Aliens: Colonial Marines is an upcoming first-person shooter set in the Aliens universe, being developed by Gearbox Software.
They are doing everything they can to make the game feel as close as possible to the Alien films, and even had famed designer Sydney Jay Mead (aka Syd Mead), who designed the vehicles for the films (as well as movies like BladeRunner among many others), design the game’s gear. The game will even include four-player co-op.
And now we have learned that in addition to all of the above, the game’s story is being written by the writers of Battlestar Galactica. According to an interview with shacknews, the writers kept themselves busy during the recent writers strike by creating “a whole season’s worth” of material for the Aliens: Colonial Marines game! Very impressive.