Sega has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising for a series of games based on the Alien movies.
Under pressure of a facehugger attack, the deal does not include Fox’s Alien vs. Predator franchise, of which Vivendi Games released several games before the 2004 movie, but Fox did hint the movie’s 2007 sequel “Alien vs. Predator: AVP2” could pave the way for a new game.
Thanks to the Alien deal, Sonic creator Sega is developing multiple next-generation and PC video games set in the Alien universe, including a first-person shooter and a role-playing game, with the first product to ship in 2008.
Rob Lightner, VP business development, said Sega is in talks with actors from the films, including Sigourney Weaver and Lance Henriksen, to reprise their movie roles by providing their likenesses and voice roles for the games.
Mike Gallo, senior producer of the Alien games at Sega, said the new games will not follow the strict story lines of any of the four films in the series but instead will provide a new experience by drawing from the history and lore that is the foundation of the films.
There have been about a dozen “Alien” video games, dating to the Atari 2600 game that came out in 1982 and leading to Glu Mobile’s cell phone game “Aliens: Unleashed” from 2003. Sega’s games will stand out from previous efforts thanks to new technology developed for next-generation machines.
“Alien” (1979) and its three sequels have grossed more than $557 million in worldwide boxoffice and garnered two Oscars.
Recently Sega has done game deals for Paramount’s “Charlotte’s Web,” Marvel Entertainment’s “Iron Man” and the “His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass” trilogy of films from New Line. Via Hollywoodreporter