Aliens vs. Predator

Overview

Aliens vs. Predator is a 2010 first-person shooter developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Sega for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is a reboot of the Alien vs. Predator franchise rather than a sequel to Aliens versus Predator 2, and Rebellion had made two earlier games in the series, in 1994 for the Atari Jaguar and in 1999 for Windows.

There are three campaigns, one for each side: the Colonial Marines, the Aliens and the Predators. They play very differently but fit together into one overall story. The Marine campaign is close to a standard shooter, with pulse rifles, flamethrowers, smartguns, flares and a motion tracker. The Alien climbs walls, hides in shadow and fights up close with claws and tail, and can harvest hosts. The Predator stalks from the treetops, has several vision modes, fights with wristblades, a plasma cannon, proximity mines and a throwing disc, and can finish enemies with a trophy kill.

The story starts when a Weyland-Yutani team opens an ancient Predator pyramid on the planet BG 386 while studying captive Aliens. The Aliens escape, a Colonial Marines unit is sent in, and three Predators arrive to investigate. Each campaign follows one of those groups through the same events.

The game was announced in December 2008. Mark Rutherford wrote his first game score for it, about 70 minutes of live orchestral music recorded in Slovakia with the Istropolis Philharmonic Orchestra. Lance Henriksen plays Karl Bishop Weyland. The trophy kills were partly censored to avoid an Adults Only rating in the United States, and an early build was refused classification in Australia in 2009 before Sega won an appeal on December 18, 2009 and released the game uncut.

It came out in North America on February 16, 2010, in Australia on February 18 and in Europe on February 19. Two multiplayer map packs followed, Swarm and Bughunt, each adding multiplayer and survivor maps.

Reviews were mixed on every platform. Critics liked the atmosphere and the multiplayer idea but disliked the melee system, the thin multiplayer compared with Aliens versus Predator 2 and the lack of big set pieces. It still entered the UK all-formats chart at number one and was the fastest-selling game of 2010 in the UK up to that point, and had sold over 1.69 million copies worldwide by May 14, 2010.

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Game details

Genres

First-person shooter

Developer

Rebellion Developments

Publisher

Sega

Series

Alien vs. Predator

Composers

Mark Rutherford

Designers

Alex Moore

Writers

Gordon Rennie, James Worrall

Producers

David Brickley

Directors

Tim Jones

Modes

Single player

Yes

Online multiplayer

Yes

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Trophies

Trophies50

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

1

Silver

13

Bronze

35

Total

50

Points

1305

• Not Bad for A Human Get all the Aliens vs Predator trophies Platinum 1.2% of players
• Game Over, Man! Complete all three Campaigns Silver 27.97% of players
• Club Hopper Survive The 'Party' at The Club Bronze 66.78% of players
• Exit Strategy Escape from C-Block Bronze 62.05% of players
• You Have My Sympathies Help Van Zandt Bronze 47.69% of players
• Regicide Defeat the Matriarch Bronze 47.19% of players
• I Will Never Leave You... Locate Tequila Bronze 39.42% of players
• ...That's A Promise Get Tequila to surgery Bronze 38.46% of players
• One Big Bug Defeat the Praetorian Bronze 37.81% of players
• Get to The Chopper! Recover Weyland's datapad Silver 36.97% of players
• Come to Mama Liberate the Matriarch Bronze 66.88% of players
• Breaking Quarantine Escape from the Research Lab Bronze 66.61% of players
• Grunt Hunt Wipe out all of the Marines in the Colony Bronze 45.72% of players
• Under Pressure Solve the riddle of the Ruins Bronze 40.4% of players
• Grim Reaper Harvest all available civilians in the Alien Campaign Bronze 4.71% of players
• Alien vs Predator Create a new species Silver 39.47% of players
• It Uses The Jungle Find a way through Gateway Bronze 63.94% of players
• Fallen Comrade Find the Youngbloods in the Jungle Bronze 61.44% of players
• Matter of Honor Discover the Elite Predator's fate Bronze 51.58% of players
• Eyes of The Demon Retrieve the ancient mask Bronze 46.74% of players
• World of Hurt Survive trial by combat Bronze 43.76% of players
• Breaking and Entering Find a way into the Research Lab Bronze 42.63% of players
• Reclaimer Retrieve the second artifact Bronze 42.1% of players
• Extinction Agenda Destroy the Abomination Silver 40.56% of players
• Stay Frosty Complete Marine Campaign on Hard difficulty setting Bronze 6.55% of players
• I Admire its Purity Complete Alien Campaign on Hard difficulty setting Bronze 7.47% of players
• It Ain't No Man Complete Predator Campaign on Hard difficulty setting Bronze 6.91% of players
• I LOVE the Corps! Complete Marine Campaign on Nightmare difficulty setting Silver 1.89% of players
• Magnificent, Isn't It? Complete Alien Campaign on Nightmare difficulty setting Silver 3.29% of players
• One Ugly Mother Complete Predator Campaign on Nightmare difficulty setting Silver 3.16% of players
• Harsh Language Discover all 67 Audio Diaries Silver 3.71% of players
• Quite A Specimen Destroy all 50 Royal Jelly Containers Bronze 3.43% of players
• Fortune and Glory Find all 45 Predator trophy belts Bronze 4.52% of players
• Scatter Shot As a team, kill 20 enemies in under 60 seconds in a Survivor match. Bronze Needs online 13.44% of players
• I Like to Keep This Handy Kill 2 enemies with one shot with the shotgun Bronze 10.45% of players
• Spin Doctor Kill two enemies with one throw of the Battle Disc Bronze 34.13% of players
• Let's Rock! Kill 5 enemies with one burst from the smartgun Bronze 12.6% of players
• Elite Sniper Kill 10 enemies with head shots from the scoped rifle Bronze 16.76% of players
• Stick Around Kill 20 enemies with the Combi Stick Bronze 34.78% of players
• Gunslinger Kill 30 enemies with the pistol Silver 28.95% of players
• Welcome to The War Play and complete your first Ranked Match in standard Deathmatch mode Bronze Needs online 19.26% of players
• Killer Instinct Win your first Ranked Match in standard Deathmatch mode Bronze Needs online 11.69% of players
• Serial Killer Win 10 Ranked Matches in any Deathmatch mode Silver Needs online 7.09% of players
• Very Tough Hombre Kill 10 enemies in a row without dying in a Ranked Match Bronze Needs online 8.06% of players
• Persecution Complex Achieve Persecutor status more than once in any Ranked Match Bronze Needs online 10.92% of players
• The Six Pack Play with six friends in a Ranked Match Silver Needs online 3.09% of players
• Ain't Got Time to Bleed Heal or regenerate 30 blocks of health in Survivor Bronze Needs online 11.76% of players
• The Uninfected Finish a Ranked Infestation match as the only remaining prey Silver Needs online 7% of players
• Welcome to The Party Get 6000 XP in Ranked Matches Silver Needs online 4.35% of players
• Real Nasty Habit Get 18060 XP in Ranked Matches Gold Needs online 2.96% of players

Space and patches

Update patch01.02

These are the patches Sony still hosts for this disc ID. The game's real history can be longer.

DLC

Two multiplayer map packs were sold on PlayStation Network, Swarm and Bughunt.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price
Swarm Map Pack	2010-03-19	New multiplayer maps and survivor maps.	6.99 USD at launch
Bughunt Map Pack	2010-07-09	Two more maps for Survivor mode and multiplayer.	6.99 USD at launch

Playable today

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	PS3	65	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Game Informer	5.75	10
GameSpot	5.5	10
IGN (US)	7	10
IGN (UK)	8.5	10
GamePro	3	5
GameZone	6	10
The Daily Telegraph	6	10
PlayStation Magazine	4	5
411Mania	7.9	10

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Tim Jones
Producer	David Brickley
Designer	Alex Moore
Programmer	Andy Tate
Artist	Sam Grice
Writer	Gordon Rennie
Writer	James Worrall
Composer	Mark Rutherford

Cast

Character	Actor
Karl Bishop Weyland	Lance Henriksen

Notes for collectors

• Australia refused the game a rating in 2009. Sega won its appeal on December 18, 2009 and shipped the uncut game with an MA 15+ rating.
• The Predator trophy kills were partly censored for the United States to avoid an Adults Only rating.
• IGN scored it 8.5 out of 10 in the UK and 7 out of 10 in the US.
• The PS3 disc has one North American ID, BLUS30340, and two European IDs, BLES00585 and BLES00586. The two European IDs have different 01.01 patch sizes.
• The trophy list has 50 trophies and no DLC trophy packs. Several need ranked online matches, including Welcome to The Party (6,000 XP) and Real Nasty Habit (18,060 XP).
• Mark Rutherford made his own percussion by scraping and hitting metal and tools to get a sound for the Alien and the Predator.

Credits

Region

US

Time to beat

about 8 hours