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Aliens: Colonial Marines and Sonic All-Stars Both Sell 1.3 Million Units

Sega has just posted its latest sales figures for recently released titles, confirming that its bestselling game was Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which moved over 1.36 million units.Sonic was followed by the controversial Aliens: Colonial Marines, at 1.31 million, and Football Manager 2013, at 940,000 units....

10 May 2013
04:29 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Reconnaissance Pack DLC Out Today, May 7, for PC, PS3, Xbox 360

A brand new downloadable content pack for Aliens: Colonial Marines is set to appear today, May 7, for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.It will give owners of the game access to four all-new maps, as well as fresh customization items for the Xenomorphs. Aliens: Colonial Marines sparked a huge debate due to its poor quality, but...

7 May 2013
10:14 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Gets Update 1.2.0 on PC via Steam

Gearbox Software has just released a brand new patch for Aliens: Colonial Marines, taking the game up to version 1.2.0 and adding a variety of improvements in terms of visuals.It also brings support for screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO) and the Reconnaissance DLC pack. Aliens: Colonial Marines caused a huge cont...

7 May 2013
03:06 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines False Advertising Lawsuit Is "Frivolous," Sega and Gearbox Believe

Sega and Gearbox have commented on the class action lawsuit that's just been set up by a bunch of angry Aliens: Colonial Marines buyers, saying that the whole trial is frivolous. Aliens: Colonial Marines was at the center of a massive controversy back in February as the final game wasn't similar to the mor...

3 May 2013
03:04 GMT

Sega and Gearbox Hit with Class Action Lawsuit over Aliens: Colonial Marines False Advertising

Sega and Gearbox, the two companies behind the lackluster Aliens: Colonial Marines title, have just been hit with a class action lawsuit in California over falsely advertising the game. Aliens: Colonial Marines caused a huge controversy when it came out back in February as, after promising that the title would deliv...

1 May 2013
03:57 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Gets New Hot Fixes on PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Aliens: Colonial Marines has just received a brand new batch of hot fixes on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms, reducing the difficulty in the Recruit setting and making plenty of tweaks to the online multiplayer mode. Aliens: Colonial Marines came out back in February and was assaulted by a huge array of complain...

1 May 2013
02:32 GMT

Small Aliens: Colonial Marines PC Update Available for Download on Steam

Gearbox Software has just released a small update for Aliens: Colonial Marines on the PC platform via the Steam digital distribution service, adding an option to turn off the film grain filter as well as increased security systems to stop cheats and exploits. Aliens: Colonial Marines came out back in February and en...

10 April 2013
02:31 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines for Wii U Canceled by Sega

After declining to comment on the state of the Nintendo Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines, Sega has now publicly stated that this upcoming edition of the game is no longer in development. Aliens: Colonial Marines appeared back in February for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms. Sadly, the game didn't m...

6 April 2013
00:20 GMT

Sega Still Isn't Commenting on Aliens: Colonial Marines for Wii U

Sega has declined to comment on the Nintendo Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines, saying that it doesn't have any new details to offer about it. Aliens: Colonial Marines came out in February and disappointed many fans with its poor quality on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms and didn't even appear...

4 April 2013
05:37 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Trailers Deceived Gamers, SEGA Admits

Video game publisher SEGA admits that it has deceived gamers with the trailers for Aliens: Colonial Marines, the first-person shooter that was launched earlier during the year. A gamer known on Reddit as subpardave has complained about the difference between trailers for Aliens and the final look of the game to the ...

3 April 2013
10:44 GMT

SEGA Will Decide Wii U Fate for Aliens: Colonial Marines, Says Developer

Aliens: Colonial Marines might have been criticized when it launched on the PC and current-generation consoles, but some players are still waiting for the game to be launched on the Wii U from Nintendo. Randy Pitchford, the leader of developer Gearbox, says that the decision is not his to make and that fans should d...

25 March 2013
18:36 GMT

More Updates and Changes Are Coming to Aliens: Colonial Marines, Dev Says

Gearbox Software, the main developer of the recently released Aliens: Colonial Marines, has confirmed that it's working hard on many new updates and changes for the lackluster game and emphasized that it would show its love for the universe through the post-release support. Aliens: Colonial Marines was eagerly ...

