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Tory MP Ed Vaizey Outs Creative Assembly's 'Alien Blockbuster'
Written Thursday, May 12, 2011 By Richard Walker
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Oops. This wasn't supposed to come out just yet, but Tory MP for Wantage and Didcot in the UK, Ed Vaizey has let slip Creative Assembly's new title based upon the Alien movie IP. It seems the developer is now hiring for the new game, which has yet to be officially announced.

"Great visit to Creative Assembly one of UK's best developers. Now hiring for new blockbuster based on Alien", Vaizey's tweet on his Twitter page declares.

The game has since been confirmed by Creative Assembly, who told CVG that it hopes to create an Alien game that will be a "peer to Dead Space 2". The developer has yet to reveal what genre the game will adopt, but if it's anything like Dead Space 2, it'll be a third-person action title, rather than a strategy game, which is what the studio is best known for with its Total war series on the PC.

"This is very much a triple-A project," said Sega West boss Mike Hayes. "The direction we've given Creative Assembly is to win awards. We want this to be a peer to the likes of Dead Space 2."

Creative Assembly has confirmed that its Alien title will be coming to consoles.




 
 

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Comment #1 by deluxnugs
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:19:23 AM
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sounds good to me


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Comment #2 by NITEMARECREATOR
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:26:55 AM
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What ever happened to Aliens: Colonial Marines??


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Comment #3 by Casper Jazz
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:27:34 AM
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A really good Alien game would not be unwelcome, alright C.Assembley I'm listening...


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Comment #4 by psycotic wookie
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:27:49 AM
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Best thing a Tory has ever said,hope its a decent game,they're aiming pretty high though trying to better dead space 2


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Comment #5 by H0p3sfalL
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:30:18 AM
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"game over man, game over"

Hope the game turns out well this time around.


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Comment #6 by H0p3sfalL
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:32:28 AM
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@4

If they keep true to the movies then I see no reason way it couldn't be better then dp2


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Comment #7 by H0p3sfalL
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:33:30 AM
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Ds2*


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Comment #8 by jedijaxpavan
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:36:08 AM
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High hopes.
I still want Colonial Marines.


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Comment #9 by metallicorphan
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:41:49 AM
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@2 according to CVG they say that SEGA are also thought to be readying up Aliens:Colonial Marines

If they are aiming for Dead Space,i am wondering if it is more Alien than Aliens,..more suspense than balls out firepower the MP said himself it's based on Alien

even though i was a bit disappointed in AvP,i am still in for this anyhow


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Comment #10 by UberPirateNinja
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:42:32 AM
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d'oh! not the coolest way to let people know about your game.


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Comment #11 by maniac2k5
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:46:04 AM
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Awesome! Hopefully this and Colonial Marines will both be decent games. Couldn't be much worse than Aliens vs Predator though :P At least Creative Assembly went ahead and confirmed the game rather than doing the whole 'we don't comment on rumours' thing that a lot of companies do, even after they've had their game outed.


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Comment #12 by Stealthcake
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 06:54:13 AM
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Fuck the tories


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Comment #13 by WonderCaliban
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:02:15 AM
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Lol. Tory idiot.

I thought Colonial marines was good to go two years ago. Wasn't it made by Gearbox?


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Comment #14 by jamie1000013
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:25:11 AM
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So, do you think this game will be from the Aliens perspective and the Alien:Colianial marine be from the a human perspective? Just an idea lol.


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Comment #15 by Caramel Cardinal
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:56:28 AM
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wait the tory's have actually given us a piece of good news for a change!


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Comment #16 by Flibbity Floid
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:57:19 AM
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@ 2 - Colonial Marines is being done by Gearbox and will be FPS. This sounds awesome! Dead Space is one of my dear loves of the horror genre in games and Aliens would be a pristine edition to emulate the gameplay.


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Comment #17 by Richie Sambuca
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:25:24 AM
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I'm a sucker for anything Alien related, so this is great news.


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Comment #18 by GR4V1G0R3
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 09:04:23 AM
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OMFG, me want.

this and colonial marines.


i think they should base the game on a survivor, before the marines arrive on LV426. possibly at the start of the initial outbreak and obviously seperate to newt.

trying to find weaponry, and safe haven from the waves of xenomorphs, and maybe a way to escape.

this could make for an amazing game, cant wait for it, actually, i want to work on it, i'm tired of really poor alien tie ins, the last few movies have been shit, let alone the games, and my pet hate is things being taken either out of context or a past event straying from the story that we all know happened, turning into something completely different


what i'm saying is, whoever makes this better have watched the movies religiously and read the books if it is to tie in well.


