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Aliens vs. Predator PC Demo Released Early, Console Demos Coming Thursday (Updated)

by Chris Faylor, Feb 03, 2010 4:38pm PST

Related Topics – Aliens vs. Predator, xbox 360, Trailer, PlayStation 3, PC

Update: Scratch waiting till tomorrow, the PC demo is now available on Steam.

Grab it now and play all night before Steam's content download and matchmaking servers go offline for a few hours on Thursday.

Original: A multiplayer demo of Aliens vs. Predator will hit PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 tomorrow, publisher SEGA has confirmed.

The February 4-due demo--downloadable via Steam, Xbox Live and PlayStation Network--lets players tackle the Refinery map in Deathmatch.

All three species--Colonial Marine, Predator and Alien--will be playable.

The announcement was accompanied by a handful of new screenshots and yet another multiplayer trailer, this one showcasing the shooter's Infestation mode:

Developed by Rebellion and packing single-player campaigns for each species in addition to seven multiplayer modes, Aliens vs. Predator hits North America on February 16 and Europe come February 19, with the PC release requiring a Steam install.

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Exclusive Multiplayer DLC for special edition is the dumbest thing I have ever heard!!! Multiplayer DLC only works if everyone has it!! Why a publisher would chose to make it exclusive blows my mind a way. If making your game suck online is the reason to make a more pricier versions of your game its definitely the dumbest idea out there.

Feb 10, 2010 9:53am PST

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No Crouch ,No Prone ,No Iron Sights ,its meant to be based on a 10 year old game ,not play like one FAIL ,canceled my pre order

I wanted to play as a Colonial Marine ,not a Colonial Marionette

Feb 04, 2010 8:51am PST

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- omg hahaaa, this thread is beyond words. Ultra front page noob. : niceguynick
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- Prone?! Rule 1 of AVP If you stop moving, you die. : ElArabDeMagnifico

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Rebellion has really surprised me. Not only does AvP look like a winner, but also Rebellion as a company has impressed me for a while now. The fact they kept true to AvPâ€™s winning formula, the deal with Australian censoring, and now with the news of a demo before release. It really is nice to see, if only for a short while.

My support and money will go to Rebellion, for the same reason I support Runic Games. They deserve to be supported for the games they make as well as the sacrifices they make to be able to do what they do.

Feb 03, 2010 10:17am PST

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Here is for you N00bs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gjMbawjZ4E

Feb 05, 2010 7:53pm PST

Here is for you N00bs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gjMbawjZ4E : einarabelc5

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Torn. I like that Rebellion had the decency to put out a demo BEFORE the game's release but I have to be honest, it didn't do a good job of selling me on the game. I can get past that it was running under DX9 but that doesn't excuse the fact that the level design was bland, the UI was console-centric(which means it sucks for pc gamers), and the gameplay lacked...character. I sure didn't feel like a predator slowly walking around and hopping like a normal human.

I'm not a huge mp fan anyway so I still hold out hope that the single-player gameplay will be this game's saving grace. However I'm going to have to wait for reviews before shelling out $50 on a pre-order. Sorry Rebellion.

Feb 04, 2010 8:19am PST

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The demo was somewhat fun for about 30 minutes. It certainly didn't sell me on the $49.99 price tag that pops up every time you exit the game. I know the demo doesn't have the DX11 specific effects, but even considering that the full version might have some nice lighting and atmospheric bells-and-whistles... it just doesn't come across like a Triple-A release due to the feel of the controls (grab and melee especially) and the dull level design (yes, it's one level out of many... but this is the one they selected for us to sample).

Feb 04, 2010 4:20am PST

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Wah wah wah! PC gamers never get demos!

*PC demo released*

Wah wah wah! this demo sucks!

*devs no longer release PC demos*

Wah wah wah! PC gamers never get demos!

