This article is about the 2013 video game. For other uses, see. Aliens: Colonial MarinesWriter(s)SeriesRelease date(s)February 12, 2013Mode(s),Aliens: Colonial Marines is a developed by and based on the series. It was published by for, and in 2013. A sequel to 's 1986 film, the game follows a group of Colonial Marines, a fictional military unit, as they confront the Weyland-Yutani corporation in an effort to rescue survivors from the spaceship.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines has been listed as one of the Video games good articles under the good article criteria.If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Below is a list of all weapons that are available to the player in the 2013 video game Aliens: Colonial Marines. Weapons in the game are predominantly divided into three main categories — standard weapons, heavy weapons and Legendary Weapons — plus several other miscellaneous items including hand grenades and sentry guns.

The game features a mode that supports both and gameplay, and a mode in which players compete in different scenarios.Colonial Marines was developed over six years and suffered from a tumultuous development. Because Gearbox decided to focus on other projects like and, they outsourced a significant part of the game to other studios.

The game was heavily inspired by Cameron's film. Concept artist, who collaborated with Cameron to design the Sulaco, was hired to design locations. Four packs were released, adding multiplayer maps, a new cooperative mode, and a new campaign mode that takes place before the campaign of the base game.Colonial Marines sold more than one million copies, but received negative reviews due to its technical problems, low-quality graphics, and the weak enemy; the competitive multiplayer mode was highlighted as its strongest aspect.

Colonial Marines drew controversy because it featured a lower graphical quality than that of press. In April 2013, two players filed a, claiming that Gearbox and Sega had the game, but it lost class-action status in 2015. Contents GameplayThe player holding the pulse rifle in one mission. The bar is displayed at the bottom left corner, while ammunition is shown at the bottom right corner.Aliens: Colonial Marines is a based on the science fiction horror film series. The game's mode, which can be played by a player or by up to four players, features 11 missions that involve players moving from one to another while fighting opponents controlled by the game's. Opponents consist of either creatures, also known as Xenomorphs, or hostile human. Xenomorphs are fast and primarily attack with their claws or by spitting, while mercenaries are slower and use firearms.As the fictional Colonial Marines military unit depicted in 's 1986 film, players have access to weapons such as, pulse rifles, robotic, and, which automatically track and target opponents.

They may also use torches to seal doors and to detect unseen enemies. Ammunition can be found on defeated mercenaries or from certain locations in the mission area. The Colonial Marines are protected by a bar that is divided into segments. If a segment is partially depleted, it will automatically regenerate over time. Throughout the missions may be acquired to restore lost health segments.

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Players may also collect pieces of armor that protect the health bar with a secondary meter that does not automatically regenerate. Players have a limited time to revive a player whose health has been fully depleted. If they fail to do so, the downed player cannot return to the game until the surviving players reach the next checkpoint.In addition to the campaign mode, Colonial Marines features a competitive mode where two teams of up to five players face each other in four different scenarios. Each scenario involves one team playing as Colonial Marines and the other as Aliens. After a time limit has been reached, players switch roles and play once more on the same. Scenarios include Team, where both teams must kill as many opposing players as possible; Extermination, where Colonial Marines must detonate bombs in egg-infested areas protected by Aliens; Escape, which involves Colonial Marines completing objectives to reach a destination while being assaulted by Aliens; and Survivor, where Colonial Marines must survive attacks from Aliens with limited health and ammunition resources for as long as possible.

Unlike Colonial Marines, Alien players play from a perspective and cannot use firearms, but have the ability to climb walls, run on ceilings, deliver attacks with their claws, and unleash streams of acid.Players earn by overcoming opponents, completing challenges, and finding collectibles—Audio Logs, and Legendary Weapons, all of which related to characters who appear in the film series. Challenges range from killing opponents in a particular way to winning multiplayer matches and completing campaign missions under a difficulty setting. Players have two ranks, one for their Colonial Marine and another for their Alien character. When a sufficient amount of experience has been obtained, their characters rank up. Colonial Marine ranks unlock weapon upgrades for use in both the campaign and the competitive multiplayer modes. These include alternate fire attachments, and larger capacity. In contrast, Alien ranks unlock new combat abilities for Alien characters.

