Aliens: Colonial Marines Extermination Edition

They mostly come in collector's editions now. Mostly. The Aliens: Colonial Marines Extermination Edition on PC leans hard into the franchise with four playable movie characters: Sgt.

Apone, Cpl. Hicks, Pvt. Hudson, and Pvt.

Drake. You also get Ripley's Flamethrower, additional marine customization items, a sawed-off double barrel shotgun, and an early access gear upgrade boost for epic weapon tiers. Whatever your feelings about how Colonial Marines turned out, this edition is a time capsule of peak pre-release hype.

The movie character roster reads like a greatest hits of the Aliens cast, and wielding Ripley's Flamethrower is the kind of fan service that hits different when you've watched the films dozens of times. The Extermination Edition represents an era when licensed games still swung for blockbuster status with physical retail editions packed with exclusive digital content. For Aliens franchise collectors, this sits in a weird and wonderful spot: a product born from massive ambition, wrapped in one of sci-fi's most beloved properties.

The marine customization options and sawed-off shotgun add gameplay variety that standard edition owners never touched. It's a piece of gaming history that tells a story beyond what's on the disc.