Aliens: Colonial Marines released to a critical drubbing from all corners of the gaming press back in 2013. The game went on to be one of the poster boys for the ‘downgrade' phenomenon that also affected games like Watch Dogs. Aliens: Colonial Marines looked fantastic in press demos, but when …
Read More »Sega agrees to $1.25 million settlement in Aliens lawsuit
Sega has agreed to a $1.25 million settlement in the Aliens Colonial Marines class action lawsuit. While the drama is over for Sega, Gearbox has yet to settle the case and will have to continue to fight on. The lawsuit is claiming that both Sega and Gearbox Studios falsely advertised …
Read More »Wolfenstein: New Order’s AI looks really dumb
Undoubtedly, today's games are some of the best looking titles that have ever existed and that's true for every year that's gone by before; the march to true to life visuals continues steadily onward. However, something that doesn't always seem to advance in the same way is AI. We all …
Read More »Alien: Isolation Xenomorph devblog still doesn’t diappoint
Even for a big Alien fan like me, when we first saw the earliest leaked images of Alien: Isolation, I sighed. It wasn't that long since Gearbox had killed much of the world's interest in games featuring the Xenomorph and I think most were soured on the idea of the …
Read More »Aliens Colonial Marines developer is no more
Don't worry Gearbox fans, the Dungeon Siege developer is alive and well, it's Timegate, the one that they farmed out a lot of the mechanics to, has shut down following its bankruptcy filing last week, with all staff laid off and everyone sent home early. There's no official announcement on …
Read More »ASA upholds Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer complaint
The Advertising Standards Agency has upheld a complaint from a redditor, over the way Sega and Gearbox Software advertised Aliens: Colonial Marines, by using demo footage from much earlier in development (which looked fantastic in comparison to the final product) forcing them to put a disclaimer on all future ad …
Read More »February game sales disappointing despite AAA releases
Video game sales last month were pretty disappointing according to new statistics, despite the fact that some giant AAA properties were launched in February, including: Aliens: Colonial Marines, Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3. Last month all British game stores sold a total of 1,854,954 games – representing a near …
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