A brand new leak seems to have confirmed the existence of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, a followup to the 2021 squad-based third-person shooter. If the leak is right, the sport is about to launch someday subsequent yr.
Based on a doc noticed by Redditor firemonkey11 (with extra reporting from VGC), Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, which is presently codenamed Undertaking Macondo, is about to launch within the third quarter of the 2025 monetary yr, which might seemingly imply someplace between September and December subsequent yr.
Like its predecessor, the sport shall be a third-person co-op shooter, but it surely’ll make some adjustments to the primary recreation’s system, together with the addition of a category system and the elimination of in-game voice chat.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will characteristic “developed enemy intelligence and behaviors”, in keeping with the leaked doc, and it will additionally provide the probability to check your alien-slaying expertise within the new Annihilation Mode, a “new spin on Horde Mode”.
The sequel provides you with a selection between 5 completely different character archetypes, together with the “silent murderer” Callsign Nix and the “inspiring chief” Callsign Vulcan. This represents a reasonably main change over the unique’s extra modular build-crafting system.
Based on the doc, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will not characteristic any microtransactions, gacha programs, or in-game promoting, and it additionally will not assist native in-game chat, as a substitute asking gamers to make use of the voice chat included with the platform on which they’re enjoying.
A few of these purported adjustments have not confirmed standard with Aliens: Fireteam Elite followers; one participant merely says that the plan seems to be to “make it worse” within the sequel, whereas one other says the character lessons and kits included within the leak “ain’t doing it for me”.
This leak is outwardly half of a bigger Disney hack that additionally supposedly incorporates private worker particulars, in addition to details about different unannounced tasks.
Disney hasn’t issued a remark relating to the hack but, but it surely was apparently carried out by accessing the corporate’s inner Slack messaging system, which can also be apparently how the notorious 2022 GTA 6 leak occurred.
In the mean time, it is value taking these experiences with a pinch of salt, but when the leak is right, then you may seemingly anticipate an Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 announcement someday within the close to future. Keep tuned for extra.