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#1 Meelow100

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 11:54 AM

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"One, the Sega-published shooter has been inducted into the “official canon” of the Alien universe by 20th Century Fox. Chris Faylor, the Community Manager for developer Gearbox Software, told us that all previous expanded universe material (including the novels, the comics, and all the Alien vs Predator stuff) has been thrown out. The only productions currently considered canon are the first four films (yes, even Alien 3), Aliens: Colonial Marines, and maybe Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (since there’s still the possibility it’s not a prequel).
We also chatted with Matt Powers, a Senior Producer on the game for Sega, about the Wii U version of the game. Powers initially referred to the game as “the Wii U port” and Faylor rushed back over to scold him, telling us: “I hate that word. The Wii U version is not a port. Remove it from your vocabulary.”
After that rather tense exchange, we tried to get Powers to talk more about how the Wii U controller would come into play. With the Community Manager standing over his shoulder, he would only say that “there are interesting things you can do with the Wii U controller” and “for an Aliens game, you can probably guess what some of those things are.”

This should shut up the people that say "Wii U is a port machine".

Thank you Sega/Gearbox:).

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 12:21 PM


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Posted 10 April 2012 - 12:28 PM

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 01:12 PM

If its not built from the ground up on an engine built for what the system can do.... IMO its a port.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 01:13 PM

Now that brought a huge smile to my face! Hope to see a lot more of this game at e3.
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Posted 10 April 2012 - 01:18 PM

If its not built from the ground up on an engine built for what the system can do.... IMO its a port.

I know what your saying it's still a port, but It's not the same as a 360 to PS3 type port. Don't know how much they added since they won't say.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 01:29 PM

So...from this statement alone, we can derive what we've known all along. Which is that the Wii U is a next gen system.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 02:06 PM

Yeah, it's a port with added features.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 02:30 PM

Port, not a port, what port?

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 03:13 PM

i loved sega, but now they are just way more awesome lol

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 03:15 PM

What I got from this is that the Wii U is really Weak and needed all assets to be downgraded in polygon and resolution thus why its not a port since the wiiu Couldn't handle the port yep better go tell this to a gaming media website I just got the new buzz line of the week,

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 03:24 PM

What I got from this is that the Wii U is really Weak and needed all assets to be downgraded in polygon and resolution thus why its not a port since the wiiu Couldn't handle the port yep better go tell this to a gaming media website I just got the new buzz line of the week,


At first I was like "How the heck did you get that from Sega's statement?" then I noticed you where joking lol.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:05 PM

I like Port.

It's a rather new taste.

I need to go visit a vineyard someday.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:46 PM

What's a port? and dont tell me to check it out on Google, it would talk about boats...
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Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:55 PM

What's a port? and dont tell me to check it out on Google, it would talk about boats...

Porting is when a video game is designed to run on one platform, is converted to run on a different platform.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:58 PM

What's a port? and dont tell me to check it out on Google, it would talk about boats...

Look up "Video Game Port" on google then.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 06:45 PM

Look up "Video Game Port" on google then.

LOL didnt think of that

Porting is when a video game is designed to run on one platform, is converted to run on a different platform.

Oh I see why the guy hates the word
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Posted 10 April 2012 - 07:01 PM

Port is also a very nice drink.

But perhaps you are to young to drink it.

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 07:45 PM

Good stuff, looking forward to the game.
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Posted 10 April 2012 - 08:01 PM

Port is also a very nice drink.

But perhaps you are to young to drink it.

Port is disgusting, also aren't you like 12?

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