Although TimeGate handled primary development, their work had to be constantly examined and approved by Gearbox and Sega. With Gearbox distracted, primary development on Colonial Marines was handled by TimeGate Studios. However, between 20, Gearbox did not focus on the development of the game, instead preferring to work on other projects such as Borderlands and Duke Nukem Forever, a game with an even worse development period than Aliens: Colonial Marines! Initial work on Colonial Marines began in 2007.

An Extremely Troubled Development CycleĪlthough Gearbox is credited as the primary developer of Colonial Marines, multiple development studios contributed to the game’s production. In case you didn’t know, Aliens: Colonial Marines is a 2013 first-person shooter developed by Gearbox Software based on the 1986 ”Aliens” movie produced by James Cameron.

However, despite poor fan and critical reception, the game did manage to sell around 1.31 million copies. In fact, that’s being way too kind it was one of most disappointing games of the last decade, kicking off the trend that we have seen in recent times of games being overhyped and underdelivering come release day. Just over seven years ago, Aliens: Colonial Marines was released to -let’s say -a mixed reception.

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