Viewing Post from Thursday Feb 12, 2009
Rumor: Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines "Under Review", Aliens RPG Axed
From high to low. Yesterday,
we reported on how Sega is pushing a new Aliens vs. Predator gameinstead of Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines or Obsidian's Aliens RPG. Well, the rumor mill is a-churning, and the latest bit of potential horse puckey out of it is that Obsidian's Aliens RPG has been canned entirely -
and Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines is under the gun.
Sega has reportedly cancelled the Aliens role-playing game that was being worked on at Knights of the Old Republic II and Alpha Protocol developer Obsidian Entertainment.
The RPG was announced in 2006, but little has surfaced since. The cancellation apparently led to 20 employees being laid off, according to Kotaku's sources.
Sega is also said to be "reviewing" Gearbox's shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines, leaving its fate unclear. Rumors that the game was put on hold emerged amidst November layoffs at Gearbox, but the studio quickly stated that the game was not "canned."