Developer Cold Iron Studios is currently working on Aliens: Fireteam, an Alien-skinned variation on Left 4 Dead coming to consoles and PC this summer. One difference between it and other Aliens shooters of the past is that it’ll be taking advantage of the “morph” aspect of its advertised creatures.
Xenomorphs take on the shape of whatever animal they hatch from, whether it’s a two-legged human (in most cases we’ve seen so far) or a four-legged dog/bull (depending which cut of Alien 3 you’re watching). As we alluded to before, the swarm in Aliens: Fireteam will consist of six Xenos in addition to the Warriors, Facehuggers and Queens: they’re classified as Runner, Drone, Praetorian, Prowler, Burster, and Spitter. IGN
published illustrations of all of them this morning, as well as their official descriptions. Here they are, documented for the first time…...
