SEGA has released the gameplay trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines. The first-person shooter game has been in development for over five years and is to be released the Spring of next year. The plot is you are leading a search and rescue team to investigate the fate of the U.S.S. Sulaco and the previous search and rescue team that was sent to investigate the colony on LV-426. The story was written by Battlestar Galactica writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle. Now, there seems to be confusion on when this takes place. I have read it happens either right after Aliens or Alien 3. Among the environments that the player(s) will explore is: the Sulaco, the colony on LV-426, the derelict alien ship that was seen in the first film. It will have s
ingle-player and multiplayer modes.
Looks good, but I got to nitpick. The Sulaco left LV-426 at the end of Aliens. At the beginning of Alien 3 the ship experience a fire and the survivors were placed in an escape pod while still in cryogenic stasis. The pod lands on the prison planet and goes from there. Oh well, it still looks like a lot of fun.
