We will officially know which big AAA games are coming to Wii U after Nintendo’s keynote address at E3 2012 this year. Until then you can check off Gearbox’s upcoming shooter ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ on the Wii U list. 
 
As it stands right now, it will not launch alongside the other consoles, which are expected to be released this February 2013. That could change at E3 but it seems unlikely at this point. The head of Gearbox Studios, Randy Pitchford did make it clear that a Wii U version is being developed for Nintendo’s Wii U console. Pitchford stated that Demiurge GameS (Shoot Many Robots) will be overseeing the development of that version.
 
Though Pitchford didn’t go into details about the game’s release date, he did talk about the Wii U gamepad, “For Aliens: Colonial Marines, it’s really exciting to have that screen there because I can do things that are very unique to this universe. For instance, we have a motion tracker in this universe. Now our motion tracker can literally be in our hands and we can see and hear it –and scan the room in 360 degrees, since it’s a motion device.”
 
Aliens: Colonial Marines is set to launch on February 13, 2024 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The Wii U version has not been set.
 
source | gamasutra