25 March 2013
03:29 GMT

Download New Aliens: Colonial Marines Update on PS3, Xbox 360

Gearbox Software has just confirmed that a new patch is now available for Aliens: Colonial Marines on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms, bringing quite a few major improvements to the heavily criticized shooter. Aliens: Colonial Marines was eagerly awaited by many fans, but it ended up disappointing lots of t...

20 March 2013
11:43 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines – Bug Hunt DLC Now Available for Download

Gearbox Software and SEGA have just announced the immediate availability of the first content expansion for Aliens: Colonial Marines. Dubbed Bug Hunt, the new DLC introduces a new mode and allows up to 4 friends to play together, across three new maps, Broadside, Mercenary and Tribute. As the name suggests, the new...

19 March 2013
12:41 GMT

Download Now Massive 3.8GB Aliens: Colonial Marines PC Patch on Steam

A massive 3.8GB patch for Aliens: Colonial Marines has just been deployed for the PC version of the game via Steam, bringing better textures, lots of improvements and plenty of enhancements to the AI of enemies and allies. Aliens: Colonial Marines was eagerly awaited by millions of fans from around the world, but th...

19 March 2013
05:28 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Patch Rolling Out Now on Xbox 360, Soon on PC and PS3

The folks at Gearbox have just announced the immediate availability of an extensive patch for Aliens: Colonial Marines. For the time being the update is rolled out on Xbox 360 platform, but Gearbox confirmed PC and PS3 will follow soon. Simply connect to Xbox LIVE and you will be prompted to download and install th...

7 March 2013
17:29 GMT

Alien Failure Will Not Impact Star Trek Release, Says Executive

The recent criticism aimed at Aliens: Colonial Marines does not mean that other movie-based video games are also destined to fail, according to Brian Miller of Paramount. The senior vice president believes that his team has managed to understand three core ideas that will make the upcoming Star Trek game a success. ...

4 March 2013
17:39 GMT

Gearbox Embezzled Aliens: Colonial Marines Money, Anonymous Sega Exec Says

After the negative reception of Aliens: Colonial Marines, an anonymous Sega executive has come forward and revealed that Gearbox Software has actually embezzled funds destined for the development of Colonial Marines, using the money to complete Borderlands 1 and 2 as well as Duke Nukem Forever. Aliens: Colonial Mari...

25 February 2013
04:46 GMT

Gearbox Leader Answers Aliens: Colonial Marines Criticism, Investigates Quality Issues

Randy Pitchford, the leader of developer Gearbox, says that he is investigating why the quality of Aliens: Colonial Marines as it was delivered to players was below the quality of the demos that were shown before the game was launched. Speaking on his official Twitter account, the developer states, “That is un...

19 February 2013
17:02 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Captures United Kingdom Number One

Aliens: Colonial Marines, the first-person shooter from developer Gearbox and publisher SEGA, is the occupier of the number one position in the United Kingdom during its first week on sale, despite the less than stellar critical reception it has received. Aliens: Colonial Marines was marketed as a full sequel to the...

19 February 2013
03:56 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines on Wii U Isn't Better than Current Editions, Tester Says

A Sega games tester has come forward and revealed that the Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines, which is expected to appear later this year, isn't actually better than the PC, PS3, or Xbox 360 editions which already appeared last week and were immediately criticized for their various downsides. Aliens: Co...

18 February 2013
15:31 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Plagued by Save Game Data Corruption on Xbox 360

Sega has confirmed that Aliens: Colonial Marines is currently being affected by an issue that corrupts the save game data on the title's Xbox 360 edition after the optional installation is completed. Aliens: Colonial Marines came out last week and, while a lot of fans were looking forward to its release, the sh...

18 February 2013
09:34 GMT

Get Improved Graphics for Aliens: Colonial Marines with Steam Guide

A player called adonys has put together a set of configuration files for the recently launched Aliens: Colonial Marines that are specifically designed to improve the overall graphics quality of the game, which gamers were disappointed with on launch. The guide comes complete with instructions on what to change and w...

18 February 2013
07:58 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: February 17

The Softpedia review category this week includes: Aliens: Colonial Marines, the first-person shooter from developer Gearbox and publisher SEGA, Special Forces Team X, a multiplayer-focused comic book style third-person shooter from Zombie Studios. We also have a Quick Look for the already mentioned Aliens: Colonial M...

17 February 2013
05:31 GMT

Weekend Reading: Aliens and the Blame Game

Aliens: Colonial Marines was launched this week, and almost immediately it became a candidate for Worst High Profile Launch of 2013, with critics attacking the game for its story, its lack of innovation, its limited mechanics, and much more. Our full Softpedia review of Aliens is more nuanced, showing a game that fai...

