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WiGgLr
December 22nd, 2006, 02:03 PM
SEGA announced that Obsidian Entertainment will create a role-playing game based on the Alien film franchise with license from Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising. No release date is offered, but the announcement does state the game will appear on the PC as well as consoles:

Obsidian Entertainment draws upon their wealth of design knowledge creating successful games such as the best-selling Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: Sith Lords and the award-winning Neverwinter Nights 2 to bring the Alien franchise to role-playing gamers for the first time. The role playing game will build upon the distinctive look and feel of the original films while utilizing next-generation technology to create an entirely different and unique Alien experience.



"With Obsidian Entertainment's development pedigree, they were our first choice to bring the Alien franchise to the RPG universe," said Simon Jeffery, President and COO, SEGA of America, Inc. "They are the only developer for us that could effectively combine the Alien mythology with compelling RPG gameplay to create the ultimate Alien experience."

"We are thrilled to be working with the great production and publishing teams at SEGA to deliver the ultimate in-depth Alien experience to gamers worldwide," said Feargus Urquhart, CEO of Obsidian Entertainment. "Building an epic RPG with a license as heralded as the Alien franchise is truly a great honor."

Bonk
December 24th, 2006, 07:09 AM
Some stories shouldn't be made into games, Alien is one of them imo. The FPS's sucked. I can't see any reason why the RPG's would be any better.

YuriSakazaki
December 24th, 2006, 09:24 PM
AvP2 is one of the best FPS games ever, it far from sucked. The Alien universe doesn't lend itself to "massive" anything well, but an Alien/Predator/Human MMO could be amazingly good.

1095
December 24th, 2006, 09:27 PM
Still hard for me to imagine it as an RPG though.

YuriSakazaki
December 25th, 2006, 02:44 PM
I could see it as an RPG in certain styles. This'd have to be a PVP game, I'd love it.

Tengil
December 25th, 2006, 02:50 PM
3 front war ftw.