News: Game over for Aliens: Colonial Marines on Wii U

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News: Game over for Aliens: Colonial Marines on Wii U

Added: 08.04.2013 9:37 | 11 views | 0 comments

Sci-fi shooter cancelled on Wii U, despite earlier promises of being the "best-looking console version".

News: Game over for Aliens: Colonial Marines on Wii U news

The cancellation follows months of debate over Colonial Marines' development, which alleges that Gearbox Software had to rebuild the game within just nine months after a significant amount of TimeGate's work was discarded.

However, reasons for the game's cancellation were not provided.

"SEGA can confirm that the Wii U sku of Aliens: Colonial Marines is no longer in development," the publisher told VideoGamer.com.

Last year, Gearbox head Randy Pitchford said that the Wii U version would have been the "best-looking console version" of February's sci-fi...