Aliens: Colonial Marines is one of the most infamous misfires of gaming history, a disaster of a scale that's relatively rare in the upper echelons of game development. Virtually everyone who played ...

Gearbox Software’s and Sega’s take on the Alien franchise, Aliens: Colonial Marines is an action FPS game where players gear up to face the threat of the Xenomorphs, as inspired by the Aliens movie.

On paper, a game about the Colonial Marines from the Alien franchise seems like perfect fodder for an exciting action/horror game. Forcing players to confront the Xenomorphs in action could have been ...