Aliens: Colonial Marines delayed until Feb 2013

The highly anticipated Aliens Colonial Marines, developed by Borderlands developer Gearbox and published by SEGA, will be released worldwide on 12 February, 2013 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

A release date for the Wii U version has yet to be announced, but it's likely we'll find out about that at E3 next month.

Big time Alien fan and Gearbox president, Randy Pitchford said "Aliens: Colonial Marines is the culmination of a life-time of inspiration from the films and relentless passion and drive from the exceptionally talented development team behind the scenes."

"We knew this game would be incredible from the moment Gearbox began developing Aliens: Colonial Marines," said, Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing for SEGA Europe and SEGA of America. "Now that the title is in its final stretch of development, we can confidently release the exact date that gamers will finally get to experience this blockbuster thrill-ride."

Pitchford has told us before that he wanted to make sure he did justice to the universe and that being a fan of the films meant that the studio would treat it with respect and not try to make it something over the top, but work within the realms of the Aliens universe.

We're looking forward to seeing this game, as well as catching up with Randy to find out more about the game.