Aliens: Colonial Marines is no longer headed to Wii U. A SEGA representative provided the following statement to IGN:
“SEGA can confirm that the Wii U sku of Aliens: Colonial Marines is no longer in development.”
Colonial Marines was first announced for Wii U at E3 2011. Last month, Gearbox head Randy Pitchford said “we’ll see” in regard to the Wii U version, noting that “SEGA’s got to figure that out.”
Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games
By Carol Pinchefsky, Contributor
When Aliens: Colonial Marines (A:CM) was released last month, many fans who had anticipated the smooth, clean graphics of the trailers were disappointed to see blocky, early 21st century textures instead. Now Gearbox has announced a major patch for A:CM that will address all manner of graphical and gameplay issues for the PC. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest
Randy Pitchford once said that there are only two reasons why Gearbox would take on a project: When a game just wouldn’t exist without the studio’s input, or when they could offer “something new for an existing brand, a unique perspective or a new start.” One has to wonder which category Aliens: Colonial Marines falls under.
Nestled between the events at the end of Aliens and the beginning of Alien 3, Aliens: Colonial Marines explores the continuation of the conflict between the Weyland-Yutani corporation’s profits-above-all-else quest to weaponize the xenomorphs and the Colonial Marines who are hope simply to survive the struggle. On paper, it seems like a slam-dunk. You control Corporal Winter, one of the Colonial Marines, as his small squad of fellow Marines embarks on a search-and-rescue mission on the U.S.S. Sulaco. After the ship is destroyed by the Weyland-Yutani corporation, the Marines evacuate to the planet LV-426. The game continues on the surface of the planet, with the Marines battling both xenomorphs and Weyland-Yutani mercenaries through the ruins of the Hadley’s Hope, the colony that served as the primary setting for Aliens.
