Aliens vs. Predator, rivalry of the millennium. You have seen it in the comics, movies and comics now it is coming to the consoles like PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The game is developed by Rebellion Developments, a British based developer team who is behind the original PC version of the game in the year 1999. Publishers for the game are Sega. Genre for Aliens vs. Predator will be First person shooter. The game is set to be based on the characters of Predator franchise and Aliens franchise. It will be released in single and multiplayer mode. Although not confirmed but the game will be released in the first quarter of the year 2010. It will be interesting to choose from the two most furious enemies of human kinds. It is unknown that whether the movie will be based on the movie or there will be something else in the story section of the game.

Aliens vs. Predator will be played in the First person perspective. As a player, it’s your choice to play as an Alien, Predator or Marine. Each of them will have different missions. When you as an Alien you will be to use their teeth, tails and claws as weapons and will be able to climb walls. Marine will use traditional human weaponry, which will include weapons like Motion Tracker, Pulse Rifle. Marine mode will be more like a traditional first person shooter. Most exciting is the Predator mode. As a Predator you can use many special abilities like context sensitive jumping it will help you to reach heights easily. You will have a wider range of weapons when playing as a Predator, like wrist blades, Predator mines and plasmacaster. Famous cloaking of Predators will also be there for use, to will make them invisible to humans but not for Aliens. There will be separate vision mode available for Predators. Like Infrared will be best for spotting humans easily and Alien vision for spotting Aliens with an ease.

Other than these two modes, there will be a “Focus Mode” it will help players to see more information about a specific enemy, like the type of weapon they are carrying and how much far they are from the possible threat. As a Predator you will fight normal melee attack and a special attack called Trophy Kill. In this mode player can remove spinal chord and skull of the opponent, making it a gruesome and cinematic kill. You can use this kill on both Aliens and humans and also in the multiplayer mode. First announcement for the game were made in Kotaku and Sega announced that Aliens vs. Predator is under development. One possibility is that because of Aliens vs. Predator’s development there may be delay in Sega’s other upcoming game Aliens: Colonial Marines. So gamers get ready to play the two characters you will least like to meet i.e. Aliens and Predator, or if you still hate them play as a human and feel the fear and get rid of them.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines is an upcoming first-person shooter by Gearbox Software. Gearbox Software is famous for their first-person shooter like Half Life series and Counter strike. The Aliens: Colonial Marines will be published by Sega. It will be launched for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. Aliens: Colonial Marines is based on the characters and creatures of Alien franchise, especially Aliens.

Aliens: Colonial Marines is a squad-based first person shooter. Players have to control four Colonial Marines and each Marine is different from the other in personality and primary weapon. Each Marine however can carry extra weapons like pulse rifle, flamethrower, RPG, pistol, and many kind of grenades. Player can issue commands to others by using context-sensitive commands and can change character any time. Occasionally player will also have to control a particular location, using tactical positioning and turrents to fend off attacks. Aliens: Colonial Marines is different from other first-person shooter games as it doesn’t have any kind of HUD options to provide player with onscreen information.

Aliens are the main enemies of Marines. Several aliens appear in the game they are different in appearance and will attack differently. Facehuggers will attempt to attach themselves to the player character’s face, implanting an embryo inside them which will then kill them. Scouts are faster and will spy on player characters’ activities. Warrior aliens are the primary enemies. All these aliens are based on movie Aliens. Drones carry and position eggs in the hive of the Queen Alien. Alien Queen appears as boss enemy. To give combat a real touch Quick time events are used in one-on-one combat. Aliens will occasionally flee when attacked by more than one Marine. Quick time events are also used when a player is attacked by facehugger.

The game also allows two players to play cooperatively on the same console, using a split screen to show the two perspectives. Online multiplayer will allow four players to play cooperatively, each using their own console and screen. The story is written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle writers of the famous Battlestar Galactica. The game continues after Alien 3. A team of Colonial Marines is send to investigate the U.S.S. Sulaco in search of Ellen Ripley, Corporal Dwayne Hicks and all other missing marines who are dispatched to LV-426. Locations include The Sulaco, LV-426, and Fiorina 161 prison facility. Other locations are still not disclosed.

On December 11, 2006 Sega announced they have purchased the electronic rights from 20th Century Fox. A few days later Gearbox Software and Sega announced that they were working on a completely new game. Official announcements for the Aliens: Colonial Marines are made on February 2008 and the game was features as a cover story for Game Informer magazine. Designing the original sets proved a real challenge for the development team. The vehicles, interior and exterior of the sulaco were a big job. Concept artist Syd Mead, who had worked on Aliens, was hired to design Sulaco.

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