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Changing From 3 Players To 4 Was A Bigger Challenge For Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 Than You Might Expect
Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 (AFE 2) is a bigger sequel to its 2021 original. That may go without saying in the video game world: "More" is often the TLDR version of any sequel's intended scope. But AFE 2 is doing more in a way we don't often see, by revising its three-player co-op structure to suit...
EG7 Q2 2026: Daybreak has finished buying out Cold Iron and Aliens Fireteam Elite 2
We’re back to another quarterly report for Daybreak, or rather, for EG7, the Swedish conglom that owns Daybreak and a bunch of other MMORPG studios we care about. This quarter, EG7’s numbers were solid, with a 25.3% revenue bump over Q2 2025. MMO players shouldn’t get too excited, though; the main...
Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 showcases the customizable Specialist class in its latest trailer
Maybe you’ve been watching all of the class gameplay videos that have been slowly inching their way out of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 and thought to yourself, “It would be neat if I could just pick and choose items from the other classes to kitbash my own.” Well good news, friend, because the...
Daybreak and Cold Iron will discount Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 for prequel players following Switch sunset
On Monday, we covered the news that original-flavor Aliens Fireteam Elite players – specifically, folks who played the cloud version on the Switch – had effectively lost access to the game. Daybreak-owned Cold Iron Studios had apparently delisted the game and then sunsetted it there, essentially...
Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 confirms fall Nintendo Switch 2 release as the OG game’s Switch version poofs
When it comes to mowing down xenomorphs, it’s always best to bring a battle buddy or two, and that’s definitely the lesson out of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 and its latest video, which shows off the co-op shooter’s co-op play. Which is nice considering the things that characters are having to deal...
Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 is coming early on August 25 for 50 bucks with gobs of Aliens cosmetics
Well, we knew it was coming in “late Q3,” but now we have a cold hard date: Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 is officially launching on August 25th – a lil earlier than we expected. Daybreak – which last we heard was in the process of acquiring AFE2 developer Cold Iron Studios – says that the […]
The Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 team is hosting an art and sound panel at SDCC 2026
It’s been a couple of months since we found out that Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 – whose studio Cold Iron Studios is being bought up by Daybreak – was finally on deck to launch in the third quarter of this year. That’s not that far away, though, so it’s high time to start drumming up […]
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