<s>
Aliens	B-Application
:	I-Application
Fireteam	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2021	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Cold	O
Iron	O
Studio	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Disney	O
's	O
20th	O
Century	O
Games	O
(	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
20th	O
Century	O
Studios	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
Alien	B-Application
:	I-Application
Isolation	I-Application
,	O
Fireteam	O
Elite	O
is	O
more	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
Aliens	B-Device
:	I-Device
Colonial	I-Device
Marines	I-Device
,	O
and	O
focuses	O
on	O
action	O
rather	O
than	O
survival-horror	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
plans	O
for	O
post-launch	O
DLC	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
loot	O
boxes	O
or	O
microtransactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
book	O
Aliens	B-Device
:	O
Infiltrator	O
by	O
Weston	O
Ochse	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Titan	O
Books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cold	O
Iron	O
Studios	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2015	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
consisting	O
of	O
former	O
Cryptic	O
Studios	O
employees	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
made	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
City	B-Application
of	I-Application
Heroes	I-Application
and	O
Star	B-Protocol
Trek	I-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
FoxNext	O
was	O
a	O
mobile	O
game	O
publisher	O
,	O
and	O
intended	O
to	O
use	O
Cold	O
Iron	O
's	O
new	O
Aliens	B-Device
game	O
to	O
expand	O
its	O
portfolio	O
to	O
include	O
larger	O
scale	O
AAA	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
and	I-Device
Series	I-Device
S	I-Device
.	O
The	O
first	O
paid	O
expansion	O
,	O
titled	O
Pathogen	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aliens	B-Application
:	I-Application
Fireteam	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alyssa	O
Mercante	O
of	O
GamesRadar+	O
felt	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
cutscenes	O
and	O
character	O
animations	O
hurt	O
Aliens	B-Device
,	O
"	O
while	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
here	O
is	O
surprisingly	O
good	O
,	O
the	O
Marines	O
simply	O
shift	O
through	O
some	O
cycling	O
animations	O
as	O
they	O
chat	O
,	O
their	O
faces	O
frozen	O
in	O
an	O
uncanny	O
caricature	O
of	O
humanity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygon	O
liked	O
the	O
balancing	O
of	O
Aliens	B-Device
,	O
feeling	O
the	O
soldiers	O
 '	O
lack	O
of	O
power	O
helped	O
make	O
fights	O
more	O
interesting	O
,	O
mentioning	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
uncertainty	O
makes	O
victories	O
far	O
more	O
satisfying	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
