Aliens: Colonial Marines on Wii U has had a strange history. It started as a hyped game, with Randy Pitchford of Gearbox waxing lyrical about the Wii U and its GamePad, declaring that the system would enjoy the best of the multi-platform versions. Then it arrived on other consoles and was roundly panned as a poor mis-representation of the game that was expected in the preceding months. Rumours swirled around who actually developed the game — Gearbox reportedly outsourced a lot of work — and publisher SEGA went quiet about the fate of the Wii U version, which drifted on with no release date.
Earlier today more rumours began to swirl that SEGA had canned the Wii U version, and the company has now provided the following statement to IGN confirming the news:
SEGA can confirm that the Wii U sku of Aliens: Colonial Marines is no longer in development.
Rather blunt and to the point, confirming what's been long suspected. Considering the negativity around the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions this is no surprise, and our suspicion is that rather than subject the underwhelming final product to more attention with an eventual Wii U release, SEGA has decided to let this one die.
We doubt this is much of a loss, but what do you think of this news? Let us know in the comments below.
[source uk.ign.com]
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Poop game not released on dead console. Shame...
I think I see a new talking point - What's worse, a delayed game or a canceled game? In this instance I think we're mostly glad it's canceled.
Oh, and you might want to change this part
Release Date:
To Be Announced (USA)
To Be Announced (UK/EU)
Good. Now can we please forget this garbage game ever existed? Gearbox is crap. Randy Pitchford is a hack.
No!! This can't be happening! It was one of the Best Games Ever!! Noooo!!!
SURPISE!!! im wasnt going to buu that game but, WAKE UP ALL!!!! wiiu get NOTHING but cancelled wvery 3rd party games.. i though wiiu will be great for its games but NO!! nowday games dont fit wiiu and when ps4 and nextbox comes wiiu dont support unreal engine4!! hate to say that but wiiu is a big flop..
Best thing they could do cut their losses and move on.
It's a shame to not see the game released on the console. They could have put in more development time to sort it out and maybe release it at the end of the year. I would have supported it, if it turned out to be an improved version.
I wish they hadn't made a mess of this. I was looking forward to it, but I let go a while back now. Cancellation is irrelevant, really
Bummer. At least this crap didn't touch the WiiU. Now SEGA must destroy GEARBOX for the betrayal they have committed with this trash.
Makes you wonder why they cancelled it. Given that they released it on other platforms despite it being garbage, I doubt they cancelled it because it was a bad game. It had the Aliens name, it would have sold decent numbers regardless. The masses don't read reviews.
anyone still cared about this after the shocking reviews? lol...
This is actually a good thing.
the whole history of that game is a joke
Finally. Let's let the game die in peace...
@Le_Gazman Not really a dead console if sales are starting to improve and more games are getting released.
Dang, I was really hoping for the option to put the Gamepad to my stomach and
have an alien pop out.
Quality over Quantity people...this is a good thing, the WiiU needs GOOD games, not poop like this anyway
Unless they invested heavily on re-making the game and re-marketing a new, improved version it was never going to sell on WiiU, apart from the odd person willing to take a chance.
Its nothing to do with WiiU system sales, fact is a lot of money would of been already invested making the WiiU version and guarantee that had the other versions been actually any good, or at least not recieved so much negativity It would of been released on WiiU.
Its just a case of not throwing more money down the pan.
Aaahhh, finally...
@CountEkkiM
If you want to troll, don't make yourself a liar as well and say you hate to say something you obviously enjoy. Something feeling forced to confront a truth would write slowly enough to spell. Or would know how to spell in the first place.
The Wii U launch lineup really fell to pieces.
Well good!, I watched reviews for this game and it's just a mess, SEGA made the right move.
@Knux I think I agree with you.
Two words: GOOD RIDDANCE
Good riddance to bad garbage, I still can't believe how low gearbox went down with this. Keep your "Borderlands", you won't ever see my money again.
