The boss of Software has been explaining a bit why Aliens: Colonial Marines seems to have been taking so long to arrive.

Pitchford told VG247 that SEGA were so excited about Colonial Marines that they announced the game too soon but they are still fully committed to the promising Aliens title.

He began: "We're very, very committed to Aliens: Colonial Marines and we're very excited about that project. I know it's been 'radio silent' for long and we know that must be frustrating for some people, but the game was announced too soon."

"There was so much excitement and I know a lot has changed at SEGA, but they were very excited, they did the deal with Fox and before the ink was even dry they issued a press release announcing it," Pitchford added. "At the time we hadn't written a single line of code yet. It takes time to build games, but it's going great and I'm very excited about it. It won't be long before we break radio silence and we're able to show it."

By Ewan Aiton