(I havent actually played the demo, it probably does suck...just thought it was funny)

Feb 03, 2010 11:34pm PST

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been "searching for games" for like 5 mins. how do you find them? lol

Feb 04, 2010 2:58pm PST

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- Matchmaking starting.....Searching....Failed....Matchmaking start.... It gets there in the end tho. : Dodgy
- ummm quick and easy for me so far. : Motoryogurt

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I have decided that rather than waste my life in print media, I am going to stay at home filling my face with cake all day long and start shitting video game UI's.

Based on current trends I figure I'll make a mint.

Feb 04, 2010 4:37am PST

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What the fuck? No dedicated servers? Someone tell me that it'll be not this way in the actual release. Matchmaking is for consoles...and noobs.

Feb 04, 2010 5:33am PST

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Oh dear, what can I say... really had high hopes for this.

Where to start? Kinda liked the oldskool looking interface with the big font, but then when you try to configure your keyboard you have to go through like 4 menus just to find the configuration settings.

You do this for Marine, Alien or Predator seperately - so you'll have fun setting all keys three times over if you are for example left handed like I am.

Ok, finally got that. Let's go online!

Hmm, where's the server browser? There's none? This is madness!! Matchmaking only?? And they said it's not going to be consolized. Oh well, it's a demo - they might add that in later...

Ok, join a match, click, click.......wait......
wait.....
wait.....
wait.....
found match! (yeah!)
loading map
wait.....
wait.....
wait.....
wait.....

wait.....
wait.....
wait.....
wait.....

that map must be HUGE!!

wait.....
wait.....

Ok, it's ON!!!!

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Hearing gunfire, screams, evil hissing
And i'm IN!

....wtf? this is IT??? ??? That looks like arse... :/
What did they do to my graphics? UT99 looked better than THIS?? And what's that map? Some corridors with cheap looking alien textures? I can go up and down some ramps? Yay... :/ Looks like one of those homemade maps from my 12 year old little cousin.

Ok, relax. It's BETA.

The gameplay must be great.

Gleefully I climb some nearby wall and right underneath me see some Marine passing by. I'm ready to POUNCE baby!! Pressing jump...........CHAT WINDOWS OPENS UP?!?!? Marines turns around and fills my alien arse with lead.

What the hell.
Ok, going back into the menu. Damn, why did they have to hide that menu deep down? Jump=Y. Seems fine? Oh - there's a message on top: "Some keys are duplicated" Cool right, I know know. Couldn't you have said me that beforehand?? Why can I even use two commands with the same key???

But where is it? So I spend the next 2 minutes scrolling this huge abomination of a UI menu up and down finding the chat entry. Well, I can't delete the key entry. I have to overwrite it. Aaalright. Back to the game. Hit ESC. Oh, that doesn't go back into the running match. This only goes up one menu entry. So I have to hit ESC like 5 times just to go back for the game.

Whaaat the hell? Did they ever test this? Ever heard of usability?

So after an epic journey through the dephts of this genuinely horrific UI I went back the game, did some rollercoaster runs along some overbright lit lowres wall textures, searching for an enemy to strike. Hey, there's a Pradator! I sneak up on him. Message pops up: "Hit 'E' to grab. I press 'E'. My claws strike forward and turn the Pred into some blocky looking green mist.

Then i hit ESC ESC ESC ESC ESC. Go to Steam. Right click Aliens versus Predator Demo. Delete local content. Delete.

Feb 03, 2010 7:11pm PST

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Noob question here... how the hell do you actually fire any weapons as a pred? Shoulder cannon etc?

Feb 03, 2010 11:12pm PST

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Totally love it.
It's no AvP2, it's a different game altogether. The speed is turned down a notch (which is good).

I feel very comfortable with both Alien and Predator gameplay (don't play Marine as much) after 1-2 hours of gameplay. Especially the Alien zooms everywhere and jumps exactly where I want it to go.

In short; looks great, plays great. Don't think you can play this is AvP2 though, it's a different game.

Feb 04, 2010 9:33am PST

Totally love it. It's no AvP2, it's a different game altogether. The speed is turned down a notch (which... : Smoochy666

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Demo? Demo! Enchantment!