@Le_Gazman *Newly-released console
Corrected for you
Wait.. "..no longer in development." could of course also mean that it is finally finished and will be released at any time. ..I mean you know, I don't wanna go all "Sheldon Cooper" on you, but if that's all that is written there.. ^^
@mch That thought came to my mind as well.
From all our reactions it looks like Sega was better off canceling this.
There is a god!
I actually wanted this to come to WiiU so I could play it. Just because it fell far from expectations doesn't mean it couldn't be at least a little fun for an Aliens fan. Woul I have spent more than $30 for it though? No, but still lol
Good riddance...
The game is a turd.
@CountEkkiM Dude, edit your damn post before you hit enter. Reading that was painful...
@CountEkkiM Right because graphics sell games.....
Can't stand idiotic comments like ''a Dead console'' after only being around for about 5 months.
Oh well, no one's going to miss it...
Stevie Wonder saw this coming. I'd just like to know why it was cancelled.
@CountEkkiM If you bought the Wii U expecting third-party support, you're a moron. Plain and simple. The Wii U has yet to flop; once the big games start coming out, it'll sell like crazy.
@Shiryu
So you're not going to buy anymore of their games because they made a bad one? Then I guess you can't buy any game from any developer ever again...
@MANIAC911 The game was widely regarded as rubbish. No point selling it on a system that's PERCEIVED to have a small install base.
@Knux Good news for Wii U fans, yes!!!
@Le_Gazman Thanks for that great incite
Good riddance! Next....
It's about time.
Just wanted to check that company out a lil' and found this:
http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/focus
"Do you enjoy playing games? Do you want to be part of the development process and help improve our games by providing feedback? The Focus Testing Program at Gearbox Software is your opportunity to voice your opinion to our development team!"
..what do we think of that ^^
And all across the Wii U user base, a collective "Eh." was heard.
@Kaeobais More like a collective "GOOD RIDDANCE!" was heard.
Probably not a huge loss, one less game I need to pay attention to...although, if it was so better then the other consoles like they were promoting it to be, it would have been interesting to see how much better..
Can't say I bothered but it is a bit odd the way they let it rumble on.
Randy pitchford should stay away from nintendo systems for ever after this debacle. He just bullsh#*ted his way around fans, while putting all sega's cash into borderland's 2
Huh, a PS3/Xbox360 game not getting ported to the Wii U? HUGE SHOCKER!
LOL not a big loss TBH
the games not crap ive played it to the end and there will be a follow up,just not on wii u lol.it wasnt as bad as made out, look better than half the crap shooters that is put out and if you liked alien films you would have loved this.
@jayblue Dunno, with how bad this one did, are you sure there's going to be a follow up (not sarcasm)? I feel they've tarnished their reputation so badly on this one that they'd be embarrassed to do another one.
On a positive side Sega at least did right with the DS giving the job of make the Alien game to WayForward.
That was an awesome game ^O^
Which means that technically the best Alien's game version Sega published is on a Nintendo console anyway
its at the end dont want to give spoilers away for people who havent played it i played on my 360 so im not sure how it plays on ps3.
finally...
now we can all move on and forget about this 0815 wayne-game
@Le_Gazman dead console?
uhh???
For the most part this is good news, but part of me is a little sad. While I'm sure the game was probably the same as the other versions, it would have been great if the WiiU version had turned out to be the game it was hyped to be... but hey ho, better games on the horizon.
This is one game that the Wii U didn't need anyways.
Gotta say back when this game was originally announced, this was one of the main reasons I wanted a Wii U. Then it turned out this game sucked major.. you know what
And nobody is saddened by this cancellation.
Not surprised about the cancelation, called it yesterday
And thank god that no software-hungry Wii U owners will waste money on this turd of a game.
i love my wiiu but it just piss me off alot of cancelling or not coming to wiiu news.. i was so angry when i wrote my first comment..
ERmahgerd, WIii u is ddoooooooooomed.
