CEO Jason Kingsley says they’ve had ”three totally sh*t reviews” from the US, ”which is a bit odd” but despite that they’re ”averaging high”.
”We’re delighted to see the game shoot to the top of the UK charts,” said Kingsley, bossman of Rebellion, speaking with Develop.
”We wanted Aliens Versus Predator to be a critical success as well as a commercial success, which we think we have achieved. We’re also in discussions with Sega about ongoing support for AvP, and also about a sequel to the game,” he continued.
“I won’t say what stage those negotiations are in, but we would love to revisit the franchise. Fox are excited about what we’re doing, and we feel we’ve added value to the franchise.”
“We would love to work with Sega again, there were a lot of things we couldn’t fit into the original. We are trying to do all the right things to make the franchise a success now and in the future.” It’s superb news for UK development studios, who are desperately trying to score much needed tax breaks from the government.
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“We’ve always of course been concerned with the UK dropping down the global league in terms of sales of UK-developed games, so it’s great to see AvP’s response,” said Kingsley.
“The UK isn’t the cheapest place to develop games, but it’s definitely not the most expensive. So, fingers crossed, the success of AvP may help the UK get noticed a bit more right now.“
“The reviews have been mostly good,” he said. “We’ve had three totally shit reviews by some Americans, which is a bit odd. Some of them were inexcusably bad.”
“If you discount those poor reviews AvP is averaging high for us.” Has Aliens vs Predator averaged high with you, videogamer? We thought it did well enough.
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