Feb 03, 2010 1:02pm PST

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I just got through playing a match as each of the races, and I have NO IDEA what you people are talking about. This game doesn't look terrible nor does it play like crap. Playing as a marine is an awesome tense experience, playing as the predator is cool and stealthy, and playing as the alien is fast and twitchy.

TL;DR Stop bitching about the size of the menu buttons and enjoy the damned game.

Feb 03, 2010 9:36pm PST

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hmm, mine seems to be stuck at "searching for games"?

how long does this normally take?

Feb 04, 2010 8:03am PST

hmm, mine seems to be stuck at "searching for games"? how long does this normally take? : JohnnyDanger

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Shacknews - We play only AAA games! Demo is great. Yes dx9 doesnt look great and it takes a long time to find a game. Gameplay is great , cant wait for the full game.

Feb 03, 2010 7:26pm PST

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It would be awfully nice if when I clicked the link in steam to download it that it would actually download the game. It isn't doing anything at all. Is there any alternatives to downloading this?

Feb 04, 2010 2:27am PST

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- Reload Steam. The same thing happened to me. : tomwiththeweather

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GUYS, FFS can't you read!!

The game staes CLEARLY, in BIG FONT that the demo has limited graphics (DX9), the release is DX11

The key remapping CLEARLY states duplicate keys..yes, dumb that it allows it in the first place, and dumb you have to enter everything twice to clear the default key mapping, but...these sort of things are usually patched pretty quickly....

Oh wait, this is a shack post, silly me, gotta make way for the pre-judgers and whingers...

Feb 04, 2010 3:47am PST

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Yep as I thought, another consoleport. What a piece of crap.

Feb 04, 2010 5:36am PST

Yep as I thought, another consoleport. What a piece of crap. : Just_do_it_ffs

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NoooOOOOoooo...these comments make me sad. :(

Feb 03, 2010 9:19pm PST

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Anyone who tells me a game suffers from "consolization" or "consolitis" immediately gets discredited in my mind. The idea that you're willing to critique a game based on the idea that its somehow been poisoned by other hardware is just silly, especially when you can remap all the keys.

Feb 03, 2010 7:28pm PST

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This is pretty disappointing. Graphics maxed look like something from 2004. Gameplay is straight from 1 + 2 and it hasn't aged well.

Feb 03, 2010 5:14pm PST

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Other's call it beta and tie it to preorders... *looking at DICE* ...

Feb 04, 2010 2:48am PST

Other's call it beta and tie it to preorders... *looking at DICE* ... : nOpe1984

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You guys had high hopes for this game?

Heh.

Funny.

Feb 04, 2010 1:33am PST

You guys had high hopes for this game? Heh. Funny. : Hunter545

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What cool marine toys can you find? I'm too busy trying to avoid the monsters to look hard. Are there proximity mines? smartguns?

Feb 04, 2010 1:11am PST

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I'm diggin it. it's running smooth maxed out. Played about 5 matches so far and it seems to get better the more you play it. definately check out the controls first and remap some stuff. sprint is keyed to q at first for some reason. Marine has a melee maped to alt and mouse 3. If single player is good Ill buy it.

Feb 04, 2010 12:58am PST

I'm diggin it. it's running smooth maxed out. Played about 5 matches so far and it seems to get better th... : bullbear73

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Cannot get into a game after the first one I got into. Here are some thoughts based on a very brief experience:

1. Entirely console-styled interface - large blocky text, etc...
2. Doesn't offer Dedi-Servers, just match-making which clearly isn't working very well at all - at least right now. :(
3. Controlling the Alien is extremely awkward, even with Auto-Wall Transitioning turned on. I could never get the Alien to jump/spring anywhere, despite using the specific controls mentioned. Couldn't figure out how to get the insta-kill Melee attack, so that was a bummer too
4. Definitely wouldn't want to play the Alien in a DM game
5. Can smash out lights like in the old game but I don't think you can ever make an area all that dark, despite the ability to smash stuff
6. Graphics really not bad for DX9 - full game is DX11 so it'll look even better at least

If they don't fix the MP browser, this will be dead in the water. Gawd it's awful right now...just downright not working. I even checked with several other friends on my Steam Friends list. Same thing...

