind the original film was envisioning the ship owning species dropping the eggs on enemies and unleashing Xenomorph hell. Anyway, the Alien in the first movie starts cocooning it's victims to the walls of the ship, which was supposedly done to make more eggs (whether it's turning it's victims into eggs, or eating them so it can lay the eggs itself is not really discussed). But it was able to reproduce on it's own -- no Queen needed.

Which, if you think about it, makes much more sense than having a queen. There are all sorts of parasitoid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid] Wasps and bugs (animals that lay their eggs inside living hosts, whose larvae then eat the insides of the host for nutrition before molting into adulthood and bursting out of the dead host). But none of the known parasitoids are eusocial--employing a sterile worker caste that helps a central queen do all the reproducing.

/nerd rant

We actually do know for a fact that...

Spoiler

...the victims were supposed to be turned into eggs. You can see one of the crew members in mid-transformation in the Director's Cut version of the movie.

But I greatly prefer how the sequel handled it. Doesn't stop them from being weapons created by some unknown race.

 

[zakski]

Yes, I can't wait for the joint terror while me and my friends collectively stare into the dark hearing our motion sensors go mental, pointing our guns in every direction frantically.

This will be made even more tense by the fact that there's no HUD, so the immersion will be beyond belief.

Soon, soon I will have L4D2, also ya know i will probably run off and leave you

For PC? Hopefully, so we can play together.

And yes Zak, you're not the most reliable teammate. ArmA II: "Oh dear, we're somewhat lost, what to do. Oh, I know! I'll shoot my commanding officer in the head!"

It worked in RvB, besides its not like I could hit you, damn <10 fps

 

[Iwata]

I must be one of the few souls that actually enjoyed the hell out of the recent AvP... as it is, and since I would hardly call it a failure, here's hoping they finally push forward with the project.

And coincidentally or not, I'm watching Aliens at this very moment.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Well since AvP was kinda a let down, I will say I'm hoping Gearbox does better.

2011 is what I'm hearing now.

Apparently its coming out after another Predator movie. Thats what I heard but I could be wrong.

 

[Iwata]

Well since AvP was kinda a let down, I will say I'm hoping Gearbox does better.

2011 is what I'm hearing now.

Apparently its coming out after another Predator movie. Thats what I heard but I could be wrong.

Could be. "Predators" is coming out later this year. That being the case, though, they don't have much time to work on the game, and I'd rather wait than get a rushed job.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

For Alien Nerds out there, where you aware of what the ship was originally supposed to be?

Spoiler

I was reading commentary that in the first movie there was never any concept of a "Queen" or a collective hive mind. The original thought behind the first Alien was that it was a bio-engineered weapon from some other ancient Alien race, and the ship that Ripley and the Gang find is a crashed bomber, of sorts. The eggs are kept in a bombing bay in a sort of stasis (which is broken when the explorers break that light/fog cover as they explore). The team behind the original film was envisioning the ship owning species dropping the eggs on enemies and unleashing Xenomorph hell. Anyway, the Alien in the first movie starts cocooning it's victims to the walls of the ship, which was supposedly done to make more eggs (whether it's turning it's victims into eggs, or eating them so it can lay the eggs itself is not really discussed). But it was able to reproduce on it's own -- no Queen needed.

Which, if you think about it, makes much more sense than having a queen. There are all sorts of parasitoid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid] Wasps and bugs (animals that lay their eggs inside living hosts, whose larvae then eat the insides of the host for nutrition before molting into adulthood and bursting out of the dead host). But none of the known parasitoids are eusocial--employing a sterile worker caste that helps a central queen do all the reproducing.

/nerd rant

We actually do know for a fact that...

Spoiler

...the victims were supposed to be turned into eggs. You can see one of the crew members in mid-transformation in the Director's Cut version of the movie.

But I greatly prefer how the sequel handled it. Doesn't stop them from being weapons created by some unknown race.

Hints in the new AVP game suggest the Predators play a key part in the Aliens history, as they revere the serpents as the greatest game. Wether or not they created them is up for debate but it's doubtful.