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The worst marketing misfires and PR moves in PC gaming (and a pair of console flubs, too)

By Andy Chalk last updated 2 September 22

bad pr Remember Daikatana? How about horse armor? Sometimes, despite everyone's best efforts, it all goes terribly wrong.

Gearbox is seeking a 'Programming Copy Editor' to frag future typos

By Andy Chalk published 17 July 18

news The job listing is 'real' but not entirely serious.

All this time, Aliens: Colonial Marines' stupid AI may have been caused by a single typo

By Austin Wood published 14 July 18

News Five years later, one modder uncovers the smoking 'a'. Was a single letter really the problem?

We talk to lawyers about the No Man's Sky false advertising investigation

By Matt Sayer published 30 September 16

flight suits If a lawsuit followed the Advertising Standards Authority's investigation, could the ads be considered illegal?

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Modder improves Aliens: Colonial Marines

By Angus Morrison published 4 April 16

Aliens still sound like Warcraft's boars though.

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Randy Pitchford defends Aliens: Colonial Marines and Duke Nukem Forever

By Andy Chalk published 24 July 15

The Gearbox CEO says there'd be no point in making misleading promo videos about the games, because preorders account for such a small percentage of sales.

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Gearbox boss says Colonial Marines lawsuit was like "Mafia-style extortion"

By Andy Chalk published 10 July 15

Randy Pitchford says the whole thing was a big waste of time.

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Gearbox dropped from Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit

By Andy Chalk published 29 May 15

The lawsuit, which claims false advertising, has also lost its class action status.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines and Alien vs Predator are back on Steam

By Shaun Prescott published 7 January 15

That doesn't mean you should buy them, though.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines and AvP 2010 removed from Steam

By Ian Dransfield published 1 January 15

Honestly, not many people will care, but what can you do?

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How the concept of cool cheapens our game worlds

By Andy Kelly published 1 October 14

OPINION Games could learn from the pragmatic visual design of Kubrick, Cobb, Foss and Ridley Scott.

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Sega blames Gearbox for misleading Aliens: Colonial Marines marketing in new legal filing

By Andy Chalk published 3 September 14

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Sega offers $1.25 million to settle Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit, but Gearbox fights on

By Andy Chalk published 12 August 14

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Gearbox seeks removal from Aliens: Colonial Marines class action lawsuit

By Andy Chalk published 31 July 14

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Michael Biehn: voicing Hicks in Aliens Colonial Marines "wasn't fun at all"

By Tom Sykes published 29 July 13

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Colonial Marines devs TimeGate Studios reportedly laying off all staff

By Len Hafer published 9 May 13

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Gearbox writes off Aliens false advertising lawsuit as "frivolous litigation"

By Shaun Prescott published 3 May 13

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Gearbox and Sega to defend against claims of Aliens: Colonial Marines false advertising

By Shaun Prescott published 1 May 13

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Aliens: Colonial Marines trailers get disclaimer after objections they don't reflect the quality of the final game

By Phil Savage published 3 April 13

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Giant Aliens: Colonial Marines patch fixes many things, neglects to nuke game from orbit

By Tom Sykes published 19 March 13

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