Very unimpressive Demo so far. :( Please get better...PLEASE!!!

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Its the FEAR2 bomb all over again ARRGGHHH

At least the demo stopped me buying either :D

Feb 04, 2010 12:11am PST

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I do know what the problem is . A bunch of kids with no attention expan due to the abuse of the Internet who didnt' even read that the demo is running in DX9 while the release will support DX11. Not to mention the mos important thing. Learn the frickin controls before you start bashing something. You're a bunch of whiny little elementary kids. You want always instant satisfaction, You want satisfaction, Get outside your control zone. But I'm not surprised. After all, this is the kind of person video games create.

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Just great, just Fu@king great. This is not the news I wanted to hear when I got home about the new AVP being a steaming pile of $hit. If this game tanks we can all kiss the probably much more awesome Gearbox version of Aliens goodbye. Nerd Rage ACTIVATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feb 03, 2010 8:21pm PST

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After working out a bit of mouse-lag stuff (turned off vsync), and maxxed everything out, THEN worked on finding some decent games via invites, I started really lovin it. It's kinda disappointing they went with the IWNet style connecting to games, but it's understandable considering it's demo status. In the end, I can -not- wait for the real game.

Feb 03, 2010 10:43pm PST

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Admittedly I only played around 10 matches, but this i several steps below AvP 2000, IMO. I think the graphics are fine and the game runs well (except it will only display native res @ 24Hz -wtf). It's not ass, but it ain't tits, either. Movement felt really weird. You barely tap the keyboard and you'll move forward 10 steps - when you do the same thing again, it might not even move. It did this even in the matches I hosted and every time I fired the rifle, the screen went solid purple. The microphone shit is also annoying as hell. Other game modes may fair better, but for me, it gonna be a wait and see approach. More than likely I'll wait for a Steam sale. Real disappointing considering how bad-ass AvP 2000 was.

Feb 03, 2010 10:42pm PST

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I like that dev's keep trying to make a good game using the foundation of how awesome the original Predator and Aliens movies are. Thing is, it's simple not possible. The sound will always be a little off, and you'll never feel as bad ass as Ripple/Vasquez/Dutch/ThePredator/Alien appear to be in the films. Again, hats off to the dev's trying to pull this off, I believe it's simply impossible.

Feb 03, 2010 9:35pm PST

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Just played the demo.

Pure.

Garbage.

Feb 03, 2010 6:28pm PST

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I donÂ´t know guys, I feel there is lots of hate for demos lately, I play the game and while it is not perfect, it is not that bad either, I think most of the ppl feel weird because the game is dark and claustrophobic specially as soldier ( aka Bonus meatbag), and it got a nice and step learning curve (.. Hey, how in the hell I switch my weapons..?, Am I hanging from the ceiling?..is that my tail? o shi!..what is this "focus" thingie? ).

Well..the flamethrower effect looks awful...and itÂ´s kinda useless against Predators.

Just give it some time fellas.

Feb 03, 2010 8:08pm PST

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Well, at least my system doesn't hang for very long after I quit the game.

That's about all I saw, tried joining a game...left it sitting there for about 5 minutes, nothing happened.

Can't join games in progress. Was it like this in the first two? Either way, still stinks. I'll have to try it this weekend instead.

Feb 03, 2010 7:10pm PST

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im getting a missing dx9 file msg and cant run it

Feb 03, 2010 5:35pm PST

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well the menus are kind of bloated. That's all the demo i saw.

Feb 03, 2010 7:00pm PST

well the menus are kind of bloated. That's all the demo i saw. : acidravelamp

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i hate multiplayer only demos. it's still nice to see how the game will run on my PC and get a general feel for things, but this just bumped my excitement level down a notch. oh well, still anxiously awaiting the full game.

Feb 03, 2010 10:32am PST

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