According to Gamasutra, Sega has acquired the rights to the Aliens franchise. This will lead to at least two new games being developed at current: one FPS and one RPG. The pre-production of the games has already started but they aren’t due out until at least 2009. Sega is currently in talks with some of the movies stars to possibly make voice appearances in the game.
Gamasutra spoke with Rob Lightner, the VP of Business Development at Sega, who had this to say:
“It’s important for everyone to understand the difference here: We’re taking licensing to the next level with this franchise. We’ll go out of our way to tie the games into the films in unique ways,” added Lightner. “We’re also looking at all ‘Alien’ source material for inspiration, in addition to the films. We may incorporate some characters that fans know and love, and we may let gamers find answers to questions that were left unanswered in the movies.”
Despite the obvious enthusiasm displayed by Rob Lightner, we do have to wonder if there’s enough spark left in the Alien franchise to make it worthwhile. The last good Alien movie was in 1986 and other than a handful of mildly succesful games, that particular IP hasn’t been burning up the charts. Seriously, are there any gamers that will be honestly interested in finding out what happened after Sigourney Weaver and Wynona Ryder killed that baby alien 10 years ago?
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