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We have an additional clip of Aliens: Fireteam Elite gameplay to show off from our recent experience with a preview build of the game! In this footage we tried out one of the challenge cards: “Explosions!” Which is a gameplay mutator that changes all of the Runner Xenomorphs into weaker Bursters. With this many Bursters running around it was a ... [Read More]

Shared to social media by Cold Iron today, we have our first good look at some of the Pathogen (or ‘Black Goo’) based enemies we’ll be facing when Aliens: Fireteam Elite releases next month! Meet the ‘Popper’ and the ‘Stalker.’ Their ghostly white appearance definitely give us some Neomorph vibes! From Cold Iron: “Pathogen enemies will quickly rush at ... [Read More]

With the new September solicitations from Marvel, we have our first look at the covers for Alien Issue #7, which will begin the 2nd story arc of Marvel’s current on-going Alien series.The creative team from the first arc, writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Salvador Larroca will be returning for the new arc. It’s currently unknown if Guru-eFX will be ... [Read More]

After a bit of silence following the month-long coverage from IGN back in March, we have a new look Aliens: Fireteam gameplay featured in a GameSpot interview with the game’s developers. Coming on the heels of the E3 gaming expo (which has gone virtual this year), GameSpot continued their ‘Play For All’ livestream where Cold Iron Studios CEO ... [Read More]

Concept artist Geoffroy Thoorens continues to treat us to new artwork showing us more glimpses of the world that we may have seen had Neil Blomkamp’s Alien 5 project come to fruition. Thoorens uploaded this additional batch of images to his website, following previous recent posts by the artist to their Instagram and ... [Read More]

Practical Effects workshop StudioADI or Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. is attached to work on the new Predator film currently known as ‘Skulls.’ We’ve been thinking this was increasingly likely for a while, when previously StudioADI co-founder Alec Gillis put out a hiring call a few months back. A few weeks ago Gillis also shared an ... [Read More]

Publisher Focus Home Interactive is teaming up with Cold Iron Studios and 20th Century Games to bring Aliens: Fireteam to Europe and select Asian territories. Focus posted the news earlier today on their Twitter.  The post leads to their site with the full press release, in which John Bert, Managing Director of Focus Home Interactive ... [Read More]

Late last year, website Bloody Disgusting exclusively announced a new Aliens artbook coming from curators & publisher ‘Printed in Blood’ in collaboration with Titan Books. For Alien Day 2021, the book’s cover art was revealed on the official Alien social channels. It’s being promoted as part of a 35th Anniversary celebration of Aliens, with the ... [Read More]

Super7 has announced a new wave of their ‘ReAction’ Alien figures in celebration of Alien Day! Coming are six new Alien figures including their first Runner and Newborn releases, as well as an exclusive Hudson figure. “Super7 has participated in every Alien Day celebration since the debut event in 2016. This year is no different and we’re stoked to add these ... [Read More]

Hot on the heels of the successful release of the first Alien comic issue under the new publisher, Marvel has announced that it will be celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Aliens with a special one-shot double-sized issue. The new comic will be written by Benjamin Percy, with artwork by Dave Watcher. Aliens: Aftermath #1 will follow a group of journalists investigating what ... [Read More]

Hiya Toys continues with their announcements of 1:18 Scale 4 Inch figures scheduled for release later this year. Alien characters Dallas and Kane are in their MK 50 Compression Suits, with Kane’s appearance being after his encounter with a Facehugger. Speaking of Facehuggers, following their Alien: Covenant version, we’re getting another Aliens Egg & Facehugger ... [Read More]

It is with great sadness that we report another loss of one of the actors who starred in the original classic, Alien. Yaphet Kotto, who played ‘Parker’ in Ridley Scott’s 1979 film has died at age 81. His passing was announced by Tessie Sinahon, his wife of 24 years, in a Facebook post. “You played a villain on ... [Read More]

After showing off a 25 minute gameplay demo last week, IGN continues their month-long exclusive coverage of Aliens: Fireteam with a good look at of six new Xenomorph enemy types our marines will be engaging. “The recently announced Aliens: Fireteam – the third-person, three-player PvE co-op survival shooter set after the original Alien trilogy – isn’t just ... [Read More]