Massive Updates May Be On The Way For Aliens: Colonial Marines

As I stated yesterday Aliens: Colonial Marines is going down as one of the worst games ever made, at the moment it has a lower Metacritic score then Duke Nukem Forever ( Which I did not see coming), people are bashing their trailers (and Demos) for NOT being any fair representation of the final product, and Reddit has received one hell of a revelation.

In the middle of all of this Gearbox has decided to not only patch the game, but supposedly a massive 8GB patch is in the works.  While I have yet to find the rumored 8GB patch being listed anywhere we do have this patch that was released on the opening day that helps to identify some of the majors issues within the game ( I originally saw tweets going out on this subject but they have since been removed) .

( I’m going to paste this in case Gearbox does some media control)

General

• General user interface improvements.
• Various performance improvements.
• Fixed issue where a door may not function properly if a Xeno was killed while opening it.
• Addressed issue where players could become stuck in a close encounter after killing a Lurker that had pounced them.
• Fixed collision issue where bullets would not pass through certain open doorways.
• Fixed an issue related to clients incorrectly interrupting Xeno melee encounters.
• Addressed an issue where doors would sometimes not open properly.
• Addressed an exploit where players could melee while throwing a grenade or placing a claymore.
• Fixed some collision detection issues that could result from a close encounter.
• Prevented campaign pop-ups from appearing outside of campaign.

Campaign

• Fixed an issue that could prevent NPCs from getting on the elevator in the Sulaco.
• NPCs no longer attempt to open doors while being welded.
• Fixed issue where Raven could sometimes pass through welded door.
• Implementing a message to warn players that campaign progress will be overwritten if they try to start an offline campaign game from within the co-op campaign UI.
• Adjusted the distance between players before they’re warped to the location of furthest player in co-op.
• Fixed issue where torch would sometimes appear incorrectly to co-op clients.
• Fixed issue where difficulty could sometimes become stuck incorrectly after switching modes.
• Fixed issue where co-op player would not recover properly after being saved from a close encounter.
• Fixed issue where Russian players could not drop into a co-op match in some missions.
• Updated late-game close encounter moment to disable player input, which could cause them to become stuck.

Multiplayer

• Resolved issue where campaign Motion Tracker could incorrectly in multiplayer loadouts.
• Fixed issue where clients would sometimes be invisible after spawning in No Hope in Hadleys.
• Multiplayer teams are now randomized (parties excluded) if percentage difference in scores is greater than 15%
• ‘Switch Teams’ option removed from the Pause menu.
• Corrected issue where server and client could get out-of-sync when switching out of a power-up while firing.
• Fixed issue where controller would vibrate during the scores screen if Rage ability was active upon match end.
• Fixed issue where Cloak ability would not conceal the Lurker when walking or jogging.
• Corrected bug where clients appeared to spawn outside of world before match start.
• Removed placeholder text from appearing on scoreboard in certain situations.
• Improved camera transition when Xeno enters a vent.
• Fixed issue where Xenomorph HUD could sometimes appear in the wrong color.
• Fixed issue with Spitter acid sometimes preventing players from deploying a Sentry Turret for a short while.
• Spitter’s “Acid Spray” now originates from the mouth.
• Escape: Fixed issue where Xenos could spawn in unplayable space.
• Escape: Fixed issue where Xeno players could lose functionality if warped to next area while in a vent.
• Escape: Addressed issues where players would spawn with no weapon if they were the last Marine to die in Escape.
• Escape: Fixed issue where Cat-Like Reflexes ability would not properly complete in an Escape match.
• Escape: Improved timing and placement of warp locations in Emergency Evac map.

I can promise you I have seen more than this inside the game.  I’ll keep everyone posted if Gearbox actually does release such a massive update, and I have serious doubts that 8 Gb will actually be enough.

Update: While hunting for this illusive update I began seeing rumors that the WIIU version has effectively been canned. I’ll keep hunting to see what else I can find.