Players will gain experience points when killing enemies and completing certain objectives. When playing as a xenomorph, the gameplay style changes from first person to third person. Competitive multiplayer has been confirmed, in which players can fight as a xenomorph alien. The game features a cooperative multiplayer campaign with dynamic drop-in/drop-out for up to 4 players online or 2 players locally via split screen. Gameplay scenarios have been described as 'Gauntlet Runs', where players must fight enemies as they travel from point A to point B, and 'Last Stand' moments, where players must defend a specific area by welding doors and/or setting up automated sentry turrets.

' There is no lead platform but the Wii U will have some special stuff because you have an awesome controller and how could you pass that by?' - Gearbox producer Brian Burleson Gearbox has said that the game will utilize many of the features the Wii U controller has to offer, though no specifics have been revealed outside of the idea of using the controller's screen and gyroscope as a motion tracker. The game will not feature an onscreen HUD, though the screen on the controller will likely display information normally seen onscreen such as maps, health and ammo. The player has access to many iconic weapons and tools from the movies such as the flamethrower, pulse rifle, smartgun, pistol, RPGs, robotic sentry turrets, as well as welding torches for sealing doors and motion trackers to detect unseen enemies.

Gearbox has implied that there may be connections or references to the events of the prequel film Prometheus in the game, stating that they were able to discuss the film's script with Alien and Prometheus director, Ridley Scott.Īliens: Colonial Marines is a first person shooter/survival horror game. Many locations and environments from the films such as the planet LV-426, the Sulaco, and the derelict alien spacecraft from Alien will be featured in the game and are said to be meticulously recreated. Sulaco in search of Ellen Ripley, Corporal Dwayne Hicks, and the rest of the missing marines who were dispatched to LV-426, as seen in the film Aliens. The main character is Corporal Christopher Winter, a Colonial Marine that is part of a search and rescue team sent to investigate the U.S.S. Despite the story of Aliens: Colonial Marines taking place after the events of the third film in the series, Alien 3, the game is described as a 'true sequel' to the 1986 film Aliens and according to Gearbox Software, the game is considered an official part of the Alien franchise's canon by 20th Century Fox.

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