16 February 2013
13:41 GMT

EndWeekGame: February 15

Andrei Dumitrescu: I plan to spend my weekend with Aliens: Colonial Marines, the new first-person shooter from developer Gearbox and publisher SEGA, aiming to finally complete the campaign in cooperative mode and to improve my performance in the competitive multiplayer.The game was criticized on launch, but I have fo...

15 February 2013
19:01 GMT

SEGA Announced Aliens: Colonial Marines Too Early, Says Developer

An anonymous developer who claims to have worked on the recently launched Aliens: Colonial Marines says that publisher SEGA announced the game too early, way before actual work on the game started, and created expectations that were too high.Writing on Reddit, the source states, “SEGA, GBX and 20th Century FOX ...

14 February 2013
18:41 GMT

Gearbox Abandoned Aliens: Colonial Marines to Focus on Borderlands 2

An anonymous forum user claiming to be a developer with inside knowledge of the process that led to the launch of Aliens: Colonial Marines claims that Gearbox abandoned the game in order to focus on the creation and launch of Borderlands 2. The source states on Reddit that the development process for Aliens was arra...

14 February 2013
04:50 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Single-Player Wasn't Outsourced, Sega Says

Aliens: Colonial Marines publisher Sega has revealed that the game's developer, Gearbox, hasn't actually outsourced the work on the single-player campaign to another studio, as external teams have only helped out on certain portions of the shooter. After the lackluster reception for Aliens: Colonial Marine...

13 February 2013
07:52 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Launch Trailer Now Available

After releasing Aliens: Colonial Marines around the world yesterday, Sega has just revealed the launch trailer for the game, showing off a bit of footage from the new shooter made by Gearbox Software and a variety of other studios. Aliens: Colonial Marines was eagerly awaited by millions of movie fans from around th...

13 February 2013
03:58 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Gets Extensive PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 Patch

The development team at Gearbox Software and publisher SEGA are delivering the first big patch for the recently launched Aliens: Colonial Marines, which fixes quite a number of problems with the general gameplay, the story-based campaign and the competitive multiplayer. There are a number of general user interface a...

13 February 2013
02:48 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Single-Player Wasn't Made by Gearbox Software

After the terrible launch of Aliens: Colonial Marines earlier today, an older report has surfaced on the web, which claimed that Gearbox Software, the supposed main developer, actually outsourced work on the single-player campaign to another studio called TimeGate, which previously worked on Section 8: Prejudice. Al...

12 February 2013
09:24 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Review (PC)

There’s a corridor ahead of me, filled with organic matter that seems to eat away at the metal of the human ship, and I dread going through it because I’m already aware of the dangers that lurk within. With flashlight at the ready and Pulse rifle ready to fire, I move forward, shooting a quick burst at a...

12 February 2013
09:01 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Bombed with Negative Reviews on Metacritic

Aliens: Colonial Marines has just been released worldwide by Sega and Gearbox Software and already both players and professional reviewers have started bombarding the game with lots of critiques and negative reviews on website such as Metacritic. Plenty of Aliens fans have looked forward to the release of Colonial M...

12 February 2013
04:31 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Out Worldwide, Australia and New Zeeland Issues Fixed

The development team at Gearbox and publisher SEGA say that Aliens: Colonial Marines is now out all over the world and that all the problems that gamers have initially faced getting the game to work in New Zeeland and Australia are fixed. Users were reporting an error message which suggested that an executable assoc...

12 February 2013
02:15 GMT

Quick Look: Aliens Colonial Marines – with Gameplay Video

I still remember the first fifteen minutes of the Marine campaign in the Aliens versus Predator game launched during 1999 by Rebellion, because it made me uncomfortable at first and then segued into clear horror once the first xenomorph appeared and proceeded to kill me. I chose to first play Aliens: Colonial Marine...

11 February 2013
18:16 GMT

Here Are the Retail Releases for the Week

In the cold month of February gamers in both North America and in Europe can buy and play Aliens: Colonial Marines, the Gearbox-developed and SEGA-published shooter that inhabits the same universe as the classic movie series. The new title takes place after the events of the first installment and allows players to t...

