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    Xav de Matos posted a new article, E3 2011: Aliens Colonial Marines.

    Aliens: Colonial Marines takes the series back to LV-426 to tell the story of what happened after the events of Alien 3--after Ripley's jail-planet battle was won and the dust had settled at Hadley's Hope.
    Jun 13, 2011 5:15pm PDT
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    Xav de Matos posted a new article, E3 2011: Aliens Colonial Marines.

    Aliens: Colonial Marines takes the series back to LV-426 to tell the story of what happened after the events of Alien 3--after Ripley's jail-planet battle was won and the dust had settled at Hadley's Hope. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Sadness. There are so many new and exciting situations that you can drop aliens into. I don't want to vis... : uglysad
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        Ya, that seems like a funky choice. : Senate5000
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          They could have gone all KOTOR with the series and just set years in the future or the past. There's too ... : ProziumThis person is cool!
          • I think that would be missing the point. They said that they essentially wanted to do a sequel to Aliens ... : silentbobuk
      • I'm looking forward to seeing post-nuke Hadleys Hope and getting the chance explore the Sulaco. They have... : silentbobuk
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      "But, I'm left wondering how the game will tie in with the series canonically" Oh for Pete's sake WHO ... : Yxalitis
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        If story doesn't matter to games, why are these developers touting it as an important factor of this game... : XAVdeMATOS
        • I agree, if you are going to ignore the canon. Then don't call make it part of the franchise. They could ... : millakazuya
      • I care. : millakazuya
      • James Cameron didn't populate LV-426, the Company did. It was only a matter of time before the Company n... : dedgecko
    • Any video of this out there? : megarust32This person is cool!
    • Hooray, Gearbox Software can rape more childhood memories. : PenicillinX57This person is cool!
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      People have faith this will be any good coming from Gearbox? : Godhatesfatpeople
      • I wouldn't say faith but I have high hoped at the moment : uglysad
      • I still like them. : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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        I don't have any problems with them. Is that a dig at DNF? : Turd FergusonThis person is cool!
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          Actually no. I find them to be immensely mediocre. : Godhatesfatpeople
          • They're kind of like a mediocre version of Raven. Mediocre squared? How does that work? : Serpico74This person is cool!
      • Probably not. They are not a good developer. They got their big start by making a mod which was (in hi... : MeestaNob
      • I'm pretty much going on the assumption that it will be mediocre simply because of this. : Begawkiness
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      So the colony was nuked, but its still there. K : Serpico74This person is cool!
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        So nuking from orbit provides nothing? : baron calamityThis person is cool!
        • Hadley's Hope was not nuked from orbit - the processing plant went nuclear when the cooling system was da... : Strud1512
      • It was a sugar-free nuke : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Apparently it wasn't the only way to be sure : phate81
      • I'm a little confused also. My assumption was that the explosion of the oxygen generating plant destroyed... : millakazuya
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        They never did nuke the site, the atmosphere processor went in to melt down. There isn't actually anythin... : silentbobuk
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          The mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion that the dropship flies out of near the end of Aliens sugge... : Serpico74This person is cool!
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            I mean, it looks pretty big to me! :) http://imgur.com/ztVmK http://imgur.com/5hZDA : Serpico74This person is cool!
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              Fun fact: The nuclear explosion in Aliens was a cotton ball sculpture that was pushed up by hand, with a ... : Serpico74This person is cool!
              • haha, yeah I saw that. : silentbobuk
              • And it looks awesome : Godhatesfatpeople
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          In 19 minutes this area is going to be a cloud of vapor the size of Nebraska : Godhatesfatpeople
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            Could of been exaggerating? Like I said, I'm hoping that the explosion has fucked things up but there are... : silentbobuk
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              Nuclear bomb going off a kilometer away = minor structural damage :) : Serpico74This person is cool!
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                Ok I checked and Bishop says Does talk about it being x amount of kilo tonnes etc But what if that one... : silentbobuk
                • That was awesome. : danielbrauer
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      Guys I'm just gonna post this in advance, is there an FOV fix? : phate81
      • Beat me to it. : Alastayr
      • Dude! It's an artistic choice, man! Let the artists breathe. Screw your nausea and big wide-screen mon... : wytefangThis person is cool!
      • And a toggle crouch? A menu worth a damn? Decent multiplayer? : razlebol
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        Ironically, a tighter FoV would actually make sense 'from an artistic standpoint' due the claustrophobic/ : MeestaNob
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          There is other ways to achieve that other than gimping your view. : razlebol
          • Absolutely, controlling the pacing of the level and good storytelling are far more effective tools, but i... : MeestaNob
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      Hopefully they do a better job than the last Alien vs. Predator game. It shouldn't take 15-20 rounds to d... : AurienTitus
      • Different developer. : XAVdeMATOS
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      I'm sad that Gearbox has to be the ones making it. From my experience as a PC gamer with the Borderlands... : wytefangThis person is cool!
      • Give it to the Rainbow 6 Vegas team instead. It has pretty nice FoV and great mouse code. : Marrbe
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      Honestly, I'm not that all bothered about the canon. Or canon in general. It's only one single tool write... : Alice O'Connor
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        Aliens never seemed to have much of a greater story to me. It would be later on that James (Cameron) woul... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
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          URGHHHH. No fucking way. : XAVdeMATOS
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            URRGG to Aliens not having much cannon, or AVATAR having a rather ridiculous amount? : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
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              Avatar is not an original story. It's Pocahontas. It's an old white man's savior story of a minority nati... : XAVdeMATOS
              • Oh, I wasn't talking much about the plot. I meant about the world-building aka, greater story. Cameron... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
      • I'll let you know when they let anyone play it. : XAVdeMATOS
      • Hell yeah! My girlfriend and I are very much looking forward to this title. Personally, I think Gearbox g... : Lycronis