Articles tagged stealth

Alien and Predator, those iconic symbols of hideous, gore-splattered violence are to receive a next gen overhaul, from original series developer Rebellion. Promising us mere mortals another instalment of face hugging, smart gunning, spine-tearing action. The previous AVP games reached cult legend status back in the late 90's and are still regarded, by many, as some of the most immersive & atmospheric shooters ever made. AVP 2 was so highly acclaimed that nearly every modern shooter looks to it as a point of reference. Rebellion seem to have kept this in mind when developing AVP 3, in the hope of bringing the cult classic to consoles for the very first time and surpassing the series' previous splendour.

It's hard not to love Richard B. Riddick; effortlessly cool, sharply intelligent and a completely homocidal brick shithouse to boot. The sociopathic, silver-eyed, anti-hero of the movie Pitch Black and it's various spin-offs is one of the best Sci-fi characters invented in the last ten years. Which is why it's easy to understand the annoyance felt by XBOX owners when it turned out that the original videogame prequel Escape from Butcher Bay wouldn't work on their shiny new XBOX 360s.