Concept art from the Aliens RPG project. The Aliens RPG was announced by SEGA in 2006, alongside an Aliens FPS - Aliens: Colonial Marines - to be developed by Borderlands maker Gearbox.

Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart has said that before the game was canceled, for all intents and purposes, the Aliens RPG it was working on looked like "a finished game".

In Genesis: Alpha One, you’ll be able to fly to distant plants, land, and become the unwitting transporter of alien creatures that want to kill all your crew. So, just like a camping holiday.

Obsidian confirmed that work had halted on the Aliens RPG last summer. SEGA, the publisher, backed this, explaining that a step back was taken to "carefully consider the type of [Aliens] game we ...