Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 leaked in main Disney hack

Disney has seemingly been compromised by a group of hackers who claim to have stolen 1.1TB of internal documents, including information about new game projects.

There’s so far been no comment from Disney on the alleged hack, but a group called Nullbulge claims to have stolen ‘every message and file possible’ from the company’s internal Slack channels. This apparently includes unreleased projects and personal information of Disney staff.

The nature of the leak suggests it won’t, in terms of video games at least, be as damaging as the Insomniac leak last year, but one project has seemingly been outed as part of the incident.

According to internal documents which have circulated online, a sequel to Aliens: Fireteam Elite is planned, or at least was. The sequel, codenamed Project Macondo, is scheduled for Q3 2025, although that plan may have changed.

The documents describe a new mode called Annihilation, which is a ‘new spin on Horde Mode with a variety of objectives and encounters’.

The project’s scope is also outlined, suggesting these documents are a pitch or from early in development. It describes having an ‘ideal scope’ of 12 hours of gameplay in the Campaign mode, and one map for Annihilation.

Released in 2021, the original Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a third person co-op shooter developed by Cold Iron Studios and published by Focus Entertainment. It did well enough to receive a paid-for expansion, titled Pathogen, in 2022, so a sequel certainly seems in the realms of possibility.

Since the alleged leak, old concept art for Fortnite has also been shared online, along with details on a new Alien related skin for Dead By Daylight. Fortnite and Dead By Daylight are often subject to leaks though, so it’s unclear if these are from the Disney hack.

If a hack through Slack rings any bells, a teenager used the same method to steal details of GTA 6 from Rockstar back in 2022. The culprit was found guilty of fraud and blackmail last year, and sentenced to a hospital prison for life.