While rumours about a sequel to co-op shooter Aliens: Fireteam Elite have been going around since 2024, things have largely been quiet on that front until now. As spotted by Gematsu, the title had briefly popped up on the official website for ESRB – the US ratings board that provides age ratings and warnings for games. Unfortunately, the listing has since been taken down.
According to the screenshot grabbed by Gematsu, it looks like Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will be rated Mature 17+, with warnings that it will feature blood and gore, strong language, and violence. Along with this, the ESRB listing also notes that publisher Daybreak Game Company will be targeting PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S as the release platforms.
It is worth noting that the Aliens: Fireteam Elite, which was released back in 2021, was developed by Iron Studios and published by Focus Entertainment. However, it looks like both the development team and the publisher will be changing for the release of the sequel.
The last time any word of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 came around was back in July 2024, when an internal document describing the sequel had been released on Reddit. The document indicated that the sequel was being made under the codename Project Mocando, and that it was going to “improve upon the mechanics, atmosphere, and excitement of the original.”
Among the new content being made for the game, according to the document, is a new 2-player co-op campaign that will take players between 8 and 12 hours to finish, as well as a new game mode dubbed Annihilation Mode. However, even at the time, the document was noted to have been from early in the sequel’s development, which means that these details could have already gotten outdated before they were revealed.
The original Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a 3-player co-op title that pits players into missions on a planet dubbed LV-895 where they must discover the secrets of its ruins and caves. The third-person survival shooter places quite a bit of emphasis on teamwork, co-operation, and survival, especially when hordes of hostile xenomorphs and even synthetics decide to show up.
The base game features seven unique classes, with players having quite a bit of freedom in how they choose to progress by levelling up their classes and weapons, or deciding to stick to a single class and loadout. As for weapons, Aliens: Fireteam Elite offers quite a wide range of firepower, from pistols and revolvers, to SMGs, and even rocket launchers.
Among the content released for Aliens: Fireteam Elite was 2022’s Pathogen expansion, which brought with it new environments, maps, and a campaign that has the players trying to figure out the secrets behind a mysterious pathogen that doesn’t even spare xenomorphs. In terms of gameplay, the expansion brought with it 8 new weapons, new perks, weapon attachments, and a host of cosmetic items.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. The title also eventually got a Cloud release on the Nintendo Switch. For more details, check out our review of its original launch version.
