15 Games That Were In Development Hell But Somehow Managed To Release

Aliens: Colonial Marines

First person shooters based on the Aliens franchise haven’t always been terrible (Alien vs. Predator comes to mind) but Aliens: Colonial Marines was seemingly doomed from the get-go. Initially announced in 2001, then cancelled and its rights sold to Sega in 2006, the game’s development was helmed by Gearbox but actually outsourced to other studios. It spent an additional seven years in limbo and finally released in 2013 as one of the worst games ever made.