11 February 2013
05:14 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Season Pass and Bug Hunt DLC Confirmed

After a couple of leaks in the last few weeks, Aliens: Colonial Marines developer Gearbox Software has confirmed that it's going to release a special Season Pass DLC bundle for the upcoming shooter and that the first add-on covered by this pack is called Bug Hunt.Aliens: Colonial Marines is eagerly awaited by mi...

9 February 2013
00:26 GMT

Preload Now Aliens: Colonial Marines via Steam

Gearbox has just confirmed its Aliens: Colonial Marines that customers who pre-ordered the game can now preload it via Steam. Aliens: Colonial Marines is set to unlock on February 12, which is less than 5 days away. That's also the time left for players to pre-purchase it and take advantage of the bonus stuff,...

7 February 2013
14:07 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Gets Bug Hunt Multiplayer Mode as DLC in March, Leak Says

Aliens: Colonial Marines is set to receive a special Bug Hunt multiplayer mode in March, at least according to a promotional leaflet found in Wal-Mart by a fan. Gearbox Software and Sega are finally getting ready to release their long-awaited Aliens: Colonial Marines game next week for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii...

7 February 2013
12:41 GMT

Watch Awesome Aliens: Colonial Marines Contact Trailer Extended Cut

With less than five days left until the global release of Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines, SEGA publisher has unleashed an extended cut trailer for the upcoming title. Those who have yet to pick this one up should know that pre-purchasing the game via Steam will reward them with the S.H.A.R.P. stick. The S...

7 February 2013
11:20 GMT

New Aliens: Colonial Marines Video Shows Off Multiplayer Customization

Aliens: Colonial Marines has just received a brand new video, this time focusing on its multiplayer mode in which players can either control one of the aforementioned marines or a deadly Xenomorph. Colonial Marines has been eagerly awaited for quite some time and developer Gearbox has promised that the game will inc...

31 January 2013
09:27 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Has Season Pass, Covers Four DLC Packs

Two retailers have confirmed that Aliens: Colonial Marines will get a special Season Pass bundle that offers owners of the game access to four different DLC packs that bring new content for the single-player campaign plus the multiplayer mode. Aliens: Colonial Marines is eagerly awaited by lots of fans of the movie ...

31 January 2013
05:39 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Gets Awesome New Trailer

Sega and Gearbox Software have just posted a brand new and quite awesome trailer for their upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines shooter, this time showing off some of the most intense sequences from the game as well as plenty of encounters between the marines and the deadly xenomorphs. Aliens: Colonial Marines continue...

24 January 2013
09:24 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Has Gone Gold

Gearbox Software has just confirmed that its upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines title has gone gold and is on track to appear in February for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms. Aliens fans have been eagerly awaiting Colonial Marines for quite some time as Gearbox together with publisher Sega have tried to stay fait...

17 January 2013
08:54 GMT

Gearbox Promises Borderlands 2 Level Cap Increase

James Lopez, an associate producer working on Borderlands 2 at Gearbox, says that his fellow developers are getting ready to raise the level cap for the first-person shooter in order to allow players to get access to new skills and new abilities. The developer has not said what new cap the team is aiming for or exac...

17 January 2013
05:59 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Gets Official PC Specs

Developer Gearbox Software and publisher SEGA are giving gamers the minimum and recommended specifications list for the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines on the PC, allowing them to evaluate their own systems ahead of the coming February launch. The minimum system specifications are, according to AVPGalaxy: At leas...

14 January 2013
15:13 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam

Gearbox Software's Aliens: Colonial Marines is now available for pre-purchase on Steam. Although the game has been up for pre-order on various digital stores for quite some time, Valve added the upcoming title today. Aliens: Colonial Marines is available for pre-purchase for the usual $50/€50 price and wil...

14 January 2013
14:11 GMT

New Aliens: Colonial Marines Video Goes Inside the Alien Hive

Aliens: Colonial Marines has just received a brand new video in the "From Concept to Game" series, which goes into the imposing Alien Hive. Aliens: Colonial Marines is the next big game from developer Gearbox Software and publisher Sega that's going to be a part of the Aliens canon. We already heard quite a fe...

10 January 2013
18:21 GMT

Incoming 2013: Aliens: Colonial Marines

What we know: Aliens: Colonial Marines has been in development for quite some time and while many fans have lost hope in the game, developer Gearbox Software and publisher Sega have continued to focus on the upcoming squad-based shooter. While the two companies did make a mistake by announcing the game just as dev...

5 January 2013
06:41 GMT


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