The new Computer Games Online has a preview of Monolith's upcoming Alien versus Predator 2, the sequel to the 1999 Rebellion game. The preview features quotes from Fox and Monolith folks and also has plenty of screenshots from the Lithtech powered game.

Some of the new weapons are a direct result of player input, even though some of the things players asked for didn't seem to make sense. "They wanted a knife and they wanted Hicks' shotgun," says Stalker, shaking his head in disbelief. "A shotgun? Why would you want a shotgun? Aliens would eat you before you ever got the chance to use it. We couldn't believe they wanted a knife. So we had a meeting and we said, 'Look, if we have to put a knife in, what the hell can we do with it?' We spitballed some great reasons you'd want to have a knife," he continued, "and we gave them what they wanted because we were able to come up with some really great gameplay reasons for you having the thing."

Saw that on Blues News.