In its quarterly financial report this week, EG7 finally admitted that “Project Avo,” a game Daybreak has been backing for years, is really just Aliens Fireteam Elite 2, the sequel to Aliens Fireteam Elite, led once again by Cold Irons Studios. In fact, we learned that the delay frenzy is over, meaning it’s officially coming this summer, and more intriguingly, that Daybreak is in talks to buy Cold Iron. That’s extra interesting since Daybreak announced it had bought Cold Iron back in 2020, but the deal apparently fell through – we assume because Daybreak itself was bought out by EG7 just a few months later. Six years after all that, it’s happening again.
So what the heck is Aliens Fireteam Elite 2? “The game is a sequel to Aliens: Fireteam Elite and is scheduled for global release in late Q3 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Epic Games Store, and Steam,” EG7 says. The newly unveiled Steam page promises four-person co-op, super scary xenomorphs, the Specialist class, and a swarmy “horde” mode. Gamers can expect full cross-play too.
“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. 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. Coordinate with your fireteam, leverage each class’s unique abilities, and adapt on the fly as encounters escalate from tense standoffs to all-out war. With deeper squad mechanics, smarter enemies, and a fully customizable Specialist class, AFE2 delivers the definitive co-op Aliens experience.”
