Premium Edition of "Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2" Unveiled at SDCC 2026

We learned more details about a Premium Edition of the upcoming game Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 during a panel at SDCC 2026.

What's Happening:

• Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is the sequel to the 2021 co-op shooter, bringing Colonial Marines back for a new fight against deadly Xenomorphs across the Alien universe. 
• The game expands cooperative play from three players to four, introducing deeper squad mechanics and class synergy to encourage more strategic teamwork. 
• A new Specialist class allows players to mix and match abilities from every class, offering significantly more build customization than the original game. 
• Players will battle a larger variety of new Xenomorphs, alongside Pathogen horrors and Weyland-Yutani synths, using expanded weapons, gear, and elemental ammo types. 
• Horde Mode returns with multiple dedicated maps at launch, challenging squads to survive increasingly difficult enemy waves for greater rewards. 
• The just-revealed Premium Edition will feature three expansion packs inspired by Ripley and two original characters:
  • Ripley's Hive Exterminator Pack

• Herk's Mondo Pest Pack

• Rain's Jackson's Star Pack

• Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 launches August 25, 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with full cross-play support. 

More from SDCC 2026:

• The Marvel Studios panel at SDCC 2026 featured some big surprises as well as three stages worth of MCU actors.
• Ghost Rider is making his way into the MCU, with Ryan Gosling set to star as Johnny Blaze in a new film coming in 2028.
• Wakanda truly is forever, as a third Black Panther film was just announced at San Diego Comic-Con.
• C.B. Cebulski's final Marvel Fanfare as EIC: two decades of Stan Lee stories with new boss Stephen Wacker, a new Kadokawa manga line starting with Spider-Man of Shibuya, and Humberto Ramos surprising Brad Winderbaum with art from his first-ever comic.