Firefly, penned by the now legendary Joss Whedon, was a cult classic television series in 2002, and was lamented by fans for ending too abruptly. Even the post-series movie tie-up, Serenity, left the devoted followers of the series clamoring for more.

Finally, eleven years later, Firefly fans around the world will get their wish, as Fox teams up with Quantum Mechanix to release a new Firefly video game, Firefly Online. Firefly /online will be an online RPG, with a focused social element. Players will man their ships and interact with other ships and their crews for trade and/or battle as they make their way across the Firefly ‘Verse’.

Matt McMahon, VP of mobile development for Fox Digital Entertainment, had this to say about the studio’s partnership with Quantum Mechanix, “We are thrilled to be partnering with QMx on Firefly Online. QMx has a long and successful history with Firefly and we couldn’t think of a better partner to make a truly innovative game that will stand up in the Verse and to its passionate fans.”

Hopefully McMahon is right and Firefly Online satiates the seemingly bottomless appetite fans have for the Firefly Universe. If not, you’d better believe fans will make their voices heard, and loudly at that.

Firefly online will launch for iOS and Android devices, reportedly sometime in the summer of 2014. Interested gamers can find the site’s website here.

Via: Polygon

The trailer claims you’ll be able to work your way up from Facehugger levels to Xenomorph prowess, offering a Young Blood to Master Hunter route for the Predators. Now if only it looked a little better than your typical third person hack and slash. And those have more blood.

AvP: Evolution is due out in the first quarter of this year, and will follow the tale of the Super Predators who have enslaved the Xenomorph race for their own war against the Jungle Hunter Clan. How the humans factor into this is, as always, a mystery. Hopefully it will be able to measure up to Gearbox Software’s Alien: Colonial Marines on release.

Developed by Angry Mob Games and set for release in the first quarter of 2013, all renders and environments have been created using the Unity Graphics Engine. Check them out in full detail below. Certainly brings out the nicer side of both species, doesn’t it?

In AvP: Evolution, you’ll be able to control either an Alien or Predator and take the conflict across 24 levels set in the AvP universe, upgrading your character as you prepare for the ultimate end-game. Players can access the game on release via Apple’s iTunes Store and the Google Play Store.