Something for you to consider

[Mother]

Okie dokie. We'll leave it as it is for now.

[SH0DAN]

Originally Posted by Xenomorph

Since the Preds live in the same universe....leave them under the Aliens Games. It covers all the other titles.

Ahh, but do they?

Before the new AvP brand name, both franchises where considered to be separate universes. After AvP came along though things became a bit muddled and unclear.

The two franchises can still be mutually exclusive. It all depends on how each individual chooses to look upon them. They can either be the same universe or they can be alternate universes.

Anything with AvP on the box is always considered to be a merging of both universes. But if its just Aliens, or just Predator on the box, then the licence holder can choose to consider them independent universes if he wishes.

For example: Gearbox doesn’t consider Predators part of the Aliens universe. They have said on many occasions that they are making a pure Aliens game. So no AvP or Predator universe things in Gearbox’s game, just things from the Aliens universe. Also Obsidian’s cancelled RPG game was also said to be an Aliens only universe. The same thing is probably going to be true of Scotts ALIEN 5 prequel. However the 2005 Predator game, Concrete Jungle, did consider Aliens and AvP to be a part of its universe.

So you see it all depends on the individual.

And considering this is a website for GBX A:CM, then I think it was the right call to leave AvP in the cover all games section.

[Neverfate]

I like to think that Aliens and Predators don't, in fact, live in the same universe (except for AvP). It would be impossible to have an Aliens movie that acknowledges the existence of Predators, since that would immediately turn it into an Aliens vs Predator movie. So for me, A, P and AvP are three different universes.

[Mustafuck]

Originally Posted by Mother

Should we have a dedicated AvP3 section here or just leave stuff like that for the General Aliens Games forum?

Since this is a web for ACM only, then I think It should continue being like that.

But this:

an AvP section would bring in traffic so I'm going to go against convention and say "add it".

is also the truth imo.

Perhaps you might consider making a small section related to avp. I don,t think this is gonna hurt the ACM section..., everyone would be free to visit and post in a hypothetical avp section, as well as in the ACM section.

[Neverfate]

Well, I guess we could have a single board for the new AvP game in the Aliens Universe section, and rename the current "Aliens Games" board to include the word "other."