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[Dystify]

It appears that the surprise Mark Rein was talking about is Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Later he tweeted:

Congrats to Gearbox on showing Aliens: Colonial Marines on WiiU at the Nintendo E3 press event! #MadeWithUE3

So:

- Aliens: Colonial Marines is made by Gearbox (Borderlands, etc.)

- Unreal Engine 3 is on Wiiu

 

[KareBear]

- Aliens: Colonial Marines is made by Gearbox (Homefront, etc.)

Wat?

 

[Dystify]

Wat?

Oops, I meant Borderlands.

 

[parasight]

Dammit Gearbox stop working on non-Borderlands games! At this rate we won't get a sequel till next gen (PS4/720)

 

[AceBandage]

It looked really good.

 

[NotGameboy]

Win.

 

[StuBurns]

I was surprised how bad it looked actually, I've been looking forward to it for a while. Geoff on GTTV said he didn't think it was the WiiU version so I'm not relating it to the system at all, just the specific footage.

 

[Itchy//Tasty]

The Wii U controller has gotta be the 'Aliens' motion-tracker. It's gotta be!

 

[Chairhome]

The Wii U controller has gotta be the 'Aliens' motion-tracker. It's gotta be!

I had the same thought. "They're right on top of us!"

 

[antonz]

The Wii U controller has gotta be the 'Aliens' motion-tracker. It's gotta be!

No doubt. Press was teasing this last week.

 

[radioheadrule83]

The Wii U controller has gotta be the 'Aliens' motion-tracker. It's gotta be!

Oh fuck thats genius... and would be genuinely scary

hell, the tracker made Alien 3 on the SNES scary!

 

[Insaniac]

borderlands 2 on wii - u would kinda make me happy in my pants

 

[Neuromancer]

Borderlands, Homefront, what's the difference

 

[Hot Coldman]

The surprise he was talking about was Infinity Blade making over 10 million dollars in revenue.

 

[pestul]

The Wii U controller has gotta be the 'Aliens' motion-tracker. It's gotta be!

Shit.. game sold to me right there. Big news about UE3! System's got juice.

 

[Jangocube]

The Wii U controller has gotta be the 'Aliens' motion-tracker. It's gotta be!

That would be pretty badass actually.

 

[Boerseun]

Definitive version confirmed! (I hope!)

I'm not a big Gearbox fan, but they do this game justice on Wii-U and I'll be first in line to buy a copy.

 

[Neuromancer]

Can't wait to see more of this game, hopefully at this E3. I've been on tenterhooks since I first heard about it.

 

[mclaren777]

This game seems rather lame and I'm disgusted by BiA:F4, so this makes me really worried about how long we'll have to wait for Borderlands 2.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Definitive version confirmed! (I hope!)

You mean PC.

 

[Gorgon]

Any footage of this yeat besides the teaser trailer with some snipets of gameplay at the end?

 

[ShootingB1anks]

The Wii U controller has gotta be the 'Aliens' motion-tracker. It's gotta be!

That sounds awesome. Lets hope the Wii U is under $300.

 

[D2M15]

The footage was astonishingly bad, and the worst part is that I'll buy it day one anyway.

 

[kunonabi]

Best part is that you should be able to use Wiimote+nunchuck controls in conjunction with the new controller. Hell add some zapper functionality and I smell a good time.

 

[bengraven]

Wish we'd hear about Borderlands 2.

 

[Qwomo]

Not how I expected to see it revealed/first gameplay, but oh god I'm so pumped for this game.

If the WiiU controller doesn't look like this

then I'm out!

 

[Hellsing321]

Oh god motion tracker on Wii U controller. Give it to me now!

 

[Dystify]

Any footage of this yeat besides the teaser trailer with some snipets of gameplay at the end?

I looked around a bit but didn't find anything. http://e3.nintendo.com/ might have something soon but it's down for me at the moment.

 

[How About No]

Not how I expected to see it revealed/first gameplay, but oh god I'm so pumped for this game.