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Comment #19 by jtr1gg3r
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 09:15:48 AM
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Alien = win. Full stop.


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Comment #20 by Blueprotoss
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 09:36:06 AM
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DS2 was a joke with scares while every Marine Campaign in each AvP game was a Nightmare.


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Comment #21 by ViNyLek
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:31:08 AM
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Protoss, sometimes your opinions are jokes and nightmares....

Sounds interesting, can't wait to see what comes out of it!


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Comment #22 by Flibbity Floid
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:13:14 AM
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@ 21 - "can't wait to see what comes out of it!"

Duh, a Facehugger silly.

Nooch.


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Comment #23 by l.maciver
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:18:29 AM
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please have campaign co-op


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Comment #24 by MajorMercyFlush
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 12:01:21 PM
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My underpants exploded, travelled through time and told my tomorrow underpants there was a new Alien[s] game coming and in a meeting sometime tomorrow they will explode, take out the GM and I'll be fired. I'll become obsessed with the release date and my wife will pack up the HR Giger works that hang in my "controversial" room the kids are advised to avoid. I'll become a urine stained hobo living under a bridge with a ratty series of extension cables illegally sucking juice from the nearby kebab shop to power the TV and 360 I won in the divorce settlement. I'll sleep with one eye open, shiv in hand waiting for this baby to drop and regret nothing.

...and yeah, I hope they have a co-op campaign that I can play [obviously split screen, none of these bitches can afford a tic-tac let alone a console] with my "room" mates that will sadly never understand "UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, SELECT, START".

Philistines.




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Comment #25 by Dr Smart Ace
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 12:34:07 PM
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They mostly come out at night...mostly.


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Comment #26 by ViNyLek
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 01:07:40 PM
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@#22 It'd better not be fahugger...

@#24 I stopped reading after "my underpants exploded"....


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Comment #27 by Flibbity Floid
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 01:10:22 PM
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I seriously advise they hire Paxton to voice one single line of dialogue when you happen to die.

You know what it is.

Ripley: Hudson! This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training.
[to Newt]
Ripley: Right?
[Newt apes a salute]
Hudson: Why don't you put her in charge?


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Comment #28 by Flibbity Floid
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 01:11:22 PM
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@ 26 - If you look at my profile pics, there's one sitting on my PC hahahaha!


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Comment #29 by ViNyLek
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 03:09:22 PM
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Yeah, I clicked, I saw, I.... am speechless:-)


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Comment #30 by Blueprotoss
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 04:03:45 PM
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@ 21. Its sad that you need to Troll on a comment board.

@ 22. Don't forget about the chest busters, too.

@ 27. Agreed while Weaver, Henriksen, Biehn, and Paxton would be nice dialogue choices as well.


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Comment #31 by DamagedWill
Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 04:32:13 AM
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Third person survival horror based off the Alien franchise?

Where do I fuckin' sign?


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Comment #32 by Flibbity Floid
Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 09:48:54 AM
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@ 30 - That's originally what I meant but then again, Facehuggers fly out of the eggs and plus mine is staring me in the face every day.


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Comment #33 by ViNyLek
Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 12:49:05 PM
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@#30 Troll, really? You are one of few ppl who always comment off topic, or on another ppl's comments instead of actual news article. And I dunno about you, but I feel pretty happy most of the time...


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Comment #34 by Blueprotoss
Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ 02:56:00 AM
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@ 33. I'm usually on topic like Floid while its not my fault while Trolls and Fanboys try to start unnecessary Flame Wars or arguments. So you feel happy about insulting people for no reason, which thats sad especially when you do that over the Internet.


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Comment #35 by dementedlullaby
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 08:08:33 AM
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Well they didn't dissapoint me with Total War : Shogun 2 so best of luck CA! Knowing it's Aliens will make it a purchase for me no doubt.


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Comment #36 by Mellow Tha Pro
Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 04:35:40 PM
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"We want this to be a peer to the likes of Dead Space 2" - yep...i can see this coming a mile away...the game is gonna be shit.


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Comment #37 by Colby
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 06:51:21 PM
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Definitely getting this i love scary games


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