Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit forces Sega to dish some dirt on Gearbox

The class-action lawsuit involving Sega, Gearbox, and Aliens: Colonial Marines has yielded some interesting details today.

Game publisher Sega filed documents (as first spotted by Polygon via Kotaku) with United States District Court of Northern California yesterday in an effort to prove that developer Gearbox was partially responsible for the marketing of the sci-fi shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines. If the court agrees that Gearbox helped promote the Aliens game, then the studio is on the hook for $750,000 of a $2 million settlement that Sega has already agreed to. The developer does not want to pay that, and it is claiming that only Sega is liable. This prompted Sega to provide the court with internal documents, memos, and emails that the publisher believes will prove that Gearbox was integral to the public-relations campaign for Aliens: Colonial Marines.