Aliens: Colonial Marines

Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bug Hunt

The first DLC pack for Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bug Hunt is an objective based horde mode where accuracy and teamwork are key as you battle to survive 30 waves of increasingly challenging xenos and enemy…

19 March 2013

What Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bug Hunt is

Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bug Hunt is a shooter game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2013. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first DLC pack for Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bug Hunt is an objective based horde mode where accuracy and teamwork are key as you battle to survive 30 waves of increasingly challenging xenos and enemy Weyland-Yutani soldiers. Fight the fear across 3 brand-new maps: Broadside, Mercenary and Tribute. Spend money earned from killing xenos and enemy soldiers on extra guns, ammo and health as well as opening up access to new areas of the map and suppressing enemy waves by capturing beacon points.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 12 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 12 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Alien series

Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bug Hunt is the 41st of 76 entries we hold in the Alien series. The next entry was Aliens: Colonial Marines - Reconnaissance Pack in 2013.

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What it launched against

Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bug Hunt launched on 19 March 2013, within three weeks of BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Age of Empires II HD.

Released around the same time: BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Age of Empires II HD.

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