Skewed and Reviewed have not let a site update in progress slow them down and have posted an interesting article that asks if the less than strong response to Aliens: Colonial Marines has killed the Alien game franchise for the time being. They cite the death of the Wii U version of the game and another game that was in production being scrapped. The article also offers suggestions on Alien games that might invigorate the franchise.
Too many games aren't given a second shot. We at VGU choose which games we would love to see receive a sequel.
The Saboteur - criminally underrated and a fantastic mechanic of bringing colour back to Nazi-occupied Paris.
The article lists Bulletstorm, Sleeping Dogs, and Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Player 2 takes some quiet time to look back at some of the most hyped failures of the past 10 years.
Can't argue with any of those really, but I would add Resident Evil Operation Racoon City and Metal Gear Survive to that list. Both terrible games from good franchises.
Bulletstorm, I actually liked the gameplay but the atrocious writing and characters made me despise the game by the end of it.
Thanks to a bustling mod community on Steam, Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines actually has a stellar multiplayer experience to offer these days.
I don't know about killed but it will definitely make it difficult for anyone trying to develop a Alien game and want to present it to a publisher.
Exactly. My main point was that with the Wii U version dead and the survival horror game dead. Sega is likely going to have a hard time getting new games going as well as restoring faith in the brand.
As far as I see it, almost every "alien" game since AvP2 been killing the franchise as none of them were good games (although as die hard alien and predator fan, I'd say I enjoy AvP2010 when playing with few of my friends, but even I realize its pretty mediocre game with some serious issues)
It's not dead, if they can redo TombRaider they can redo Aliens. I was just thinking that it would be cool if they made a AVP game that had some gameplay elements from Gears of War. The stories from the franchise are great all they have to do is work on the gameplay. Maybe something from the Prometheus storyline after she finds the Engineers.
I don't think it's killed the franchise. What Sega needs to do is sell the license to a publisher that won't give the game to just whoever. And, if they do decide to keep the franchise, they need to scrutinize the next dev like crazy. I don't see Gearbox getting many more licensed games after the atrocities that were Duke Nukem Forever and the steamin pile that Colonial Marines became.