We've known for a while that Rebellion's Aliens vs. Predator wouldn't see the light of day until 2010, but we were still unsure of exactly when we could look forward to penetrating fleshy green heads with our snapping secondary jaws. Fortunately, Sega has updated its AvP page to reveal that February is now the magic month. Now all we need is a deck of cards.
As Destructoid's chief Xenomorph fan, this is easily among my most anticipated games of 2010, along with Aliens: Colonial Marines. The game looked amazing at E3, and it was all I could do to stop myself from punching out the developer playing it and grabbing the controller myself. I have high hopes indeed for this one.
On a related note, I am currently gathering questions for an interview with the guys behind this three-way acid-drenched slaughterfest. If there's anything you'd like to know, please leave a comment and I'll ask Rebellion ... unless your questions are rubbish.
[Thanks, Tachicore]
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3:20 PM on 08.04.2009
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Also, Jim. Why not do a "Why Xenomophs are blatantly better the Predators?"
Already kicking that idea around. :-)
Looking forward to that.
Predators are blatantly better than Xenomorphs though...
... mostly. :)
FACT: Predators are wussies. Also, they have small dicks.
Actually this title can take all the time I have left on this planet to become the masterpiece it is blatantly destined to be. Can't wait.
Jim, you should ask the devs if the multiplayer portion of the title is going to include a mode similar to firefight or horde mode. It needs to. Without a mode like that the game would be absolutely incomplete. So since you write for Destructoid, you should try to make that happen if it isn't planned. Get what I'm saying?
Oh and don't forget about the Predalien, it's blatantly the best of both worlds.
Penis sizes in Alien?
Face huggers. Nuff said. (They go down to your stomach!)
AVP films don't exist in my world.
Which means film wise, they've only lost to Arnie and Danny Glover.
No one beats Arnie, and Danny Glover is fucking cool, so...
Alien3 exists though... sadly.
ALSO JIM STERLING IS A ROBOT, IN A WINO FORVERS BODY.
Any Predaliens doing that new and frankly disturbing reproduction shown in AvP:R?
Any Dog (or Ox) styled aliens from Alien 3?
Will there be any Space Jockey easter eggs?
How varied are the Marines and Predators? As in Predator masks, Female marines, Elder Predators, etc.
Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator, can you make it happen?
The original AvP game on the PC kicked serious arse. Hope this can come close to it,
Are we going to see a return of the Survival Mode of the original AVP?
Will there be classes as in the earlier titles - If so will we see a stronger class focus (medics for humans etc)?
Will balance still be based around numbers and not individual characters? (That is to say in the second game a balanced game was something like 2 Humans/Aliens for every Predator)
Has inspiration been drawn from the core titles or will we see things like the Whips from AVP2:R?
And finally - is the Sniper Rifle still going to be a god among guns?
If you could make one "non-canon" AvP game, where anything goes, what would you put in it?
I have no idea why they've changed the classic helmet w/camera look, but I'm not feeling it at the mo.
Other than that, maybe ask him about the Pred’s Focus Mode and how it works, ask if there’s going to be any Alien lifecycle (chestbuster to adult) gameplay, like we saw in AvP2, or ask him if he likes Rolos…that’s all I can think of for now.