"Alien Vs. Predator: Evolution" Devours Gamers On iOS & Android

Fox Digital Entertainment's forthcoming "Alien Vs. Predator: Evolution" for iOS and Android devices finds the iconic film monsters wrestling for control of an alien queen on a distant planet. For anyone well-versed with the movies or comics, the concept may sound familiar, but as CBR News discovered during a recent hands-on preview with the game, there is still plenty of fun to be had with it. Developed by Angry Mob Games, developers of the previous "Predators" mobile game, the title revels in the characters' appeal with every blood -- or acid -- soaked slice, rip and kill.

Jeff Schwartz, Fox Digital Entertainment's associate director, demoed a few of the levels, which sees the player taking on the role of eithera Jungle Hunter Predator or an ooze-dripping alien. The graphics are surprisingly rich for the handheld arena, with plenty of detail from the piped Weylan-Yutani hallways to the open sky of the remote planet that has now become a battlefield.

While there are some humans in the mix, don't expect to see them as playable characters -- they're mostly there for fodder.

Schwartz explained the plot revolves around warring factions of Predators, the playable Jungle Hunter Clan and the enemy Super Predators. In the initial alien level, the Super Predators invade an alien hive. "It's the last stand of the aliens trying to protect their Queen," said Schwartz. Though the player may put up a valiant effort, the first alien character is set up to die. And as for those