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Aliens: Colonial Marines for PlayStation 3
Aliens: Colonial Marines for PlayStation 3 sends Corporal Christopher Winter and his unit to LV-426. The USS Sulaco has been found above the Hadley's Hope colony and a rescue mission quickly becomes a fight against Xenomorphs and armed human opponents. The campaign connects to the world of the film Aliens and visits familiar places, including the abandoned colony, military installations and spaceships filled with narrow corridors.
You use familiar equipment such as the pulse rifle, motion tracker, shotgun, smart gun and flamethrower. The tracker helps identify approaching movement, but you cannot fire a two-handed weapon while scanning. Weapons earn experience points and upgrades, while dog tags, audio logs and legendary weapons reward exploration. Some fights demand distance; others require a rapid response when a Xenomorph attacks from a wall or ceiling.
The campaign can be played alone; the original cooperative and competitive network features are not promised to work today. This offer concerns the Limited Edition. Download codes or one-time extras may already have been redeemed or expired with a used copy and do not change the main game on the disc. The physical PS3 release contains the full game, not the later downloadable campaign Stasis Interrupted.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Aliens: Colonial Marines for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Aliens: Colonial Marines
Gearbox Software led development of Aliens: Colonial Marines and Sega released it in February 2013 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The project aimed to continue the military fantasy of James Cameron's Aliens as a first-person shooter. The player joins a new group of Colonial Marines investigating what happened to the Sulaco, Hadley's Hope and the remaining technology after the film.
For authenticity, the game uses weapons, sounds and environments from the film, from the rattling pulse rifle to the beeping motion tracker. Several Xenomorph types appear alongside the standard Drone, each with its own attack patterns. The campaign alternates firefights with quieter searches and scripted encounters. Drop-in cooperative play originally let other players take over squad members, while competitive formats placed marines against player-controlled Xenomorphs.
After release, balance updates and four downloadable packs appeared, including Bug Hunt and the story expansion Stasis Interrupted. That additional content is separate from what can be guaranteed on a standard used disc. Colonial Marines follows a different direction from the later Alien: Isolation: it prioritises numbers of enemies, military tools and team action. It is therefore primarily an action shooter in the Alien universe, not a game about continuously avoiding one nearly invincible creature.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Alien: Isolation makes Amanda Ripley hide from one dynamic Alien and provides little ammunition. Colonial Marines gives the player pulse rifles, squadmates and waves of Xenomorphs. Both use film locations and the motion tracker, but one focuses on survival and the other on military action.
Resistance 3 follows a journey through an America occupied by alien enemies and offers many imaginative weapons. Colonial Marines remains within the Alien universe and uses recognisable USCM equipment. Both are story-driven shooters, but Resistance varies its landscapes more while Colonial Marines emphasises narrow corridors and squad combat.
Dead Space 3 combines extraterrestrial horror with customisable weapons and cooperative play. Colonial Marines shares the focus on firepower and teamwork, but uses established film weapons and larger groups of fast Xenomorphs. Dead Space allows extensive weapon construction; Colonial Marines links improvements to experience points and collectibles.
Killzone 3 is a large-scale military shooter with vehicles, heavy weapons and spectacular battles against the Helghast. Colonial Marines also offers squad action, but places many fights in confined areas where enemies attack from several directions. Killzone focuses on warfare; Colonial Marines adds horror timing and film recognition.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin mixes a first-person shooter with supernatural scares and slow motion. Colonial Marines has no time manipulation and draws its threat from Xenomorphs, dark corridors and the motion tracker. Both alternate firefights and tension, but F.E.A.R. 2 is more psychological and Colonial Marines more direct.
