If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the recent Prometheus trailers ( spoilers! ) over and over, pausing only to wipe the frothy spittle off your chin. If you’re really like me, you’ve also been wondering, “what’s it gonna take for some talented studio to create a killer game based on the Alien films?” Luckily, Gearbox Software is building an increasingly compelling case with Aliens: Colonial Marines , an upcoming big-budget PS3 shooter that aims to pick up where James Cameron’s seminal 1986 film Aliens left off.

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The next in a line of classy , reputable DLC packs for S aints Row: The Third is Gangstas in Space, and it’s lifting off from Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on Tuesday, February 21 for $6.99. Gangstas in Space is the second of three downloadable add-ons included in THQ’s Season Pass , which snags users 15 percent off the total price of the DLC packs when bought separately. Gangstas in Space sees the Boss and new character Jenny Jaros attempt to make a movie…

The Alien films have always held enormous power over me, occupying the same sphere of significance that Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings do for many others. So it’s been with great interest and no small amount of hope that I’ve watched the development saga of Aliens: Colonial Marines .

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Comic publisher Dark Horse has commissioned a new Mass Effect book that even James Vega can peruse without worrying over Drew Karpyshyn’s reams of dense space prose. “The Art of the Mass Effect Universe” is a hardcover encapsulation of the entire franchise’s visual work thus far, presented with (text) commentary from the folks at BioWare. The $40 book’s due in February 2012 and will contain art from Mass Effect 3 , placing it in vague spoiler territory in front of the game’s March debut

I checked out Aliens: Colonial Marines when I popped over to the SEGA gamescom booth to say hi to a friend and, within minutes, it became one my highlights of the show. I’m not as familiar with the Aliens films as many – I remember seeing one of them on TV as a child and not sleeping well for a few days – but judging it purely as a shooter, it is looking very impressive.