Aliens: Colonial Marines video game
You may or may not be aware that GearBox Software is presently beavering away at an upcoming shooter title based on the Alien franchise. SEGA will be publishing the title at the end of this year (if it doesn't slip) under the name Aliens: Colonial Marines, for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Aliens: Colonial Marines will feature a squad based FPS dynamic where you control 4 members of a marine squad (think Hicks, Hudson etc). We've looked into this with the obvious question of female marines, given the Aliens film had a few, including Vasquez (seen above), Ferro (the cool pilot) and Dietrich (the medic). We're hoping GearBox will get back to us with the goods because we're quite excited at the thought of this title, but that would go into overdrive if they actually include a few female marines in the mix, as is only fair and smart.
Considering the fact that my SO has professed her undying love for Vasquez if she is indeed a playable character I may have a permanent side seat gamer!
Posted by: dr. b. | March 05, 2008 at 09:15 PM
I like the Aliens universe also and would definitely get this title if it had a female squad member. Seems only fair, I mean they had them in the movie and Vasqez was awesome.
Posted by: Contiki | March 06, 2008 at 02:31 PM
Maybe this is the wrong attitude to take regarding this, but I agree given the presence of female marines in Aliens you would expect it, but I also think taking into account the character Ripley, I would be insulted if they didnt include women in it (and Im a guy). Maybe this sounds weird, but I kind of expect a strong presence of women in something Alien related, as Ive gotten used to it from the films.
I guess a flip side example would be The Thing, a film which I love, which had an all male cast, and I kind of relate it to the film itself.
Posted by: Xaositect | March 06, 2008 at 03:48 PM
I'm a guy and I think it would only be fair to have at least 1 female character in the game, since there are 4 soldiers in the squad.
Like the last poster mentioned, the Alien universe is really about strong women, regardless of all the male marines in Aliens [there were still female marines also]. Hopefully the developers are fans of the franchise and will therefore take this aspect into account or it will be just another macho all boy shooter and not relevant to the Alien franchise.
Posted by: Stevo | March 10, 2008 at 05:34 PM