I was going to get this just to see if it was as bad as everyone was saying
This Game Was real Bad apparently. Nothing like the Video Footage people were all excited about. I think its good its cancelled
what a terrible day its been for me, was really looking forward to this cos the films are great
Now we can finally close this book.
I don't think SEGA will be working with Gearbox again.
We'll see who's laughing if the PS4 gets the same support (which signs are pointing to now)
@Ryno - That's the funniest thing I've read all day. Maybe they can port it to the 3DS and make it happen.
Could someone please tell me why this game was so bad? I haven't really payed attention to this game since the E3 trailer soooo.....
Awesome, now we don't have to read about it anymore
ohh well it was a terrible game. Sonic Allstar Racing was great launch title, I hope sega ports Sonic Generations to the Wii U
That's too bad, I was really looking forward to having a motion tracker in hand.
I completely expected this since Sega wasn't willing to talk about the Wii U version at all. I guess they feel that this game shouldn't be given very much publicity since it has been panned by quite a few game review websites.
@EpicGamerGirl Gearbox says that they are going to treat the game and movie license with respect, Aliens: CM, was apparently given to another studio to work on; that studio probably did not treat this with respect and it is NOTHING like the E3 build. Dumb Ai from the Aliens and Humans (from your team and the enemies.), graphics that isn't up to par (some of which are N64 quality), Glitches, Weak story (which could be probably canon), too easy game, and passable multiplayer.
Im a bit disappointed on how the actual game turned out and even more so since any chance of redemption of the fixed WiiU version is canned.
So...did anyone care? Yeah, didn't think so.
@Yoshi3DS I hope that you're joking. The game received strong negative reviews.
@mariobro4
Thank you ^_^
@evanescent_hero i though nintendo learnd something about 3rd party support..
It was for the best. Why have the Wii U get a game that was thrashed with negative reviews and even more negative opinions from the people who played it on the 360/PS3?
Now, Nintendo can focus on the GOOD games.
What a complete disaster this turned out to be for Sega.
now sega should make up for it by releasing either jet set radio, virtua fighter 5 final showdown, phantasy star zero, vanquish, skies of arcadia or valkyria chronicles as its replacement game on the wii U.
No loss here!
If people really don't care about this game it makes me wonder: why be so ecstatic at its demise?
There is literally no upside to this news, it means:
(speculation) Rather than this being an act of mercy on SEGA's part it could represent a withdrawal from Wii U developmentSee @misswliu81 (post 94)
What it doesn't mean:
from sega: "We are constantly looking at all areas of our business and in this case have made the decision to not continue development of the Wii U version. Rest assured that we have some fantastic developments for Wii U in the pipeline which we will announce at a later date."
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/04/05/sega-pulls-the-plug-on-aliens_3a00_-colonial-marines-for-wii-u.aspx
Given how terrible this game is on other platforms, I couldn't care less about it not showing up on Wii U. I wouldn't be surprised if the reason for the cancellation was Nintendo not letting them put the worthless piece of trash on their console until they fixed some of the game-breaking bugs evident in the released versions.
Good. I was tired of hearing about this.
@misswliu81 yes yes yes yes yes yes yes and a final yyyyeeeeeeess!
Cool. Cool cool cool.
@CountEkkiM It's hardly Nintendo's fault that third parties are ditching them left and right. They historically don't get along together, and I never expected any different this time around. Now it'd be nice if we saw some multiplats on the U, but I'm not holding my breath. I buy Nintendo consoles for Zelda, Smash Bros., Mario, and any innovative experiences developers can cook up. The Wii U looks to have a decent indie future ahead of it as well, and I'm glad about that, but seeing most mainstream titles is unlikely.
Sorry I called you a moron though.
After receiving poor reviews for the other consoles, can you really blame Sega? This is one delay (albeit permanently) that I actually welcome.
farting noise
And this is news? I already predicted this after the bad reviews it got for other consoles!
@evanescent_hero Well, Nintendo's main goal this generation is to make strong bonds with 3rd parties. I believe that they will succeed. I bet you we WILL see a lot of multiplats and exclusives from third parties after the sales arise.
