Our latest coverage of Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is experiencing a bit of a content drought this past year, with the last update dropping in April and in February before that. Understandably, this has caused concern among the co-op shooter’s playerbase, especially since player numbers have dropped considerably since the game’s launch in October 2021. As if on cue, developer Cold Iron Studios rolled out [...]
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Last month, Aliens: Fireteam Elite added a new limited-time map for Christmas called the Ruptured Cistern. The Xenomorph-infested vertical map has apparently proved to be so popular that Cold Iron Studios has decided to make it a permanent addition to the co-op shooter. The seasonal rewards associated with the map have also been replaced with new weapon colors, a new [...]
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Cold Iron Studios is gifting Aliens: Fireteam Elite players with a new horde map for Christmas called the Ruptured Cistern which features three Xenomorph-infested floors for players to clean up. The new map promises “vertical gameplay like you’ve never seen before” and plenty of rewards to earn, including holiday-themed decals and gun colors along with different attachments and perks. “It’s [...]
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As if ravaging hordes of face-sucking aliens and synthetics weren’t dangerous enough, Aliens: Fireteam Elite players now have to contend with a mysterious disease as the co-op shooter’s new Pathogen DLC officially arrives. As previously announced, the DLC comes with new story missions and gives players their first shot at taking down a Queen. “A mysterious pathogen is wreaking havoc [...]
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Season 4 is now live in Aliens: Fireteam Elite bringing a new game mode, a new progression system, and cross-play support on all available platforms. The new game mode, unimaginatively called Restock Turrets, will have you doing just that as you defend your position against oncoming hordes of hostile aliens. “Load up, Marines! Restock Turrets is a new game mode [...]
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite players will soon get to explore a new location and shoot down a new kind of extraterrestrial enemy in the multiplayer shooter’s first expansion – Pathogen. Pathogen is a paid DLC that will include three new story missions set in the planet LV-895 as well as new weapons and perks. “Something sinister has evolved in the wilds [...]
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite gets a new Point Defense game mode, new weapons, and a host of other new content as Season 2 officially starts in the sci-fi co-op shooter. In Point Defense, players must work together to hold, protect, and repair three strategic points on the map against wave after wave of Xenomorphs. New rewards are up for grabs to [...]
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With the first season of Aliens: Fireteam Elite nearing its inevitable end, developer Cold Iron Studios is now looking towards the start of Season 2. The next season kicks off on December 14th on all platforms and will feature the addition of a new game mode called Point Defense. “This fast-paced alternative to Horde Mode will challenge players in a [...]
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Cold Iron Studios gives Aliens: Fireteam Elite players something to look forward to, and maybe pull in a few more players while they’re at it, as they unveil the game’s Year 1 development roadmap. The roadmap reveals the team’s plans for the co-op shooter from the last quarter of the year all the way up to the third quarter of [...]
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The future isn’t looking too bright for Aliens: Fireteam Elite as the recently-released co-op shooter’s player numbers continue to drop. SteamDB data shows a 24-hour peak concurrency of just 671 players, a long way away from the 15,500 concurrent player record that the game set when it launched back in August. That being said, the game continues to get very [...]
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