I am not sure Cold Iron Studios has any prior games, they were part of the FoX Net software team I think & the Alien game they are developing was a new title unrelated to prior games except for being set in the same IP.
No, that was a different animal. The "Aliens" IP was in the hands of Gearbox/Sega at the time. And yes, it was a big fiasco; Sega got sued, if memory serves. Someone else licensed the IP, and DBG (not DPG) has bought that studio. Unclear what game assets actually exist yet.