If you're just a nipper you might not know that the greatest motion picture ever made came out way back in 1986. While people were wearing hypercolour shirts and parachute pants in public, a skinny upstart named James Cameron was making a sequel to renowned director Ridley Scott's space thriller Alien. It's not even slightly an exaggeration to say almost every single scifi shooter you've played, almost every single game involving slimy monsters or heavily armed yahoos, was loosely inspired by Aliens. I must have played a hundred games and felt the influence of Cameron's Colonial Marines and H R Gigers terrifying xenomorphs at the peripheral.

There have been plenty of games featuring the Aliens, even Rebellions lacklustre Aliens Vs Predator 3 just last year, but Gearbox have been working on what feels like the definitive game, a game that really captures the mood of Aliens the movie. Prepare to have any and all scepticism wiped away by the below trailer. And if you haven't seen the movie for gods sake do so immediately.