You’ll finally get your chance to snuggle up to the deadly Xenomorphs of the Aliens film franchise when Aliens: Colonial Marines hits consoles and PCs early next year.
If there’s one thing you can say to me to make a first-person shooter experience sound more exciting, it’s that it’s not a modern military shooter. In the case of Aliens: Colonial Marines — out this spring for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PC — that involves having different classes of aliens with acid-burning blood fighting against a group of marines.
Hey there, alien, why so blue? Is it because you’ve already ingested that squad of marines and have nothing else to play with? You know what’ll cheer you up? A little Eiffel 65.
It’s the worst kind of surprise, and I feel bad because we just posted the new trailer. But it’s been confirmed — we won’t be seeing Aliens: Colonial Marines until September, at the earliest.
Slow-mo trailers are all the rage these days, usually depicting extreme violence set to moody, emo pop music. It’s certainly become a popular practice in gaming advertising, and with good reason — those moody, introspective ads for intense action games can be pretty cool.
We’ve seen this Aliens: Colonial Marines demonstration twice now: Crecente caught it at E3 and I saw it at Gamescom. We both walked away rather impressed. Now you can see how you walk away.