In a joint announcement, earlier this week, Prime Minister John Key and the international film director James Cameron established that the next three Avatar movies will be filmed in New Zealand, and the production would qualify for a tax rebate of 25 percent.

Gearbox chief executive Randy Pitchford calls Aliens: Colonial Marines the true sequel to James Cameron's Aliens. First-person shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines will lead marines through the isolated USS sulaco.

The developers of the game worked with acclaimed futurist Syd Mead to create the designs, which adds legitimacy to the world in the game.