Images Software · Shooter

Alien vs. Predator

Atari exclusive

Choose your weapon and brawl with the notorious warriors of the big scree! Commission the Colonial Marine and use your weapons and your wits to destroy the base and survive. Be and Alien and use your voracious instincts to defend the hive and rescue your Queen. Or play a Predator and use your grisly arsenal to acquire the ultimate trophy...the skull of the Alien Queen.

Released: —
Platforms: Atari Lynx Ouya
Genres: Shooter
Developers: Images Software
Publishers: Atari Corporation
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action

About

Alien vs. Predator (also known as Aliens versus Predator and AVP) is a science fiction action horror media franchise created by comic book writers Randy Stradley and Chris Warner. The series is a crossover between, and part of, the larger Alien and Predator franchises, depicting the two species — Xenomorph (Alien) and Yautja (Predator) — as being in conflict with one another.

It began as a comic book series in 1989, before being adapted into a video game series in the 1990s. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film series began with Alien vs. Predator (2004), directed by Paul W. S.

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Story

The Alien vs. Predator franchise depicts a series of deadly encounters between humanity and other extraterrestrial species: the Xenomorphs, ferocious, endoparasitoid creatures; and the Yautjas, technologically advanced warriors that hunt for personal sport, honor, and to colonize planets. Predominantly transpiring in the present day of the 21st century (with both films taking place in 2004, and the second film taking place immediately after the first), the series acts as a spin-off and prequel to the Alien franchise portraying humankind's encounters with alien species and life forms, and how they helped shape human civilization, technology and weaponry such as the Colonial Marines, the United Americas, the Nostromo, and those involved with the Weyland-Yutani Corporation that is seen in the Alien franchise of the future.

Throughout the series, audiences see the involvement of the forerunners of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in the history of these alien creatures as Weyland Industries, headed by Charles Bishop Weyland (one of the many within the Weyland family), who seeks immortality and the advancement of the company, whereas the Yutani Corporation, headed by Ms. Cullen Yutani, seeks to study creatures from space and acquire their technology and weaponry for organized warfare. Amidst the actions of the two corporations, human characters are forced to survive infestations of Xenomorphs and clashes with Yautjas, leading to the future merger between the two companies and the development of interstellar travel and eventually wars with different races from space and other advanced technologies. This also leads to the future events of the Alien franchise.

Reception

The Alien vs. Predator duology has received a negative critical response, with the primary source of criticism being the plot, lighting and editing. On Metacritic, the duology has received a score of 29 out of 100 indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".