Completing challenges also unlock appearance options for both Colonial Marine and Alien characters, and new that are exclusive to Colonial Marines in the competitive multiplayer mode. Plot17 weeks after the events of Aliens, the Sephora spaceship sends a full battalion of Colonial Marines to investigate the spaceship, now in orbit around the LV-426. A massive Xenomorph infestation is discovered inside the Sulaco and several Marines are killed in the initial onslaught. Corporal Christopher Winter, private Peter O'Neal and private Bella Clarison discover that hostile mercenaries working for the Weyland-Yutani corporation are in command of the Sulaco and have been breeding Xenomorphs on board for study. Shortly before both ships are destroyed in the ensuing confrontation, the Marines, along with commander Captain Cruz, Sephora Bishop and pilot lieutenant Lisa Reid, escape aboard her dropship and take shelter in the ruins of the Hadley's Hope colony complex on LV-426.Although the Marines learn that Clarison has been attacked by a and needs medical treatment, Cruz orders Winter to travel to a nearby Weyland-Yutani research facility set up near a derelict Xenomorph spacecraft and recover a manifest that identifies an unknown prisoner from the Sulaco. In an attempt at saving Clarison, Winter and O'Neal accept the mission and escort her to the facility, where they intend to convince surviving personnel to remove the Xenomorph from her body.

However, upon arrival, an interrogated Weyland-Yutani medical officer explains to them that Clarison's life cannot be saved because the creature's invasive is and will eventually kill her even if the embryo is successfully extracted. Clarison dies shortly after a hatches from her.Winter and O'Neal recover the manifest they were sent to find and rescue the prisoner, who is revealed to be corporal Dwayne Hicks. Hicks explains that Weyland-Yutani intercepted and boarded the Sulaco prior to its arrival at the Fiorina 161 planet. A fire in the hypersleep bay subsequently caused the Sulaco survivors, Newt and to be jettisoned from the ship, along with the body of an unidentified man who was mistaken for the corporal. Hicks himself was captured by Weyland-Yutani personnel and subjected to torture during interrogation, overseen by android Michael Weyland in an attempt to learn more about the Xenomorphs' origins and to gain control of the Sulaco 's weapon systems. From Hicks, the Marines also learn that an -capable ship is docked at the research facility, representing the last chance for the Marines to escape the moon.After gathering the remaining Sephora personnel on the colony, Cruz orders an all-out assault on the Weyland-Yutani complex in the hopes of capturing the FTL vessel. Winter and Hicks spearhead the advance, but the ship leaves shortly before they can reach it.

In a last desperate attempt, Cruz pilots a dropship up to the escaping vessel and crashes into its hangar. Winter is confronted by a Xenomorph queen in the hangar bay, and attempts to eject her using a cargo launching system, but fails when she climbs back aboard. Cruz sacrifices himself when he launches the crippled dropship directly into the queen, propelling both out of the vessel. Winter, O'Neal, Reid, Bishop and Hicks confront Weyland, who is ultimately executed by Hicks.

In search of useful intelligence, Bishop connects to the destroyed android and states that he has 'everything'.Development DesignVisual futurist was hired to design areas of the game.Colonial Marines was conceived by after an encounter between the company's creative director, Bryan Martell, and the director of the original film,. When was released in 2005, Gearbox was interested in working with an existing and had previously considered Scott's 1982 film and 's 1995 film as candidates. Martell's discussion with Scott on the Alien universe inspired him to approach about the licensing opportunities., who bought the rights to publish games based on the franchise in December 2006, gave Gearbox complete freedom to present them with an idea for a game.

