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TimeGate Studios, the development team at least partly responsible for Aliens: Colonial Marines, has fired all of its staff and has effectively disappeared. This news comes a week after we reported the troubled firm filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. After losing its credibility following the release of the diabolical Aliens: Colonial Marines, losing a lawsuit against Section 8 publisher SouthPeak…
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With Sega’s dramatic restructuring in full force over the past several months, we’ve certainly started to feel the changes, at least in terms of their new mobile-heavy release schedule. Sega Sammy has announced their financial returns for the fiscal year ending March 31st, and based on these numbers it’s probably safe to assume that we’ll…
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Developer TimeGate Studios has filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a recent report by Polygon. Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code permits an organisation to stay in possession on its properties while the repayment of money to creditors is overseen by the court. TimeGate, mostly known on Sega Addicts for its undetermined amount of work on…
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The release and aftermath of Aliens: Colonial Marines has been one of the biggest video game industry fiascos for some time. There’s been plenty of rumours circulating regarding the alleged friction between Sega and developer Gearbox which may have resulted in the poor quality of the final product. But there are precious little facts. This…
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Sega have commented on the Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit in a statement made to Kotaku in which they consider the suit to be “without merit”. Gerbox went one step further in their statement, claiming that the lawsuit is “beyond meritless”. Polygon later reported that Sega and Gearbox provided them with the exact same statements when asked about the lawsuit.…
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A class action lawsuit was filled on April 29th 2013 Northern District of California court by law firm Edelson LLC. The lawsuit was filled on behalf of plaintiff Damion Perrine who seeks damages for all those who bought Aliens: Colonial Marines on or before its launch day on the basis of the misguiding gameplay demos. Aliens: Colonial Marines is…
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A fan of the Steam version of the controversial first person shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines has been given the cold shoulder by Sega after asking for modding tools and the game’s software development kit (SDK). Forum member athlondude of the official Gearbox Aliens: Colonial Marines forum sent an e-mail to Sega in which he highlighted the…
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After keeping quiet about the Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines since the release of its console and PC counterpart, a Sega rep has finally spilt the beans to Kotaku. Aliens: Colonial Marines Wii U has been officially cancelled. We are constantly looking at all areas of our business and in this case have made the…
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For the most part, all parties involved in the Aliens: Colonial Marines mess have tried their utmost to keep their mouths zipped but following a complaint upheld by the Advertising Standards Agency (UK) submitted by this Reddit user, Sega have finally commented on the criticism that trailers and demo footage did not accurately represent the…
[Source: Sega Blog]