Sega delivered some sad news to Xenomorph hunters today: Aliens: Colonial Marines has been delayed. After dropping off the radar following its 2008 reveal, Aliens: Colonial Marines was pushed back into the spotlight and given a spring 2012 release date.

Former Shacknews editor and current Gearbox Community Manager Chris Faylor tells Shacknews that the upcoming PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 shooter is set for sometime within the fall 2012 release window.

Read more: Sega's official comment on the delay »

A collector's edition of the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines has reportedly been leaked. It looks to include a few extra weapons, an extra mode, a set of dossiers, and a resin model immortalizing Ridley's famous exosuit battle with the queen from the film Aliens.

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"I'm freaking out because we're making an Aliens game," Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford says in the introduction to his E3 gameplay demonstration of the upcoming Colonial Marines. This presentation was previously exclusive for the eyes of E3 attendees, but now you'll be able to see from the comfort of your home.

"This is a big moment for us... You're going to see what the game actually looks like. Not just screenshots. Actual gameplay," Pitchford adds.

Watch: Eleven minutes of gameplay »

UPDATE - The YouTube trailer is actually not a leak, but rather pulled from this GameSpot exclusive.

ORIGINAL STORY - Aliens: Colonial Marines has gotten its debut trailer, featuring confused and stranded marines who are then inevitably picked off and devoured like fleshy little hors d'oeuvres. The game appears to feature a not-insignificant amount of head-biting, but the aliens spill their share of green blood as well.

Watch: Game over, man! Game over! »

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Aliens: Infestation has been detailed, thanks to a few different ratings boards. Siliconera reports that the game was first quietly outed as a WayForward-developed DS game in May by the Australian ratings board. Now the ESRB has filled in more details. The T-rated side-scroller includes violence (for obvious reasons), cursing, and brief male nudity. Who says the DS is a kiddie system?

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QUICKTAKE: After the events of David Fincher's Alien 3, a group of USCM troops touch down on the mysterious planet known as LV-426, coming face-to-face with the menacing Xenomorphs. Dubbed as a true narrative sequel to James Cameron's Aliens, my short demo of the Gearbox-developed game Aliens: Colonial Marines did a lot to prove the team behind it has a deep admiration for the series. But, I'm left wondering how the game will tie in with the series canonically.

Gearbox's much-anticipated co-op shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines largely dropped off the radar after it was announced in 2008, but the Borderlands developer has always insisted it was still on its way. Today, publisher Sega pulled back the curtain to reveal a new trailer, more details, a single screenshot, and a release window--spring 2012.

Described by the official site as "a true sequel to James Cameron's classic Aliens," Colonial marines promises drop-in/drop-out co-op for up to four players. Marines will venture into movie environments such as Hadley's Hope, the Sulaco and LV-426, armed with weapons including pulse rifles, motion trackers and flamethrowers on "self-contained missions within an over-arching narrative." Read more »

Though Gearbox was unsurprisingly focused on the news that it's helming Duke Nukem Forever and now owns the Duke property, at PAX the Borderlands developer gave a short update on its mysterious Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Several screenshots, hastily photographed [left] by Kotaku, of the four-player co-op shooter based upon the sci-fi action film were shown to a PAX panel audience. Read more »

Sega now says that Gearbox's delayed Aliens shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines may ship earlier or later depending on the success of Rebellion's Aliens vs. Predator.

"What I would say is it's unlikely that we'd launch anything within six months [after Aliens vs. Predator], but probably nine months, eight to 12 months possibly," said Sega president Mike Hayes to G4TV. "Though we literally are looking at that at the moment and a lot of is going to depend, as well, on how successful AvP is at the box [retail]." Read more »

Though Obsidian's Aliens RPG was thought to be cancelled, Sega has confirmed that it still plans to release the title along with its other two announced Aliens games.

Asked about the Obsidian's Aliens RPG and Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines at E3, Sega told Joystiq that it will have "have more news to share about the other two games in the near future so stay tuned," adding that "[Rebellion's] Aliens vs. Predator will be the first to ship out of our triplet of Aliens titles; hence it was shown at this year's E3." Read more »

Following the latest batch of rumors that Aliens: Colonial Marines was in trouble, developer Gearbox Software has indicated that it's still developing the title.

The Texas-based studio today told the press that it's hiring for "all projects," with the company's games page listing the squad-based Aliens shooter under the "in development" banner. That page was updated April 13, 2009--two months after the rumors hit. Read more »

Update: On top of the previous report, Joystiq's sources claim Sega has stopped funding both the Aliens RPG and Aliens: Colonial Marines. Obsidian's layoffs are also said to have affected the team for Alpha Protocol, which Sega is publishing this year.

Original: Sega has reportedly cancelled the Aliens role-playing game that was being worked on at Knights of the Old Republic II and Alpha Protocol developer Obsidian. Read more »

A new Aliens vs. Predator game will arrive in early 2010, publisher Sega has announced, with the company noting that AvP will hit before its other two Aliens games.

That means Gearbox's shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC, PS3, 360) and Obsidian's Aliens RPG won't debut until 2010, at the very earliest. Colonial Marines was originally expected last year, and was recently listed as a Q1 2009 release by Sega Europe. Read more »

Gearbox Software's squad-based Aliens shooter will be released within the next three months according to a release schedule from publisher Sega's European branch.

The schedule lists a "Q1 2009" release for Aliens: Colonial Marines, which was originally expected in late 2008. Sega was unable to tell VideoGamer if that was calendar Q1 (January 1-March 31) or fiscal Q1 (April 1-June 30), April will see Sega begin its 2010 fiscal year, suggesting that the date applies to the calendar year. Read more »