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Ridiculous art for the Aliens  game that never was (update) photo

Following news that Sega and Obsidian's Aliens RPG has officially been sent to the boneyard, some ludicrous concept art has surfaced that is ... well ... I've no idea what it's supposed to be. Basically, you have one Alien that looks like it's hybridized with a Dimetrodon and one that looks like it burst out of a giant meatball.

These two things apparently have names, too. The big fat thing is an "Abomination" while the lizard-like one is a "Stalker." I'm surprised they didn't just start copying the Hasbro toy line, since they had some utter gems in there. Killer Crab Alien would kick ass in a videogame. 

It at least gives us a clue as to what Obsidian was planning to make the Aliens RPG interesting, if not highly comical. Despite the insane designs here, I'm still disappointed that the game won't at least be given a chance. Still, with Colonial Marines and Aliens vs Predator on the horizon, we'll be getting quite the fill of Xenomorph-flavored revelry.

[Update: We just got an email linking us to loads more concept images from the game. A poster at the Obsidian board dug and threw up tons of pictures ages ago but nobody noticed. We've added a full gallery of shots, complete with environments and more Xenomorphs. They're not officially released Obisidan images, and they've been taken from various designers supposedly working on the game. Still, there's an Alien Queen in there, so enjoy!]


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jawshoeuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 11:21
jawshoeuh
2 images? psh. c'mon at least give us some Duke Nukem style farewell images.
daewootech's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 11:21
daewootech
kind of looks like a cross between an alien and bowser
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 11:28
Chronic Logic
Noes!!! Why did they cancel it?! Why?!
tgammet's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 11:32
tgammet
Was there a game journalists meeting with Kotaku to all come out against these images or something? What's with the hate?

I like them anyway. I loved the idea proposed in the films that depending on the creature the alien spawned out of there would be mutations. It is a creature of advanced evolution after all.
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 11:32
Naim Master
Anything + black color , no eyes and a tail = Xenomorph
DonPixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 11:36
DonPixel
Now wonder, how this gem got canned ? ... evil publisher don`t want to take chances with a highly original and quality concept!
Elsa's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 11:59
Elsa
LOL! Looks more like a pet than a vicious enemy. Put a bow on it's head, add a leash...
D-Nez's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 12:07
D-Nez
This kinda what happened with Halo Wars. The have to name up new classes to "fit" within the universe. Except they stick out like a sore thumb. I was looking forward to the game and now I'm thinking maybe not.

Why even make up classes? They have drones, warriors, queens, dog alien (or cow) & hybrids.
FistfulOAwesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 12:56
FistfulOAwesome
Damn! I was hoping you'd post some centerfold style pics of that alien with the big tits.
Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 13:18
Aurain
That alien is fucking ripped. Like Arnie got Face-huggered.
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 13:36
wanderingpixel
Is that Chet's holloween costume from last year? Also, OMFG!!!!!! ALIENS FTW!!!!!!
AngryJoeShow's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 13:58
AngryJoeShow
Nice how pretty much all the blogs are bashing on the artwork, likely these weren't even final designs.

If you ask me they look pretty cool. It would have gotten pretty boring to see the game aliens over and over.

Plus aliens take traits of their hosts. Destructoid and Kotaku are wrong trying to sensationalize these to justify the post, instead of writing an article on what could have been. Assholes.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 14:08
Jim Sterling
"Plus aliens take traits of their hosts. Destructoid and Kotaku are wrong trying to sensationalize these to justify the post, instead of writing an article on what could have been. Assholes."

Wow, serious some? I was merely poking fun at the silly looking fat Alien. It looks ridiculous. I'm not trying to criticize it seriously.

Anyway, there are loads more bits of art up now. Enjoy!
Dimly's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 14:17
Dimly
What's going on with the dopey looking creature that looks like a crusty booger?
HiddenAHB's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 14:18
HiddenAHB
Jim Sterling poking fun of a "fat alien"?
Oh the irony.
Drach's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 14:20
Drach
I'm with joe on this the images looked damn good and seemed like it would have made a damn fine game.
I would have bought it on day one.
Jawmuncher's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 14:26
Jawmuncher
Man this looks like it could have been great.

