Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 director says the team 'worked very close' with 20th Century Studios 'to make sure that we were hitting the lore correctly'

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Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:44:35 +0000

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 creators Cold Iron Studios worked closely with 20th Century Studios to ensure the game respected the Alien franchise lore.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 director Chris Cross confirms that the sequel won't 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 ensure 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 Alien franchise lore.

In an interview with TechRadar Gaming at Summer Game Fest 2026 , where we
went hands-on with the upcoming co-operative shooter, game director Chris Cross discussed 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 "does feature return characters." Latest Videos From Watch full video here:

Cross went on to say that Cold Iron actually worked closely with 20th Century Studios to make sure that Fireteam Elite 2 's story followed the Alien lore correctly.

"There's a linear mystery that you're uncovering as you're going here," he said, "and I will say that it is all like we worked very close[ly] with 20th Century to make sure that we were hitting the lore correctly and doing things in our story that are exciting for Alien fanatics." You may like Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 director says making the game four-player is a 'challenge' because there's now 'four times the amount of things that you need to put on screen' But it 'works better in a PVE game' Alien: Isolation 2 creative director confirms the sequel will draw inspiration from the original movie 'Authenticity is the lens we do everything through' Creative Assembly had ideas about an Alien: Isolation sequel before it finished developing the
first game 'Take what we love, what people love, and evolve with it'

The director also hinted at what players can expect, including a prologue mission that will introduce new and returning fans to the game, then four locations that the studio is calling "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 encounter something Cross wanted to simply describe as "Alien-esque"... which sounds creepy. Get daily insight, inspiration and
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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 it "works better in a PVE game." Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to
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