An Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector's Edition has shown up in the wild, packing exclusive multiplayer content, an artbook and the now-obligatory shiny statuette.
Gearbox Software and publisher Sega have yet to confirm the CE's existence, so file today's news under "Oops, butterfingers". The scoop is Gamekyo's - they've hauled in a detail shot of the edition's contents, which we've nicked and reposted to the right.
Plonk the dosh, and you'll get three new weapons for multiplayer - the Smart Gun, Flamethrower and an upgraded Pulse Rifle - plus a new mode, the USCM Academy Firing Range, which hopefully won't be the glorified training exercise it sounds like.
All we're missing is a price. And a deck of cards. Read our massive Aliens: Colonial Marines preview for more on the game itself. It'll be an "accessible" experience rather than the chin-stroking Brothers-in-Arms-in-space suggested by earlier screenshots.
The game launches later this year. Ta, VG247.
7 comments so far...
bamozzy on 9 Jan '12 said:
This definitely 1 of the games I am looking forward to in 2012 - I hope that they have sorted some of the issues I had withh the gameplay - most notably the Alien 'acid' blood that does not appear to be even remotely acidic and looks more like the predators blood. Anyway I will keep this on my watch list and see how it develops...
Ninja Squirrel on 9 Jan '12 said:
Not being one for collector's editions I may just splash out on this as a treat for myself
CunningSmile on 9 Jan '12 said:
Hope those guns are just early access codes rather than DLC. Flamethrowers and Smart Guns ARE Aliens as far as I'm concerned and taking them out unless you fork out CE prices has the chance to really screw up this game.
msbhvn on 9 Jan '12 said:
This game's a bit too multiplayer for me, but I would be heartbroken if you couldn't duct tape a flamethrower to an assault rifle à la Ripley in Aliens. Just sayin'.
pauloselhombre on 9 Jan '12 said:
On one hand, I'm looking forward to this, on the other hand the animation of the regular Xenomorphs looks pretty ropey. I can only hope this is something they're still tweaking, as while it doesn't look like an alpha build it definitely doesn't look like a releasable build yet.
GHOSTY05 on 10 Jan '12 said:
Sounds good, where can i pre-order?
cyclekarl on 6 Mar '12 said:
Very nice,but I wonder how much it will be and wether or not it will be available in the UK.