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New Alien-Searching Code Created

Over the years, numerous initiatives that sought to find alien civilizations have appeared around the world. These groups benefit from powerful telescopes and transmitters and constantly broadcast messages that contain our location into deep-space. But for a while, some voices have been arguing that the codes sent in...

24 November 2009
07:06 GMT

You Could Have Fought Zombies and Aliens in Modern Warfare 2

When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was still doing push-ups and washing latrines with its toothbrush back in boot camp, the COs of the game had some very different ideas for the first-class private. While the young soldier was beefing up to become the greatest entertainment release in history, the developers had a c...

20 November 2009
03:37 GMT

Sun-Like Stars Are Optimal Candidates for Life

In spite of the fact that our Sun allowed for, well, us to exist, astronomers have only recently come to the conclusion that Sun-like stars must be what we should be analyzing, when looking for alien life on other planets. One of the reasons why stars such as our own weren't considered the norm is the fact that ...

5 November 2009
09:40 GMT

Nigeria Bans ‘District 9’ Movie

South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp’s “District 9” has turned out to be one of this summer’s blockbusters, instead of an underdog. The film, shot in a faux documentary style, managed to generate impressive grossing both at the US and international box-office, while also winning over even th...

22 September 2009
10:45 GMT

Enough Material Left for a ‘District 9’ Sequel, Star Reveals

“District 9,” the alien movie atop at the North American box-office this weekend and clearly the biggest surprise of the new releases, might get to see a sequel as well, main star Sharlto Copley reveals for MTV. The way the entire movie was shot means a lot of extra scenes were left after it was edited an...

19 August 2009
10:27 GMT

Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta Impressions

Fallout 3 was one of the biggest titles that appeared last year, in terms of scope and sales but also in terms of story length and the complexity of gameplay. It revealed to players a massive Wasteland filled with unique characters, enemies and quests for the Lone Wanderer to complete.But the retail package wasn'...

8 August 2009
07:21 GMT

Aliens: Colonial Marines Still Alive, Coming in 2010

One of the big games at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles was Aliens vs. Predator from Rebellion, which aims to reinvent the long running franchise and deliver a videogame that takes the best bits of the original title in the series while offering a more modern experience.But before Aliens vs. Predators, there was a l...

17 June 2009
13:21 GMT

Aliens vs. Predator Is Official, Classic Looking

SEGA has announced that it plans to release a new game, named Aliens vs. Predator, the first in an upcoming series of Aliens titles that have been licensed by Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising. The game is set to be developed by Rebellion, which has also created the first title in the series, and should...

22 May 2009
05:11 GMT

Rebellion Talks About Aliens vs. Predator

Rebellion has unveiled quite a few details regarding the new Aliens vs. Predator videogames, which is set to be released for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the PC.It seems that the developers want to bring back the successful elements of the 1999 original, while offering upgraded graphical quality and better gam...

24 April 2009
16:11 GMT

Former Astronaut Claims We're Not Alone

On Monday, former Apollo 14 astronaut and moon-walker Edgar Mitchell announced on a radio show that he believed extraterrestrials were real, and that they had been visiting us for quite some time now. He claimed that aliens were real and that the US government, as well as others around the world, had been concealing ...

22 April 2009
07:07 GMT

Scientists Say Aliens and Humans May Have Similar DNA Patterns

The world has been fascinated with the existence of little green (or gray) men ever since the idea of extraterrestrial life first caught the eyes and ears of the public. Fed by more or less real events, such as UFO sightings, abductions, and inexplicable phenomena such as crop circles, people's fantasies of alie...

8 April 2009
07:01 GMT

UK Releases Archive UFO Files

Over the years, it would appear that numerous UFOs have visited Great Britain, as evidenced by declassified files that have just recently been released for the general public. Official papers document people's encounters with supposed aliens, as well as numerous sightings of aircrafts that flew in various patter...

23 March 2009
11:21 GMT

Aliens May Already Exist on Earth

The news came as a shock even to scientists gathered in Chicago at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Arizona State University physicist professor Paul Davies said that “weird life” might be hiding right here on Earth, and that people needn't go as f...

17 February 2009
08:13 GMT

Aliens and Predators to Fight Once Again in 2010

Hollywood has certainly brought a lot of interesting ideas and IPs (Intellectual Properties) to the gaming industry. We've seen many titles based on different characters from movies or other creations, with a new tradition being to release a game alongside a movie at the same time, but sometimes companies don�...

