Aliens: Colonial Marines May Not Arrive Until 2011 News

SEGA Europe's President, Mike Hayes has stated that the release of Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines could follow on as long as 12 months after Aliens vs. Predator's scheduled launch in February, suggesting that the title may not emerge until 2011.

In even more worrying news for Gearbox's shooter, Hayes has even indicated that Colonial Marines' release could depend on the success of Rebellion's Aliens vs. Predator at retail.

"I think the detail of that [release date] is probably still too early," Hayes told G4TV regarding Colonial Marines' prospective launch. "What I would say is it's unlikely that we'd launch anything within six months [after Aliens vs. Predator], but probably nine months, eight to 12 months possibly. Though we literally are looking at that at the moment and a lot of is going to depend, as well, on how successful AvP is at the box [retail]."

"It's what level of 'well' does it do," Hayes continued. "Do we then determine when we want to bring the next one out and then, of course, determine what the third one in the series is likely to be."

The "third one" is a reference to SEGA's previously planned Aliens trilogy, which originally included the Gearbox and Rebellion titles mentioned above as well as the doomed Aliens RPG project at Obsidian, which was officially cancelled earlier this year.

While no replacement has been formally announced for Obsidian's Aliens RPG, Hayes apprently confirmed that SEGA is still committed to delivering a third instalment in the series with an, "Oh, absolutely," remark. We'll believe it when we see it.