I really do hope the rumours are true with 20th Century Fox getting the gaming licence back from Sega after Isolation. Fox have a really tight rope around all their own franchises. They wouldn't have made the three recent Alien books canon would they?
Disney has to pick or drop what expanded material from everything Star Wars for the upcoming sequels. One time you had to go though George Lucas say like the Jedi Knight series and The Force Unleashed. Do Star Wars fans accept Kyle Katarn and Starkiller canon? Will Episode VII mention them or not? You think people may get upset here. I would be too as Kyle Katarn is worthly to be in at least one of those episodes.
Another prime example is John Carpenter when the The Thing video game was being release Carpenter went out promoting the game saying this is his sequel. Even commented on about enjoying the Thing comics books to saying how much he likes them. Now I think how John thinks just read it or play it for the story make it your own personal choice.