Oh how the fates have changed for those desiring a chance to go toe-to-toe with one of science fiction’s deadliest creatures. Only a day after news hit the NeoGAF forums that Aliens: Colonial Marines had been delayed into 2012, Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford is denying the idea completely.
Pitchford wouldn’t clarify any release date or production stages the game is currently at, but instructed the masses to take a deep breath, as he had definitely not told anyone that the game was taking a backseat to the studio’s other properties.
The original posting on NeoGAF gave little information, simply stating that in an interview with Gearbox head Pitchford, one of the details that came up was that Aliens: Colonial Marines was being delayed out of 2011. Whether or not that ends up being the case, Pitchford assured Eurogamer that any decision on the game’s production would be made publicly, and that things are still on track with Colonial Marines:
“I haven’t seen the issue of Edge [sic] that the NeoGAF story is referencing or what was printed, but I am certain that I haven’t discussed anything specific regarding Aliens: Colonial Marines with anyone beyond emphasising how passionate I am about the title and how committed my studio and I are to making it great.
“It looks to me like whomever made that post on NeoGAF made an interpretation that could be misleading or inaccurate.
“I am excited that there is so much interest in the game that stories like this tend to pop up literally out of nowhere and from nothing, and I am looking forward to talking more about Aliens: Colonial Marines very soon so that speculation and arbitrariness can be replaced with tangible, reliable and accurate information.”
Pitchford has the right to be excited, since gamers are clearly still feeling passionately about the game, even though it’s been a long time since any promising information on an Aliens game’s production has been released. As a game developer or publisher, there are few things better than having several promising games on the go.
Borderlands surprised RPG fans with how new and well-developed an experience it offered, and the DLC has only added to that. Duke Nukem Forever has people talking, and will likely make headlines regardless of how good the final product turns out to be. And now just a whisper of Aliens being delayed shows that the fanbase is definitely still intact.
So this has actually been good news for fans of Aliens, since a misinterpretation of an interview has actually gotten the head of Gearbox Software to confirm that speculation about Colonial Marines will soon end, and the game is anything but forgotten at this point. Not exactly a confirmation of a 2011 release, but promising nonetheless.
We’ll keep you posted on all the Aliens: Colonial Marines news as it arises, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Source: Eurogamer
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How can you say a game isnt delayed if you haven’t revealed the release date? If Gearbox is so worried about correcting wrong press about the game they can just announce a date or time frame and solve their problems.
looks like my theory might be correct: they’re gonna announce it this yr at one of the game conventions, so they’re more then likely a little into production.
An alien game without Predators is no bueno to me. Sure it looks cool but lets face it human technology sucks. and the weapons wont be half as cool.
it will be a lot better than avp(which i thought was good). also randy p and sega said a month or 2 back that they would be revealing the game very soon, we should get something within two months.
an alien game without predators will be really cool but if u like predators thats why sega released avp no preds making a change its been a long time scince we have had a pure aliens only game and the added of 4 player co-op through the main story will be awsome i cant wait just hope there are no more delays as im getting bored now just waiting.but will keep ocupied when crysis 2 hits the shelvs
one thing that is really getting on my nerves is people maoning oh but no preds it will be boring.IF u want to play as a predator go and play avp for god sake u got ur game now shut up and let us aliens fans have ours i cant wait for this game been waiting ever scince i heard about it.was looking forward to the ps2 version before ea canned it so this is a must buy i dont care if it doesnt sell like cod or halo those games are 2 a penny and after so many of them its getting boring.a.cm looks to offer something completely different for a change.i didnt mind avp but aliens.cm is what i wanted.avp didnt do to well ether but gearbox will make that game a distant memory.hurry up sega let gearbox blow the lid on possibly the biggest game they have delt with