Alien Swarm

http://www.blackcatgames.com/asv1/
If you are a fan of the Alien Breed Amiga games, then you are going to love this game. It require a full version of Unreal Tournament 2004 to run as it is a full game mod, but it is well worth it.

Alien Swarm is an overhead, top down view, tactical squad-based shooter for UT2K4. Set in the the distant future, the players take the role of a Commander in the Interstellar Armed Forces. They must guide their squad of marines through Swarm infested colonies, overrun bases and outposts, to achieve a variety of objectives. Featuring Assault Rifles, Heat Tracking Guns, Sentry Guns, Flamethrowers and more. Supports co-operative multiplayer.

Here are some screenshots:





This mod was first released in 2005, with the current version 1.32 released in 2007. It is great fun if you have a copy of UT2004 handy.

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Alien Swarm - Infested

http://www.blackcatgames.com/swarm/
The same team behind Alien Swarm are currently working on a sequel, but this time they are building it using the HL2 Source engine from Valve, and it will be released as a standalone commercial game on Steam.

Infested is looking very nice and if any of you saw the concept artwork for the last official Alien Breed game that was in development on the PC, but was later scrapped, this new game shares a similar visual style and is looking really nice.

It's still in development, but is due out very soon. I will definitely be playing this one.

Here are a few game screens to wet your appetite: