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[Watch] Check Out The Unreleased Launch Trailer For Cancelled ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ PS2 Game
Talk about a blast from the past. Before Gearbox and Sega’s 2013 shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, there was…Electronic Arts and Check Six’s Aliens: Colonial Marines for the PlayStation 2.
Obviously there’s some explaining. Check Six and EA were developing a game based on James Cameron’s Aliens back in the early 2000s. The game obviously never came out, and was totally separate from the Gearbox and Sega project that came about years later. Anyway, a YouTuber known as Mr. FO1 released what’s purported to be the Launch Trailer for the cancelled PS2 game, as well as having created a short documentary on the game itself.
Mr. FO1’s documentary on the cancelled project features input from a former dev as to why the project fell through. The short answer is that Check Six’s game was crippled with bugs, and development was lagging, causing Fox Interactive to pull the plug. Of course, as noted in the documentary, history repeats itself, as Gearbox’s game was also crippled with bugs, and had a turbulent development.
Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.