Not too surprised.
Do you always have to make some jokey subtitle?
"Oh no! I really wanted to play that!" - No One Ever
Lopezdm
The Wii U will have the same development cost of the current gen and sell at the 59.99 while the PS4 and next box will range at 69.99 and 79.99 per game. I will not be supporting those consoles because I am not made of money.
The PS4 games will be the same price as they are on the PS3, Sony's already comfirmed this.
all I can say is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Tm0SQT7N4
Peach64 said:
Makes you wonder why they cancelled it.
Gearbox ripped off SEGA to fund Boardlands2 if rumours are true thats the basic story, the developer was saying Gearbox was embezzling money to pay for Boardlands2 development. So if true why hasn't SEGA took Gearbox to court yet? Gearbox denied all rumours.
The haters are gonna be out in force over this one.
This is nothing to do with the Wii U, this is about an unfinished mess of a product that was an embarrassment to a major company.
They know the game was poor, the public now know the game is poor, so sega have just done what seems to make sense to them.
What they should have done to rectify the situation is give the Wii U version a complete overhaul to deliver on a promise that was made to alien fans.
Even if it took another year or so, they had a chance to do the right thing, and they didn't.
I'm sad it's been cancelled, as I was really looking forward to it.
Who cares about this game? Wii U owners should be happy that this stinker isn't going to grace the console. Would you have preferred shelf space would be taken up by this game?
Now we just need Fox studios to withdraw this game from actually being a part of Aliens canon to the story. Still couldn't believe they made that official
Who cares this game sucks anyway, also the Wii U isn't dead its very much alive just wait till even more games come out it will rape, wait till Star Fox, Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon, F-Zero, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Smash bros, Bayonetta 2 along with 3rd party games really hit.
Wii u is far from dead I haven't stopped playing mine since I got monster hunter and lego city! It has some really good titles on it and coming out! Plus how is it dead just because it didn't get a rubbish game! Wii u sales are increasing btw
@CountEkkiM Wii U can actually support Unreal Engine 4 and just overall stop trolling. I had enough of these people saying "The Wii U will fail, ..last console.." etc.
The cancellation of Aliens: CM is no loss as the game was awful on other formats..,even had the Wii U version been an improvement, it still likely wouldn't have been much better, Once we're all playing games like Bayonetta 2, Pikmin 3 & Wonderful 101, nobody will remember rubbish like this anymore.
about time. i might have bought it but might have not. just glad to know it's not coming and i can stop wondering.
The Wii U will pick up once more games come out, like Mario and Zelda. plus Nintendo has a pretty vast ocean of money, they will be fine. Nintendo will live on.
Not surprising if it didnt do well on PS3 and the 360, it probably wouldn't have done well on the Wii U.
Such a shame.
You know, they could have saved it by changing some things according to useful reviews on it.
Could have......
It's a shame. I'm sure with a little work and the patch the PC version received the Wii U version could have been the best version.
Called it.
5 years of development wasted...I wish cancer upon Gearbox and I will never buy one of their games again.
this game was the only reason i wanted a Wii U!!!! i mean apart from its awsomeness. come on SEGA and Gearbox, the only reason it was not as good on the other consoles was because it wasnt made for them! it would have been praised like a GOD if it had of come out. Honestly, this game was beautiful and i am weeping over its loss!!! SEGA and Gearbox you are idiots. you will feel the rath of the titans. ARRRRRRR!!!!!!
this game was the only reason i wanted a Wii U!!!! i mean apart from its awsomeness. come on SEGA and Gearbox, the only reason it was not as good on the other consoles was because it wasnt made for them! it would have been praised like a GOD if it had of come out. Honestly, this game was beautiful and i am weeping over its loss!!! SEGA and Gearbox you are idiots. you will feel the rath of the titans. ARRRRRRR!!!!!!
wow i can't believe the wii u for aliens game is cancelled
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