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The hotly anticipated Aliens: Colonial Marines dropped today, much to the eventual disappointment of about everyone who has played it. Jim tore it up, defeated and sad, in his review, if you’re interested. But maybe there is something to Colonial Marines. I mean, how many first-person shooters allow you to play through long stretches of the game without having to fire your weapon? The folks over at PCGamesN might have inadvertently sold me on the game with this video, which hints at the subversive commentary Colonial Marines offers in a AAA landscape filled with wanton violence and … No, I’m kidding, don’t play this game.
Today, we delivered some extra Aliens related content to make up for the soggy thud Colonial Marines dropped with, Fraser Brown wrote a stirring counterpoint to Allistair’s claim that violence is essential in games, our site violated a trademark and the community showed off its ingenuity in response, Conrad reviewed Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, which is a game that is out and pretty good, and more!
Destructoid Original:
Aliens: Colonial Marines innovates with self-heal glass!
Aliens games to play that aren’t Aliens: Colonial Marines
Dragonborn’s amazing content held back by glitches on PC
Team Fortress 2sday: Wednesday nights are party time
New Dtoid site feature violates Trademark! Help!
Trends of this Generation: Consoles as media centers
Live show: Aliens: Colonial Marines full playthrough
David Cage is right: Violence is not essential
Aliens disappoints, Demos kill sales, and Toys are fun
Community:
Community blogs of 2/12
Forum thread of the day: Aliens: Colonial Marines
Reviews:
Review: Aliens: Colonial Marines
Reviews Elsewhere: Aliens: Colonial Marines
Review: Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Review: Special Forces: Team X
Previews:
Viz gets more anime onto your XBox 360
Preview: Leviathan: Warships had me go down with the ship
Events:
Come on, montage! Drunk man crashes D.I.C.E. Awards
BioWare founders receive GDC Lifetime Achievement Award
Just like High School: iam8bit’s Class of GDC photo opp
News:
Expanded mod support for Left 4 Dead 2 enters beta
Randy Pitchford addresses Borderlands 2 level cap
Batman: Arkham 3 is due for release in 2013 [Update]
Wargaming kicks off their own pro gaming eSports league
Journey dev: Touch control the ‘most universal’ interface
Rayman Legends developers want their game out now!
Mirror of Fate developers inspired by fighting games
Nicalis is publishing ’90s Arcade Racer
Persona 4 Arena hits PlayStation Network today
Bungie to reveal Destiny this weekend
SEGA denies Aliens: Colonial Marines was outsourced
Obsidian would love to work on Fallout: New Vegas 2
Free PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale DLC is out today
Black Ops II ‘Revolution’ DLC dated for PS3 and PC
Steam rolls out new week-long deals
Ni No Kuni is offering a free Draggle familiar DLC today
Resident Evil: Revelations lacks Wiimote pointer controls
David Jaffe debuts the Twisted Metal Birthday Bundle
Ys I & II Chronicles+ comes to Steam on Valentine’s Day
Blizzard: the Diablo III Auction House poses problems
Watch people cry during Walking Dead’s finale [Spoilers]
Viz gets more anime onto your XBox 360
Offbeat:
Man with sexy voice croons about Rayman Legends’ delay
Chiptune album 9-bit Blizzard is as cool as ice
Aliens: Colonial Marines says hello, my honey
Naughty: Fire Emblem: Awakening’s Tharja in figure form
Naughty Dog melts hearts with Valentine’s Day cards
NES-themed N64 controller is the gamepad of the gods
Media:
Crysis 3’s sharp-dressed trailer is pretty adorable
Disney Infinity shows off new Monsters University screens
Here’s a deleted scene from Wreck-It Ralph
Neo XYX is a shoot ’em up for the Neo-Geo and Dreamcast
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus on Vita: New screens, details
Ghost in the Shell gets new anime movies, online game
New screenshots of Unreal Engine 4 horror game Daylight
The Star Trek film tie-in game is still a thing
Prison Architect surpasses $1 million in pre-orders
Learn how Kratos comes to life in this video
Create an alien ecosystem in Ecolibrium for PS Vita
