aliens-vs-predator-demo posts

Even though the newly released Aliens Vs Predator demo on Steam just supports DirectX 9 it looks like the demo for Rebellion's upcoming first person shooter is highly popular. So popular, in fact, that many players had to wait a while to sign into multiplayer games. A few players could not join at all.

Rebellion's official web site has posted up a statement on their site apologizing for the matchmaking issues. They state, "We're pleased to say later in the day the issue was corrected and a small patch to the PC executable next time you launch it from Steam will have you finding and playing games using Quick Match as it was intended." The full game, which will have support for dedicated servers, is due out on February 16.

Usually we have to report about games or demos getting delays in released but that's not the case for the Aliens Vs Predator mulltiplayer demo. The brief snip of the upcoming Rebellion first person shooter is now available to download on the Steam client a full day before it was suppose to be out on Thursday.

As we mentioned earlier today, the demo contains one level from the full version where you can check out all three playable species (the H.R. Giger designed Aliens, the Stan Winston designed Predator and the James Cameron created Colonial Marines) in Deathmatch mode. The full version is due out in stores from Sega on February 16.

Update: If you were hoping to see some DirectX 11 graphics, it's not going to happen with this demo which is DirectX 9 only.