Because Gearbox had experience with first-person shooters and the development team was composed of people who were fans of Aliens, the company proposed a first-person shooter that would be a direct sequel to it.Although the final script for the game was written by Gearbox writer, and, writers of the 2004 television series, collaborated with Gearbox during the to develop the story and characters. The game takes place shortly after the 1992 Aliens sequel, but addresses the events that lead to it. As a result, Colonial Marines is considered part of the series'. Several locations of Aliens like the Sulaco spaceship and the Hadley's Hope colony were recreated for the game. To keep the same level of authenticity, concept artist, who collaborated with Cameron on the film to design the Sulaco, was hired to recreate its 'mechanical mood' and design areas of the spaceship that did not appear in the film but would be used in the game. The development team also contacted to get color details about the film's.Originally, Colonial Marines was intended to feature squad-based gameplay, allowing the player to issue orders to Colonial Marines controlled by the game's artificial intelligence using commands. These would include hacking doors, sealing air vents, and setting up sentry turrets.

In cooperative mode, players would then be able to directly control these Marines, who would have their own strengths and weaknesses. However, this idea was ultimately dropped to make the gameplay more accessible.

Gearbox chose to develop the game for and the then recently released and consoles, stating that their technology would 'do the film justice.' ProductionAlthough Gearbox is credited as the primary developer of Colonial Marines, multiple development studios contributed to the game's production. Initial work on Colonial Marines, internally codenamed Pecan, began in 2007 with the creation of a by, who also helped Gearbox with the networking and multiplayer aspects. Between 2007 and 2010, Gearbox did not focus on the development of the game, instead preferring to work on other projects like and, a game that took over a decade to develop. The game was built using ', but Gearbox spent a considerable amount of preproduction time developing a custom real-time lighting and shadow renderer that is 'plugged' into the engine to capture the feel of Aliens., a company that handled the multiplayer of the 2001 first-person shooter, built multiplayer maps for the game.When Borderlands was released in 2009, the game turned out to be a critical and commercial success. This led Gearbox to immediately start work on a sequel, and outsource primary development on Colonial Marines to, who was developing at the time. In late 2010, when TimeGate started to focus their work on Colonial Marines, the company realized that very little progress had been made to the game.

According to one source, the game was simply a collection of unrelated assets that included a lighting and shadow renderer. Although TimeGate handled primary development on the game until Borderlands 2 was almost complete in mid 2012, their work had to constantly be approved by both Gearbox and Sega. Because narrative designers were still writing the script of the campaign mode, entire scenes and missions were discarded due to story changes.

One of these involved the player escorting a scientist who would be a secret agent working for the Weyland-Yutani corporation.To further complicate the situation, there were disagreements on how the game should be designed; Sega wanted Colonial Marines to be more similar to a game, with fewer Aliens and more Marines to shoot at, a view Gearbox and TimeGate disagreed with. Developers also struggled to optimize the game after spending a significant amount of time increasing its graphical fidelity for a press, which ran on high-end computers not normally meant for general use. The game's shader and particle fidelity was then decreased significantly before release, and textures had to be reduced in size to fit into the memory restraints of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.When Gearbox took the project back in mid 2012, the company was not satisfied with TimeGate's work, partially because the game could not run on the PlayStation 3.

With a release date set for February 2013, asking Sega for an extension was not an option because the game had already been delayed several times. This resulted in Gearbox only having nine months to revise TimeGate's work and finish the game. How much of the game was actually made by Gearbox was highly questioned by TimeGate.

According to Gearbox president, TimeGate 'contributed 20-25 percent of the game's overall development time.' However, without considering Gearbox's preproduction time, Pitchford said that TimeGate's effort was equivalent to theirs. A moderator on the official TimeGate forum revealed that the studio worked on the weapons, characters, Aliens, story, and multiplayer component, while some TimeGate developers estimated that 50 percent of the campaign mode in the released game was made by them.Several actors from the films were involved in the game. Reprised his role as corporal Dwayne Hicks, while voiced the androids Bishop and Michael Weyland. Henriksen remarked that it was interesting for him to voice a character that he had not touched in more than 25 years.

In contrast, Biehn commented negatively on his experience in voicing his character, stating that there was a lack of passion from the people who were in charge of the project. The soundtrack was composed by, who is best known for his work on numerous independent films and the series. Because the story of the game is canonical, Riepl's score was heavily influenced by 's work on Alien and 's work on Aliens. The soundtrack was recorded at in. Marketing and releaseColonial Marines was confirmed in December 2006, shortly after Sega acquired the Alien video game license.

