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Game Bot · #1 (**permalink**) 23rd July 2008

Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, scribes of the critically acclaimed Sci Fi network series Battlestar Galactica, are reported by Shack News as the script writers for SEGA's Aliens: Colonial Marines FPS title, due out this October for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.

Developer Gearbox Software prez Randy Pitchford told Shack News during an E3 interview that the two talents were on board. Pitchford said that the writers gave his company a great amount to work with, even joking around saying, "We could make a whole season of TV with the stuff they gave us."

Battlestar Galactica has been praised as the best show on television in 2005 by Time Magazine and Rolling Stone. Aliens: Colonial Marines is set to pick off the classic sci-fi franchise, as players are put in the helm of US Marines armed with human and alien artillery in an alien warfare. With the game supporting a four player co-op mode, this title is set to charm many sci-fi shooter fanatics.

ShackNews: Gearbox Talks Aliens Creative Team

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Nuke · #2 (**permalink**) 23rd July 2008

Putting someone from BSG should be a very good move story-wise for the game. The series (BSG) has always been extremely well-written, and it can be expected that this same excellence should show up in this new title.