Det kan umiddelbart virke overraskende at høre at Gearbox stadig arbejder på Aliens: Colonial Marines, men det skulle ikke desto mindre være sandt. Sega's amerikanske præsident, Mike Hayes, har dog til G4TV udtalt at spillets udgivelse afhænger af et andet spils succes, nemlig Aliens vs. Predator.
"I think the detail of that [release date] is probably still too early," said Hayes. "What I would say is it's unlikely that we'd launch anything within six months [after {Aliens vs. Predator}], but probably nine months, eight to 12 months possibly. Though we literally are looking at that at the moment and a lot of is going to depend, as well, on how successful AvP is at the box [retail]."
Hvorvidt vi nogensinde vil få det hold-baserede Aliens: Colonial Marines at se, er altså stadig tvivlsomt.