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Next-gen 'Aliens' game looking bloody brilliant

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'Aliens : Colonial Marines' is coming to the next-gen platforms, but it's going to be a bit of a fair old wait until it's 2009 release. Plenty of time then for us to salivate over every little piece of information and drool over some rather glossy looking screenshots.

Developed by FPS veterans Gearbox Studios, and published by SEGA - 'Aliens : Colonial Marines' is built on the almost industry standard Unreal Engine 3. This of course means it's all looking rather lovely so far, but then again - so did Turok and look what happened there!
Updates:
Some scans can be found on this Russian gaming site.

http://www.gamemag.ru/news/24459/
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Cane - 644 days 5 hours ago
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1 - I'm so stoked...
I've been waiting for a AAA Alien game for many years. This one, so far, is looking like it might fit the bill. Here's to to hoping that they do the franchise justice and give Alien fans what they deserve.
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IrishAssassin52 - 644 days 5 hours ago
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Maybe u should give Aliens vs Predator 2 a try if u havnt already... I know its old but that game is very fun on all 3 campeigns it got like 9.0-9.5 on gamespot. Well just an opinion
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Cane - 644 days 5 hours ago
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1.2 - You're absolutely right IrishAssassin52...
Aliens vs. Predator was an amazing game. I've been wishing for another great Alien game since then. It did the Alien franchise justice (and the Predator franchise, too for that matter.). That's why I hope this game shapes up to be as good as what's been revealed so far.
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2 I_killed_TheMart | 644 days 5 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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destroyah - 644 days 5 hours ago
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Lol Unreal Engine..
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InYourMom - 644 days 5 hours ago
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3.1 - Let me fix that for you
Lol Unreal Engine on the PS3.
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destroyah - 644 days 5 hours ago
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3.2 - Let me fix that for you.
Unreal Tournament 3 on PS3 looks better than every 360 game.

And please, don't waste your time replying to me. You obviously know nothing about good engines if you're defending UE3. Typical 360 owner coming to the defense of utter garbage.
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3.3 Chad Warden | 644 days 5 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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InYourMom - 644 days 5 hours ago
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3.4 - LOL
Oh yeah chubby Chad I sure got served and you would know all about serving.. Looks like you took a few extra "servings" yourself.

UT3 doesn't look as good as Gears of War or even something like COD4.

Yeah, don't bother replying to you because your whole arguement is so weak that it can easily be blown open. Typical PS3 owner talking up their games like they are something they aren't. I have a PS3 and you can't pull the wool over my eyes. Rainbow Six Vegas is just another example of how poor the UE engine runs on the PS3 while the 360 version suffers no problems.

Maybe you should check out the latest UE3 updates from the tech demo. The water alone put's anything on consoles to shame. I imagine with Gears 2 hit's it will set the benchmark once again just like Gears 1 did.
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Gorgon - 644 days 4 hours ago
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Just wait for Rage to see what a game engine can do.
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HuntTheWumpus - 644 days 4 hours ago
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sounds like InYourMom had the last laugh. Talk about a reverse pwnage.

"chubby chad" RFOL
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mullet - 644 days 4 hours ago
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3.7 - @ InYourMom
Are you seriously trying to say something positive about Unreal Engine 3? UT3 doesn't look as good as Gears of War even though Mark Rein confirmed it does? I pretty much stopped there. You 360 fanboys are in such denial that it's ridiculous. Gears of War looks like trash in comparison to most PS3 games. 360 exclusives don't even look better than multi-plats.
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heyheyhey - 644 days 4 hours ago
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let me fix this for both of you (InYourMom and destroyah)

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good day
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SuicidalTendencies - 644 days 5 hours ago
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I wouldn't expect anything less from Gearbox. They make Brothers in Arms and those games are always the best quality games.
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benny o klaatt - 644 days 5 hours ago
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5 - 2009?
that would be the 30th anniversary of the aliens franchise. can't wait! 4 player co-op? sweeeeeeet.
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ForROME - 644 days 4 hours ago
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PS3 360 Debate is getting weak, global wise, the PS3 will romp 360 and then it wont matter user base wise within the time frame.

Anyways back to the game Aliens 2 is one of my all time fav franchises, so we know its on, and Im totally excited for it, all these aliens vs predator stuff is lame, someone needs to make a game based on the movie and now were finally getting there.
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Kigmal - 644 days 1 hour ago
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"PS3 360 Debate is getting weak, global wise, the PS3 will romp 360 and then it wont matter user base wise within the time frame. "

So you say the PS3 360 debate is getting old, and then you try to start one right after saying that it is getting old. lol oh man ....
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FunkyBunch - 644 days 4 hours ago
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7 - Aliens
I haven't stopped playing Aliens vs Predator at LAN's still. It's still one of the top FPS' ever made.
I hope this new one is going to be at least as good.
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Kigmal - 644 days 1 hour ago
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Top FPS's? Like in the top 100 FPS's right .... ? Right?!?!
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Athlon - 644 days 3 hours ago
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Turok was built on the unreal engine? 5 minutes after I turned the game on, I turned it off. Eyes couldn't take in the sub par graphics. I didn't even touch it for the rest of the days I rented it for. The game didn't entice me and was just bland.
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CourtesyFlush - 644 days 3 hours ago
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9 - Uh... exclusive preview?
"The April issue of UK Official Xbox Magazine has an exclusive preview covering 6 pages..."

But my MARCH issue of GI had an 8-page "world exclusive" of this MULTI-platform acid splattered gem. Last I checked, March was the month before April?

All that aside, this should be great (assuming the "SEGA" part doesn't foul things up)... We're on an express elevator to hell... goin' down! (Aliens 2 is filled with great lines!)
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The BS Police - 644 days 3 hours ago
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10 - Early 2009?
Last I checked it's supposed to be out later this year.
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Rockwallaby - 644 days 2 hours ago
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11 - Hopefully...
Epic (with Sony's help) have ironed out the unreal engine on the PS3
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Eclipticus - 643 days 23 hours ago
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i hope it follows the colonial marines comic book line. that was crazy. Well I just finished reading the Aliens Omnibus vol 2 and 3. so i am hyped up for the game. but 2009 is a long way away...

why does it seem like ever developer use the same engine? all unreal. why cant the developers make their own engine.

i mean i know all about TOO HUMAN, but its like Unreal has a monopoly on good graphics almost... imo
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