SEGA® Europe Ltd. have revealed that an online multiplayer demo will be released for the upcoming FPS action sci-fi title, Aliens vs Predator. The demo will be released on PlayStation Network tomorrow, February 4th.

The multiplayer demo will allow gamers the chance to play as all three species – the Colonial Marine, the Predator and the Alien – and pitch their skills against each other in Deathmatch mode on Refinery, one of the game’s multiplayer maps.

“The team at Rebellion has created a truly immersive multiplayer experience with three completely different and compelling playable species. We believe that Aliens vs Predator offers gamers a unique alternative to the current FPS multiplayer games on the market, and sets a precedent for the evolution of multiplayer gaming in the genre,” said Gary Knight, European Marketing Director of SEGA Europe.

“Multiplayer was a huge part of our original AVP game back in 1999, and we’ve kept the spirit of that classic experience in creating the multiplayer for our new Aliens vs Predator. With the demo now gamers can get to grips with each of the three iconic species so they can hone their skills and be ready for when the game launches and battle commences,” said Jason Kingsley, CEO and Creative Director of Rebellion.



Aliens vs Predator allows players to take the role of each of the three infamous species; the Colonial Marine, the Predator and the Alien. Each of the three species has its very own distinct story-driven single-player campaign mode that interweaves with the campaigns of the other two species.

Aliens vs Predator also features unique 3-way online multiplayer, giving gamers the chance to pit the three species against each other in the ultimate battle for survival and for the right to be crowned the deadliest species. Aliens vs Predator has seven multiplayer modes in total: Infestation, Survivor, Predator Hunt, Domination, Deathmatch, Species Deathmatch and Mix Species Deathmatch.

Aliens vs Predator is set to be released on February 19th in Europe.

I am sold on this game. Day one purchase, or day -3 if shopto are good.

It's looking really good but will wait to see how the demo plays before making a decision. At the moment it's in the 'pre-order' list so fingers crossed the demo cuts the mustard.

I do love the idea of infection and having your teammates change sides when attacked, great fun

Movie games rarely work, expecting very little from it.

Had a good hour on this and was uninspired. Seems like they're trying to do unreal tournament online. Poor show for a demo IMO.

Luckily the AVP idea is based on a comic strip that predates the movie by about 15 years or so.

Yup, the films use a lot of components of story-lines from the original series of comics anyway.

From what little i got to play (as a marine) it seemed fairly generic and unimpressive. I can see it working as co-op with you trying to fight off a swarm of Aliens, but three-way mp didn't work all that well for the first two games and im not seeing anything majorly different to suggest this will do a better job.

Comic, film, whatever .

BBIIIIIIGGG difference young Lefty. The Dark Horse comics were ace! The first AVP movie was OK, & the sequal was complete pants.

I had a good number of games with Navid, then Chuckles, Stevo, Randy & some others joined too. Managed to try all 3 species & gotta say, I am loving this game.

Marine is pretty standard as you'd expect but can hold his own really. The Pred is fairly weak really but has to be or they'd be waaaay too overpowered. The lack of even a simple ranged weapon from the start is stupid though. The alien however is awesome! Superfast & the special kills are very satisfying.

My only gripe is the grab manouver seems very random. Sometimes it works, others it doesn't.

Defo purchase for me next week.

But what comic game is that good? I'm soley referring to games made from films/comics are rarely any good.
Batman and a few others being the main exeptions.
Sorry if I was unclear there

I felt a bit underwhelmed by the demo, the level I played with was pretty poor. Played the orginal AVP on pc, but I had never played it online, single player was awesome, you actually felt frightened playing as marine walking down dark corridors with just the blip radar sound.

Hopefully the campaign should be good too. Deathmatch seemed a bit dull, it could have just been the level, will give it another go tomorrow, really looking forward to trying the other modes.

Anyone play the BFBC2 demo? What is up with the bad graphics? Could be the demo, but everything looked so dated.

Why couldn`t they just make Aliens vs Marines??

As far as the grabs go, I think you need to be out of view of your opponent and then press square as soon as the prompt appears just the once to grab. Repeated presses seem to let go again.

As Lander said, had a few games with him and Navid last night, I had a great time and it was fun and scary all at the same time

however I wont be buying it, at least not at first, I think its a good game and the atmosphere they have created and the sound of the game is fantastic, but as a whole package it is not good enough for me to fork out full price on it.

problem with that is, maybe when/if I get round to buying coz the price is right, no one will be on it.

One thing that would have sold me on it rather than a Online Demo, would have been a section of Single player from all 3 stories, I love the idea of the Marine & Predator single player campaign, but I dont know how the Alien one would work?!?!

I guess even with the small amount of fun I had last night, this could be one that slips past me, I have not played the BFBC2 demo yet, but have a feeling that I will love that more than this