The game was announced by magazine in its March 2008 issue, where its title, premise and intended gameplay features were revealed. Although Colonial Marines shares the same title as a canceled 2002 project by and that would feature a similar setting and subject matter, the game is completely unrelated to it. Originally intended to be released in 2009, the game was delayed after Gearbox laid off several employees in November 2008. This led some to question whether the game had been canceled or not. In the following years, few other announcements were made, although Gearbox did show some screenshots at the 2010.At the 2011 in Los Angeles, after confirming that Colonial Marines would be released in spring 2012, Gearbox unveiled a teaser trailer and revealed that a version was in development. A live gameplay demo played by a Gearbox representative was also showcased at the event. In January 2012, Sega announced that the game had been delayed to a fall 2012 release, stating that the company did not want to 'sacrifice the creative process just for the sake of following a deadline.'

In May 2012, the game was delayed one last time, with Gearbox stating that Colonial Marines would launch for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on February 12, 2013, while the Wii U version would follow later. In the months leading up to the game's release, more trailers and demos were released.Prior to its release, Colonial Marines was criticized for not featuring any playable female character. When a petition was formed to change this, Gearbox included them in both the cooperative and multiplayer modes. In addition to the standard edition of the game, a was made available for purchase.

The collector's edition included a Powerloader figurine inspired by the film, a Colonial Marines dossier, character customization options, exclusive multiplayer weapons, and a firing range game level. Players who pre-ordered the game could also receive some of the collector's edition content as a bonus. Shortly after the game's release, Gearbox released a that fixed numerous campaign and multiplayer and offered various visual improvements. The Wii U version, which was being handled by Demiurge, was canceled in April 2013. Downloadable contentColonial Marines supports additional in-game content in the form of packs. Between March and July 2013, four downloadable content packs were released for the game. A to these packs could be purchased before the game was released.

The first pack, Bug Hunt, was released on March 19, 2013 and adds a new cooperative mode that involves up to four players fighting increasingly larger waves of Xenomorphs and hostile soldiers across three new maps. Players earn in-game money by killing opponents, which can then be spent on different options like buying ammunition or opening up new areas of the map to increase their chances of survival. The second pack, Reconnaissance Pack, was released on May 7, 2013 and extends the game's competitive multiplayer mode with four maps and more customization options for Xenomorph characters, while the third pack, Movie Map Pack, was released on June 11, 2013 and adds four maps set in locations from the first three Alien films.The fourth and final pack, Stasis Interrupted, was released on July 23, 2013 and adds a new campaign mode that takes place before the campaign of the base game, exploring what happened to Hicks between Aliens and Alien 3. The campaign features four 'interlocking' missions where players must play as three different characters.

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Stasis Interrupted also adds several new for players to unlock, which were initially leaked via a list of PlayStation 3. According to a report, both Demiurge and Nerve were in charge of developing the downloadable content packs for the game, but it was not confirmed if they contributed to the development of Stasis Interrupted.

Reception Critical response ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScore45/100 (PC)43/100 (PS3)48/100 (X360)Review scoresPublicationScore5/109/103/104/104.5/105.9/105/10 (PC)4.5/10 (PS3, X360)Script error Script error6/1048/100Script error Script errorColonial Marines received negative reviews from critics, who criticized its uninspiring gameplay, technical issues, low-quality graphics, and superficial thrills, especially when compared to Cameron's film. Writing for, editor Tristan Ogilvie remarked that, although Colonial Marines looks and sounds like Aliens, it does not feel like it and does not bring anything new to the first-person shooter genre. Similarly, Kevin VanOrd of described the game as 'a shallow bit of science-fiction fluff with cheap production values and an indifferent attitude.'

, however, praised the game for its respect to the source material, describing Colonial Marines as 'easily the best gaming representation of the franchise to date.' The game was criticized for having low- textures, low-quality lighting, poor character models and animations, and uncontrolled. Noted that the game reuses graphical assets very often, resulting in many levels having 'identical corridors and murky exteriors'. However, the Aliens aesthetic was praised by some reviewers, with noting that it was reproduced faithfully in the game and that it was still attractive years after the film was released. The game's numerous bugs frustrated critics. These included poor collision detection and artificial intelligence, causing enemies to or fail to recognize each other.

