To be sure, you should contact them directly.
I´ve made really good experiences with such a strategy.

emm and who should i contact exactly? 30th Century Fox? i suposse they are the copyright owners, they appear in the movies and all the games.

I suppose they can only do anything if you profit in anyway from the project, so as it's freeware then it's ok.

Another way they can act is if you use models ripped from the games, but if you're using your own material, then it should be fine.

It is not just the model, but also the idea behind it and its design which is copyrighted. Lets say that you create the perfect predator game and publish it for free. It for sure won´t be possible anymore to sell the ones which really have the rights to do so. So there you could cause some financial damage or whatever. It doesn´t matter if your project is free or not, point is that you don´t have the rights to do so without asking. Some don´t care, others care a lot and shut any project like this down.
Best is to just ask and if you are not allowed to do it, create something similar but based on own ideas and designs.

yea i dont ever see the point in cloning an already existing idea.. why does it NEED to be predator? cant you come up with your own idea? some dude with blades and predator-like behaviour? this is how legends are born, someone CAME UP with an idea for predator, you can come up with something now and if you says its because you wanna use the model.. then you've failed already since you should be able to layout your entire gameplay before worrying about visuals

dont talk him becuz he is da pro dudez he already created da gamez!

I´m no predator, so I can´t say for sure which one to ask.

But if you want to do such a big project, you should be able to determine the right contact person.

But try 20th insteat of 30th, because otherwise you won´t get an answer.
If you aim for a clone, you should everything and even more about predator.
This mistake (30th <-> 20th) should give you some food for deep thoughts.



Against this background it was even plain awkward.
You´ll have to _be_ a predator, otherwise your attempt won´t work.

I can perfectly understand clones.
You don´t have to worry about gameplay, story, etc...
It´s all there, as reference.
Why not?
But don´t underestimate the amount of the needed investigation.

And be aware that it doesn´t matter if it´s commercial or not.
You´ll need the copyright.

I've send an e-mail to Fox, now we only have to wait to know the answer and if the game can be created.

wow!

I would continue working on it in every case - if they say you arent allowed to publish it, free or not, then well, you gained some more experience in fps development, and if they say you ARE allowed, you didnt waste time waiting.
I'm really curious what this leads to however.