- Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 game director Chris Cross says the game will have “massive amounts of customization”
- The new Specialist class can be tweaked to be almost like a multiclass
- Cross says players can build a team of just four doctors
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will feature “massive amounts of customization” across all available classes, including the all-new endgame Specialist class.
That’s according to game director Chris Cross, who told TechRadar Gaming in an interview at Summer Game Fest 2026 that, in addition to the new addition of four-player co-op, “there are so many different ways to put together” the highly customizable Specialist class, which also has its own progression system.
“Basically, you can end up with a really great multiclass,” he said, adding as an example, “It’s like a Marauder and a Gunslinger.”
The game will also introduce four new elemental damage types, fire, cyro, electric, and piercing, as well as interchangeable weapon attachments that can be used to combat the three “expanded” enemy factions, Xenomorphs, Pathogen horrors, and Security Synths, all of which will have their own “weaknesses and strengths relative to the different damage types.”
Players can also build their fireteam however they want, with Cross confirming that teams can “bring in four medics and they won’t be the same.”
“There’s enough customization that you can bring in four medics and they’ll all be different,” he said, “It’s mostly weapon synergy, damage synergy, ability synergy. It’s funny, you’d think four medics aren’t that offensively capable, but actually you can take a poison medic and drop a medic station that almost puts a poison on almost everyone; overclocked help It’s absolutely amazing.”
Cross added, “There are almost endless ways to coordinate with your buds how you want to get together as a group…You can customize to your heart’s content.”
Managing your loadout also becomes more important as players gain higher difficulty because friendly fire will be ignited, again making coordination with their team essential.
For this reason, Cross explained that offense “becomes very important in the higher difficulties.”
“Crouch seems so trivial, but it’s actually one of the more important things,” he said. The director also hinted at Horde mode, which has been “revamped” since the first game, but is keeping some extra features under wraps for now.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S and PC.
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