Technically, the PC version was considered more polished than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions.The story drew criticism for its lack of a consistent continuity with the Alien films. Edge remarked that the game's Colonial Marines are in an inappropriate context because in the film they are depicted as Weyland-Yutani's private army and tasked with fighting Alien creatures. However, in the game, the Colonial Marines fight Weyland-Yutani's other private military armies. Editor criticized the story for its archetypal characters and immature dialogue, stating that the game fails to understand the essence of Aliens. He explained that the film 'dissected its posturing 'manly man' stereotypes, and showcased how utterly frail a cowboy mentality can be when everything falls apart', while Colonial Marines 'revels in its own, submerged gleefully in a pool of dank.' Journalists primarily criticized the gameplay for the weak artificial intelligence of enemies.

They remarked that Xenomorphs simply rush toward players, making the motion tracker useless. According to, 'there's never really the sense that you're being stalked by an intelligent enemy, and you'll always get a warning ping anyway.' The setting and level design were praised by Electronic Gaming Monthly, but GameSpot noted that the levels were clearly not designed for cooperative gameplay. VanOrd explained that additional players do not take the role of companions that are controlled by the game's artificial intelligence, but are simply added to the game, resulting in crowded matches with players fighting for space and trying to shoot enemies.

The Survivor and Escape multiplayer scenarios were highlighted as the strongest aspects of the game. Said that they encourage Colonial Marine players to coordinate their actions with motion trackers as Alien players try to hunt them intelligently.

However, the longevity of the multiplayer mode was questioned due to the limited randomization it provides and the lack of computer-controlled. SalesIn the United Kingdom, Colonial Marines topped the all formats charts in its first week of release.

On both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 individual charts, the game also reached the top position. According to, it was the biggest release of the year in the United Kingdom and held the second highest first week sales for an Alien game since Sega's 2010 title. In the United States, Colonial Marines reached No. 6 on the all formats charts for February 2013. As of March 31, 2013, as stated in Sega's end-of-fiscal-year report, Colonial Marines had sold 1.31 million units in the United States and Europe. ControversyColonial Marines drew a significant controversy.

According to a report, Gearbox had been moving people and resources off Colonial Marines onto Borderlands and Duke Nukem Forever while still collecting full payments from Sega as if they were working on the game. When Sega discovered this misconduct, they temporarily canceled Colonial Marines, leading to the round of layoffs at Gearbox in late 2008. Gearbox outsourced a significant portion of development to other developers to compensate for their mismanagement.

While Sega initially denied such outsourcing, sources claimed otherwise, suggesting that the game was rushed through redesigns, certification and shipping, despite being largely unfinished. The game drew additional controversy when sequences from press demos were compared to the same sequences in the final game, revealing that the finished game is significantly lower in graphical quality.In April 2013, two players filed a, claiming that Gearbox and Sega had the game by showing demos at trade shows that did not resemble the final product. The demos, descri.

(release 12th Feb 2013)Single PlayerA player controls one with the assisting marines giving support in singleplayer, in co-op other players with take the role of these characters.In gameplay the player will occasionally be required to controla particular location, using tactical positioning and turrets to fendoff attacks. In Aliens: Colonial Marines players are equipped with a, with the tracker being hidden and shown by holstering a weapon.Single Player /Co-op MapsMultiplayer2 player split-screen offline will allow 2 players to play cooperatively on the same console,using a split screen to show the two perspectives. Online multiplayer willallow up to 2-4 players to play cooperatively, each using their ownconsole and screen. There are four additional game modes with 4-6 players in the roles of Aliens or Marines.TDM Multiplayer/Co-op MapsExtermination Multiplayer/Co-op MapsEscape Multiplayer/Co-op MapsSurvivor Multiplayer/Co-op MapsDLC Bug HuntDLC Reconnaissance PackDLC Movie Map PackDLC Stasis Interrupted.