17 February 2009
02:50 GMT

A New Way of Looking for Aliens Devised

Finding extraterrestrial intelligence has been one of humankind's most long-standing dreams, dating apparently several thousands of years back, when various figures resembling modern astronauts were drawn on pyramid and temple walls by priests or artists. In modern times, telescopes have been believed to be the ...

12 February 2009
09:13 GMT

First Alien Contact Attempt Is 185 Years Old

Although direct actions to engage alien life forms in dialog are believed to be a thing belonging to the modern age, astronomers say that this idea is actually almost two centuries old. Nearly 150 years before the first radio message was sent in space via radio transmissions, some daring scientists pondered the possi...

29 January 2009
10:24 GMT

Sigourney Weaver Declined Aliens Game, Won't Appear in the Ghostbusters One

The video game industry is getting bigger and bigger every moment, and it seems that stars have become very interested in lending their voices and/or faces to new titles that would garner them more fans. Such is the case with games based on movies, which really need the voices of the original actors in order to be mo...

28 January 2009
03:10 GMT

Dead Space Team Studied Car Accident Victims

Dead Space is shaped up to be a very gruesome title. The action of the horror survival game is set on an isolated space ship where an alien invasion took place. These aliens have taken over the bodies of the crew members and began devastating the ship. You will be put in the shoes of an engineer, Isaac, who must navi...

20 October 2008
08:02 GMT

Gearbox Boss Talks Borderlands and Aliens

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (review coming soon) has recently been launched and Gearbox, the independent development outfit behind the game, is now looking to the future, after devoting the better part of the last three years to the World War II game.The president and Chief Executive Officer of the company,...

17 October 2008
12:51 GMT

Ben 10: Protector Of Earth - Cheats (PSP)

Ben 10: Protector of Earth is a PSP title based on the animated television series called Ben 10. The game was launched on several platforms, with the PSP version being released in the US on October 30, 2007, in Asia on November 5, 2007 and in Europe and Australia on November 9, 2007. The game has been developed by Hi...

27 May 2008
09:38 GMT

Bosnian House Gets Bombarded by Five Meteorites in Six Months

You know what they say: "Lightning never strikes twice in the same place"... but meteorites might! What is the chance of that ever happening? "I am obviously being targeted by extraterrestrials. I don't know what I have done to annoy them but there is no other explanation that makes sense. The chance of being hi...

11 April 2008
06:46 GMT

'Men in Black: Alien Assault' Is Now Available from Ojom

Ojom, a well-known creator and global publisher of mobile games, announced recently the launch of the mobile game adaptation of the alien-thwarting classic, Men in Black. Packed with intergalactic action lurking around every corner, the classic movie comes on mobile phones. Are you prepared to give up your identity a...

14 March 2008
11:07 GMT

Cybernators and Shape-Shifting Aliens Invade Wii Shop Channel

Wii Shop Channel Updated! Cybernator, Alien Storm and Monster Lair (originally launched on SNES, SEGA Genesis and TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM respectively) are three classics hitting your Wii this week. Well, if you want to, that is, no one's forcing you. This time around, you'll be dealing with mechanized marines ...

18 December 2007
02:25 GMT

Built for Life, not for Tourism

Ever wondered why we haven't been visited by aliens yet? Common sense and scientific evidence suggest that our universe is just right for our existence, and for the existence of other possible species and civilizations. However, if this presumption were to be false, that would mean that the cosmic constants tha...

7 December 2007
07:26 GMT

Both Aliens and Zombies in One DS Game from Ignition

A new side-scrolling comic title called Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys! is set to hit both North America and Europe, with no exact release date being set yet. However, Ignition Entertainment has revealed a pretty good deal of information on the Nintendo DS exclusive. Take a quick look below.The ...

25 October 2007
06:45 GMT

Next-Gen FPS 'Aliens' Game from Gearbox

In a Swedish TV interview, Gearbox's Randy Pitchford discloses some details on its upcoming Aliens licensed first-person-shooter, which although not dubbed Aliens yet, will surely contain the word in it later on, when it starts to take better shape. The good news are that the Aliens game will be a next-gen title...

4 June 2007
02:42 GMT


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