There’s been many video game fiascos throughout the medium’s short history. Some of us will remember John Romero not making us his bitch in Daikatana, more of us fell prey to Sonic 2006 and some of us may have even been burned by EA’s diabolical SimCity. But if there’s one scandal…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…