Cold Iron is a third-person co-op multiplayer survival shooter set in the Alien universe, originally released on PlayStation 4 in early 2018. The studio has since become known for the Aliens: Fireteam Elite franchise under Daybreak Games' ownership.
Recent developments have been mixed. Cold Iron announced details for Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, including its release date, pricing, and planned DLC content. However, the studio also shut down the cloud version of the original game on Nintendo Switch without offering refunds to players who had purchased it, prompting discussion about digital ownership risks. In response to the Switch sunset, Daybreak and Cold Iron are offering a discount on the sequel for players of the original game.
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We’re back to another quarterly report for Daybreak, or rather, for EG7, the Swedish conglom that owns Daybreak and a bunch of other MMORPG studios we care about. This quarter, EG7’s numbers were solid, with a 25.3% revenue bump over Q2 2025. MMO players shouldn’t get too excited…
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On Monday, we covered the news that original-flavor Aliens Fireteam Elite players – specifically, folks who played the cloud version on the Switch – had effectively lost access to the game. Daybreak-owned Cold Iron Studios had apparently delisted the game and then sunsetted it th…
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A reminder of the perils of digital ownership.
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, a sequel to the 2021 third-person co-op multiplayer Alien-universe survival shooter gets a release date, pricing, and DLC announcements.