Twenty years ago Danny Glover, bloody and battered, wandered into a Predator trophy room and viewers glimpsed the Xenomorph skull hanging on the wall, kicking off the cult following that would pit two of Hollywood's nastiest incarnations against each other. The Alien vs Predator phenomenon has spawned comics, games, and two instantly forgettable movies but also gave us the 1999 AvP PC game which proved a definite hit. If you are familiar with any of them then you will know that the plot for this brawler is nothing that the AvP universe has not experienced before. A Weyland-Yutani scientific team - the shadowy company from Aliens - has discovered the ruins of a Predator temple on a distant planet.
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"Ever since Xbox One backward compatibility was announced, gamers have been asking for a few high-profile games. While the majority of requests revolve around the Call of Duty franchise, the Aliens and Sonic franchises have been other hot series. Today, Microsoft announced that Aliens vs. Predator, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and Sonic Unleashed are now backward compatible."
Kingdoms of Amalur was brilliant. Never did get a sequel because all the crap that happened after with the IP.
It looks as though the 2010 first person shooter, Aliens vs Predator might become a Xbox Backwards Compatible title soon based on its revamped Xbox Store product page.
Been playing the shit out of it on PS3. Hopefully this gives the game another lease of life. Such an underrated game imho.
