Aliens: Colonial Marines didn’t bring in any profits for Gearbox, the developer has revealed in a series of legal documents pertaining to a class-action lawsuit.
“During the development process, Gearbox supplemented Sega’s development budget with its own money to help Sega finish its game; Gearbox’s contribution to A:CM totaled millions, none of which was ever repaid,” the developer has claimed.
“Gearbox never received money from Sega’s A:CM purchasers, nor has Gearbox received a single royalty from any such sales by Sega.” Aliens: Colonial Marines did not meet contractual sales targets.
“The game’s sales were insufficient to trigger any sales-based payments to Gearbox and, as a result, Gearbox has not received any additional monies from Sega for the sale of the game. Gearbox only received the milestone payments made by Sega during the game’s development,” Gearbox said.