Rebellion's Aliens vs Predator has managed to get past its Australia hiccup with the rating issue, quite a historic feat at that too, and it is now giving the finishing touches to the game, getting it ready for the February 16 launch. It has already begun to increase the flow of information about the game, announcing an incoming demo for it, and also starting to detail the title more and more. Just last week, Rebellion gave us a brief run-down of the species-based-war game mods, with the Marines going against the xenomorphs in an infestation mode, the Predator Hunt, with one Predator against a whole bunch of marines, or the free-for-all, marine slaughterhouse deathmatch.

Now, Rebellion has another AvP surprise for us, but, this time around, it's about its classic Aliens Versus Predator, the one it released back in 2000. Working together with Steam, the developers have brought the game to PC players once again, but it's not just a dump of the old release. The title has been polished in order to keep up with the times, and it supports DirectX 9.0c, as well as the Xbox 360 Controller for Windows, but it still lacks a working multiplayer feature.

As far as the actual gameplay content goes, Aliens Versus Predator Classic 2000 contains the Colonial Marine, Alien and Predator Campaigns, as well as the single-player Skirmish mode from the Alien Versus Predator Gold Edition. According to its Steam page, Aliens Versus Predator “includes all the levels from the original AvP Gold Edition plus the Millennium Expansion Pack Skirmish mode against infinite Alien hordes,” “Bonus Episodes,” as well as the “Music from the original soundtrack CD.”

This is obviously just a ruse to get us into the mood for the upcoming Aliens Vs Predator, but it's such a nice treat, that we'll just go with it and pretend we haven't figured it out. The title has quite a reputation, and it's quite a good one, being one of the most acclaimed games released by Rebellion, but being ten years old, there are a lot of players that have just heard of it, and haven't actually played it, so, at just under $3, it is a downright steal.