The Aliens Colonial Marines demo shown at Gamescom last week was getting great feedback from journalists – and now you can see why. Sega has just released this brief but very intriguing demo of the forthcoming shooter. Developed by FPS specialist Gearbox and out early next year on PC, PS3 and Xbox, it's set after the events of Aliens, with the USCM dispatching another group of hapless marine grunts – and some nuclear warheads – to clear up LV 426 once and for all. Yep, that plan is absolutely foolproof.
The trailer suggests Gearbox has certainly mastered the memorable audio and visual style of James Cameron's movie. The eerie digital pulse of the movement detector has been brilliantly replicated, as have the dramatic opening bars of the score. The distorted sound of the pulse rifle is also present and correct, as well as a shotgun for Hicks fans.
And I do believe there's a brief moment of human vs alien melee combat for good measure...
I've watched it five times now.