I would have rather gotten this over colnial marines
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 14:38
Holyetheline
Nice gallery, very nice.
Jack Maverick's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 14:46
Jack Maverick
That huge Alien reminds me a lot of Godzilla from the 1998 movie, both in terms of the ridiculous size and the overall ridiculousness.
AngryJoeShow's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 15:06
AngryJoeShow
Sorry @jim_sterling
I'm just Cranky that the Game has been Cancelled. AND OMG! all those new screens just make it worse. *Cry's a little*

There's got to be something we can do to slap some sense back into Obsidian, get them to jump start this thing after Alpha Protocol.

Jim man, call up some of your game industry insiders, or someone at Obsidian. Lets get the power of Jim and Joe on this. As stupid as petitions are im considering putting one up at my site and thatguywiththeglasses.com for this game. F*ck.

*Kick's something*
Static Jak's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 15:17
Static Jak
That thing was definitely based on the Space Jockey from Alien.
Saint Demon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 15:53
Saint Demon
The friendlier looking alien creatures are probably the native aliens of the planet, a type of creature friendly to humans. While, the larger Alien creatures that bare resemblence to the films are the result of the planets creatures being killed and producing the Alien type creature.
Len's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 16:02
Len
"The friendlier looking alien creatures are probably the native aliens of the planet, a type of creature friendly to humans. While, the larger Alien creatures that bare resemblence to the films are the result of the planets creatures being killed and producing the Alien type creature."

There's already an Alien history, I'd hate if Obsidian made a whole new one. Don't get me wrong though, they write great stories.

Also I know those images are just concept artwork, but they look fairly crap imo. Taking the series way overboard.
RWarrior1CO's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 17:14
RWarrior1CO
Yes, why would an RPG have variety in its enemy types? That's pure madness!
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 21:29
BattyAdroit
Jesus. I hope Giger never sees any of these hideous designs. He may take away our beloved Alien.

Perhaps it's for the best that this has been canned.
sheppy's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 21:50
sheppy
I hate to be the asshole who KNOWS this stuff but the alien larva tends to gather certain physical attributes of their host organism. While this sounds like cannonical bullshit, keep in mind the novels supported this idea. The comics as well, which had many of the absurd designs that the toyline had including the ape xenomorph. This was taken to an unusual extreme in Batman vs. Aliens where, yes... there was an Alligator Xenomorph.

Thsi concept gatehred soooo much support that they introduced it in the official cannon with Alien 3, and the Dog Zenomorph.

So what they're doing here isn't THAT unusual.
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/30/2009 22:53
BattyAdroit
The only Alien cannon that I'm interested in are the films 'Alien' and 'Aliens.' I consider everything else to either be too derivative or poor quality. :)
hjd uk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/01/2009 05:04
hjd uk
The only one that looks bad im my opinion is the Hulk-Xeno. Some of the concepts in that gallery arent xenos theyre other aliens / naitive fauna.
Im digging the fire-ant / desert queen variant.
Ace Flibble's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/01/2009 05:46
Ace Flibble
The first one (header image) looks to me like they just copied the Warhammer 40K Carnifex which ironically is from the Alien rip-offs Tyranids anyway. I mean I've got a Carnifex that looks exactly like that first design.
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/01/2009 11:18
whormongr
@BattyAdroit IMO alien 3 was a lot more like "alien" than "aliens" - when I was a kid I was sooooo disappointed in that movie- I felt like they shit all over alien when it came out and turned it into an action flick
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/01/2009 11:19
whormongr
@BattyAdroit IMO alien 3 was a lot more like "alien" than "aliens" was - when I was a kid I was sooooo disappointed in that movie- I felt like they shit all over alien when it came out and turned it into an action flick
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