If the WiiU controller doesn't look like this

then I'm out!

yes yes yes yes

 

[EXGN]

Can't believe it's still coming out. I thought for sure Sega had axed this one.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Dammit Gearbox stop working on non-Borderlands games! At this rate we won't get a sequel till next gen (PS4/720)

Better, I would want the sequel to be an improvement on the first game in every aspect.

 

[Gorgon]

I looked around a bit but didn't find anything. http://e3.nintendo.com/ might have something soon but it's down for me at the moment.

Thanks.

 

[Effect]

So does that tweet mean that was potentially and actually Wii U footage we saw?

 

[Blutonium]

Not how I expected to see it revealed/first gameplay, but oh god I'm so pumped for this game.

If the WiiU controller doesn't look like this

*motion tracker image*

then I'm out!

Yes. YES! I can hear the beeps already.

 

[Cow Mengde]

I keep getting suckered into these "Alien" thread thinking it's about the awesome sprite based Wayforward game.

Meh.

 

[Discotheque]

I'm still leaning towards pc version of this. But if I have a Wii U by the time this releases...and they place the scanner on the controller screen. Then oh my God.

It has to be done.

 

[bangai-o]

why is there an exclamation on Gearbox! they have been the developer on the game for like 4 years now.

 

[desertdroog]

Wish we'd hear about Borderlands 2.

I second this, with extreme vigor!

 

[Dystify]

why is there an exclamation on Gearbox! they have been the developer on the game for like 4 years now.

I actually never heard of the game before and thought it'd be trash, but with Gearbox behind it it might actually become something good.

 

[gdt]

Not how I expected to see it revealed/first gameplay, but oh god I'm so pumped for this game.

If the WiiU controller doesn't look like this

then I'm out!

Oh.

My.

God.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Didn't they show a mock-up in the E3 conference of the controller being used as a motion detector?

 

[Fallout-NL]

Not how I expected to see it revealed/first gameplay, but oh god I'm so pumped for this game.

If the WiiU controller doesn't look like this

then I'm out!

Fuck, I admit: that's a pretty great idea.

 

[Owensboro]

If the WiiU controller doesn't look like this

http://i.imgur.com/7LwwO.jpg

then I'm out!

Only as long as the game is full of hamsters and Elevators. To this day when I'm replaying AvP2 I'm still scared each time I hit an elevator switch and the motion tracker freaks out. I always though it was just an alien about to pop out of a wall.

 

[jdforge]

Yeah, Wii U was made for this. That's a perfect match for the new controller tech.

 

[140.85]

And there's even a speaker in the Wii U remote so it can make that sweet ping sound.

As the biggest Aliens fan in the world, I have been waiting for a game like this since the 90's. So hyped.

 

[D2M15]

Sadly, the squad-based play hinted at when Aliens: Colonial Marines was first announced over five years ago, and which has been a part of Gearbox Software's oeuvre in the pre-toilet Nazi Brothers in Arms games, is entirely absent. This is a straight-up, run-and-gun shooter.

A boss fight with a Crusher, a rhino-like alien pitched as a brutal counterpart to the queen, sits particularly awkwardly with the rest of the action

The E3 demo comes to an inevitable climax as a fellow Marine straps himself into the Power Suit before duelling with an alien queen.

 

[kinggroin]

You mean PC.

I can see myself double-dipping for the gimmick here.

 

[Ad Infinitum]

INSTANT PURCHASE OF SAID GAME AND SAID HARDWARE IF THIS IS IMPLEMENTED. SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIET.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I found this on the gearbox forums while looking for Colonial Marines news:

I got to go to the panel and presentation today. No phones, no cameras, etc... Well they let us keep the phones, but had tons of people walking around wathcing and some infrared looking for anything suspicious. Randy gave a couple of warnings beforehand about even raising your phone to text. They mentioned one person had been escorted out, but I didnt see it.

It seems like they some new footage at Gearbox's community day, so maybe (hopefully) we'll get to see it in a few weeks?

 

[AceBandage]

Ooo, neat.