The Escapist is calling Bungie a great artist in their piece on how the gaming industry shamelessly pillages the film industry, especially in the area of science fiction. The concept of the article: to make a list of movies so influential on the games industry that, if they had not ever existed, the gaming industry itself would be unrecognizable.

Halo, of course, warrants a mention:

While Halo quietly took some pieces from Iain M. Banks' Culture novels, its more celluloid-inspired riffs were more obvious.

So obvious, of course, that the author doesn't even bother to mention Aliens at that point, but it does make the list:

The movie's Colonial Marines provide the backbone for everything from Halo to Command & Conquer's view of the future. Where in even the dirtiest parts of the Star Wars universe are elements of romance, the Colonial Marines take their own visual cues from a post-Vietnam military with its array of firepower, gung-ho slogans and omnipresent wise-cracks. The Colonial Marine's weaponry provides the backbone of most shooters.

Which is to say that, with the exception of the missing grenade launcher, Halo's assault rifle is the automatic weapon wielded by Aliens' colonial marines. The Pelican is Aliens' dropship with a few altered contours, and Sarge is... well, Sarge. Not that we love him any less for it.