It’s official: Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will release later this year.

Details of an unannounced Aliens Fireteam Elite sequel popped up as early as July 2024, 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.

Now, however, it’s all been formally confirmed, and 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”.

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.

“Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 drops up to four players into the boots of Colonial Marines deployed to the most hostile corners of the Aliens universe,” explains the blurb. “This is not a rescue mission – it’s a fight for survival.

“Xenomorphs stalk the corridors, ambush from the shadows, and swarm in overwhelming numbers. Every room could be your last. With deeper squad mechanics, smarter enemies, and a fully customizable Specialist class, AFE2 delivers the definitive co-op Aliens experience.”

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is coming to PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in summer 2026 (or Q3, if you’re down under). Providing the timescales don’t slip, that suggests we’ll get it sometime between June and September this year.

“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 back in 2021.

“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.”