One of the contributing factors behind Rebellion’s decision is Gearbox Studios’ own Aliens game currently en route, Aliens: Colonial Marines.
SEGA West CEO, Mike Hayes explains the studio’s decision in an interview with Eurogamer.
The Aliens vs Predator franchise enjoyed a lot of love and admiration for its atmosphere and varying play styles - back when it originally released on the PC in 1999. While a reboot of a reboot might not be entirely necessary, Hayes’ quote suggest that the studio would like to play around with some new ideas in different games before injecting them into a new AVP game.
“The Aliens universe is so interesting that there are different things that we can do before we go back to an idea of sequelisation. There’s a lot more we can do first before we would consider doing a sequel on AVP.”
In the meantime, we’ll have to get our Aliens through Gearbox; though, while a game based solely on the space marines could be amazing, it’s still no Aliens vs Predator.
The latest AVP title wasn’t a total misfire though - since it expanded on the Xenomorph and Yautja culture as well as improved gameplay mechanics for each species - such as crawling on walls or super jumping. However, the campaign and multiplayer could have used some more work and fine tuning, but the experience wasn’t entirely a loss.
To see another AVP game in the future would be exciting, but Hayes probably feels the next project will be undergoing a lot more work and redesign before any announcements will be made.
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Source: Eurogamer
