After 40 years, Aliens is still shaping the way video games are made
Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit … Ripley gets out the big guns in Aliens. Photograph: AJ Pics/AlamyView image in fullscreenTake off and nuke the entire site from orbit … Ripley gets out the big guns in Aliens. The seminal space shooter took the original Alien – a tense slasher film with a tiny cast and one monster – and transformed it into an intergalactic war movie crammed with wry one-liners, massive guns and an actual boss battle finale.
- ▪Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit … Ripley gets out the big guns in Aliens.
- ▪Photograph: AJ Pics/AlamyView image in fullscreenTake off and nuke the entire site from orbit … Ripley gets out the big guns in Aliens.
- ▪The seminal space shooter took the original Alien – a tense slasher film with a tiny cast and one monster – and transformed it into an intergalactic war movie crammed with wry one-liners, massive guns and an actual boss battle finale.
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Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit … Ripley gets out the big guns in Aliens. Photograph: AJ Pics/AlamyView image in fullscreenTake off and nuke the entire site from orbit … Ripley gets out the big guns in Aliens. Photograph: AJ Pics/AlamyPushing Buttons newsletterGamesAfter 40 years, Aliens is still shaping the way video games are madeJames Cameron’s high-octane film sequel is a blueprint for modern action space slashers Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereKeith StuartWed 29 Jul 2026 10.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 29 Jul 2026 10.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIt is difficult to believe that James Cameron’s Aliens was released into cinemas 40 years ago.
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