{"id":13401,"date":"2011-06-08T17:31:26","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T07:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=13401"},"modified":"2011-06-08T17:31:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T07:31:26","slug":"lock-and-load-aliens-colonial-marines-shows-off-nintendo%e2%80%99s-wii-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=13401","title":{"rendered":"LOCK AND LOAD! ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES SHOWS OFF NINTENDO\u2019S WII U"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCK AND LOAD<em>! ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES<\/em> SHOWS OFF NINTENDO\u2019S WII U<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Gearbox Software and SEGA Support Announcement Presentation at Nintendo\u2019s E3 Press Briefing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>LOS ANGELES (June 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011)<\/strong> \u2013 SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc., SEGA\u00ae Europe Ltd. and Gearbox Software today revealed that <em>Aliens: Colonial Marines\u2122,<\/em> is being prototyped and considered for the Nintendo Wii U\u2122. In partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and developed by critically acclaimed studio Gearbox Software, <em>Aliens: Colonial Marines<\/em> for this new gaming console is currently under construction by a dedicated research and development branch within the studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely thrilled about the potential of the Nintendo Wii U and are honored to be a part of the earliest efforts for research and development on the platform with the Aliens: Colonial Marines project that is so perfectly matched with the platform\u2019s unique and exciting new capabilities,\u201d said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software.\u00a0\u201cAs more details about the Nintendo Wii U emerge, Gearbox Software is equipped and motivated to engage and support the platform and its customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>With such a recognised brand as ALIENS and a renowned developer in Gearbox Software, this really is exciting news for everyone,\u201d<em> <\/em>said Mike Hayes, CEO at SEGA of America and SEGA Europe. \u201cThe Nintendo Wii U opens up an impressive amount of new opportunities for publishers and developers alike and SEGA are fully supportive of this new platform.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Aliens: Colonial Marines<\/em> is the highly anticipated first person shooter set after the events of <em>ALIENS<\/em> and is designed to provide an exhilarating and engaging new chapter in the <em>Aliens<\/em> universe. Players will blast their way through hordes of Xenomorphs on the USS Sulaco, the surface of LV-426 and Hadley\u2019s Hope, using weapons inspired by the film series.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the game, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sega.com\/\">www.sega.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCK AND LOAD! ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES SHOWS OFF NINTENDO\u2019S WII U Gearbox Software and SEGA Support Announcement Presentation at Nintendo\u2019s E3 Press Briefing LOS ANGELES (June 7th, 2011) \u2013 SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc., SEGA\u00ae Europe Ltd. and Gearbox Software today revealed that Aliens: Colonial Marines\u2122, is being prototyped and considered for the Nintendo Wii U\u2122.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=13401\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13404,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13401\/revisions\/13404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}