- Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Director Chris Cross confirms that the sequel will not be a continuation of the first game.
- He says the sequel is a “self-contained” story.
- Cross reveals that Cold Iron worked closely with 20th Century Studios to make sure it matched the Alien lore.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Creators Cold Iron Studios worked closely with 20th Century Studios to ensure the game respected the Foreign franchise tradition.
In an interview with TechRadar Gaming at Summer Game Fest 2026, where we tested the upcoming co-op shooter, game director Chris Cross talked about the game’s story and confirmed that it won’t be a continuation of its predecessor.
“It’s its own story. It’s self-contained,” he said, but revealed that it “features returning characters.”
Cross went on to say that Cold Iron actually worked closely with 20th Century Studios to ensure that elite team 2The story correctly followed the Alien tradition.
“There’s a linear mystery that you discover as you go along here,” he said, “and I will say it’s like we work very closely together.”[ly] with 20th Century to make sure we were approaching the story right and doing things in our story that were exciting for Alien fans.”
The director also hinted at what players can expect, including a prologue mission that will introduce the game to new and returning fans, then four locations the studio calls “biomes” with different environmental features, such as a planet-side surface colony and a ship.
The game will also feature an underground area beneath the colony, where players will find something Cross wanted to describe simply as “Alien-esque”… which sounds creepy.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC. It will also feature four-player co-op, which Cross explained was added because it was “highly requested” and “works best in a PVE game.”
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