Gearbox and Sega Set to Deploy Aliens: Colonial Marines (Screens / Trailer)

Earlier today, Sega and Gearbox announced that the next installment in the Aliens video game franchise will hit store shelves in Spring 2012. The game is set to be a first person shooter that puts you in the boots of a highly trained marine as you lead a squad against the Xenomorphs. Sega and Gearbox are apparently very excited for this partnership.

“To Gearbox Software and its peers throughout the industry, ALIENS is one of the most influential science fiction properties of all time,” said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software.  “Aliens: Colonial Marines, designed as an interactive successor to the landmark films from Twentieth Century Fox, is a dream project about which our studio is deeply committed and passionate.”

“Aliens: Colonial Marines will be THE definitive ALIENS gaming experience,” said Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA Europe and SEGA of America. “Gearbox Software are doing a brilliant job translating the thrill and horror that ALIENS stands for into an action-packed shooter experience with co-operative gameplay at its core.”

Gary Rosenfeld, Senior Vice President of New Media for Fox Consumer Products added, “It’s no easy task to take on one of the most influential films of all-time, but SEGA and Gearbox are not going to disappoint.  This game will be a must-have for fans of the ALIENS franchise and gamers around the globe.”

The title will take place on board an abandoned spaceship, the U.S.S. Sulaco, and try to discover what transpired aboard the derelict vessel. You must lead your squad of elite marines as you slowly uncover the truth that all of humanity is in peril.

Enjoy this fresh batch of screens and the trailer, and we’ll deliver more information when Ripten is in L.A. for E3 2011 next week.