{"id":711231,"date":"2026-07-25T23:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711231\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:58:10","slug":"aliens-fireteam-elite-2-confirms-release-date-and-its-closer-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711231\/","title":{"rendered":"Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 confirms release date and it’s closer than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aliens: Fireteam Elite<\/a> 2 will release on 25th August 2026.<\/p>\n

Details of an unannounced Aliens: Fireteam Elite sequel popped up as early as July 2024<\/a>, when a pitch deck detailing “a new chapter in the Aliens: Fireteam Elite” series leaked online. At that time, it was expected to launch by Q3 2025.<\/p>\n

Then, in May, the game was finally confirmed, <\/a>only this time with a release window of Q3 2026 instead.<\/p>\n

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 – Releasing 8\/25\/26.Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

In an extraordinarily brief, action-packed, and thoroughly gore-soaked teaser, Cold Iron revealed the release date and teased “new perks, abilities, weapons, Xenomorphs, and more”.<\/p>\n

ICYMI, the sequel expands from three-player co-op to four players, as well as “deeper strategies and smoother coordination with your squad, [with] a variety of new classes and weapons each bringing unique playstyles and tactical possibilities to the battlefield”.<\/p>\n

Other features include an updated horde mode, a new Specialist endgame class for fully custom Marines, five unique classes, and “deadlier threats”. Players will also be able to team up cross-platform with in-game voice chat. It’s coming to PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, as well as the PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n

“Aliens: Fireteam Elite is exactly what it says on the tin. Stuffed with guns, gadgets, and plentiful alien goo, it’s a frenetic cooperative firefight against some of sci-fi’s most iconic monsters in an all-new tale that takes us beyond the original trilogy,” I wrote when I reviewed Aliens: Fireteam Elite<\/a> back in 2021.<\/p>\n

“No, it’s not the most sophisticated shooter, and no, its truncated runtime is unlikely to occupy you for more than a couple of nights, but it’s an unashamedly good romp that’ll hopefully satisfy your Ripley power fantasies, too.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will release on 25th August 2026. Details of an unannounced Aliens: Fireteam Elite sequel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-711231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}