Years ago, Gears of War creator and designer Cliff Bleszinski had a pitch for an Aliens game based on the popular film series. The game didn’t get off the ground, though, due in part to Disney, according to Bleszinski. Speakng to ComicBook, Bleszinski said he was “basically” in talks to make an Aliens game, and he even pitched it to the team at Boss Key.
But before things went further, Disney apparently stepped in and put an end to it following its buyout of Alien franchise owner 20th Century Fox. “I had a whole pitch gathered together, and then of course the House of Mouse had to kick in the door and f**k everything up, which was one of the many cascading failures that led to the failure of Boss Key,” Bleszinski said.
In 2019, Disney completed its blockbuster deal to buy the majority of Fox’s entertainment assets for $71 billion, including Aliens, Deadpool, Family Guy, The Simpsons, X-Men, and more.