gearbox's aliens: colonial marines is trying to deliver the aliens sequel you always wanted. the team at gearbox considers alien3 to be a sequel to the original, leaving the action-heavy aliens without a proper narrative followup. in colonial marines, a group of, well ... colonial marines find themselves back on lv-426, ready to become the latest incubators of the xenomorph race.

the hands-off demo we saw started with our squad back on the planet and in the hadley's hope facility. ''''''but wait, wasn't the complex destroyed in a nuclear blast at the end of aliens?'''''' you ask, quite astutely. gearbox explained that a ground-based nuclear blast would leave a cone-shaped crater (that's why nuclear bombs are supposed to be detonated in mid-air), so it could have been possible for the sturdy complex and xenomorph hive to survive. happy? no? well, that's the premise, so get used to it.
gallery: aliens: colonial marines (e3 2011)


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