2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium, the 18th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.
Real World Events
April
11
- Aliens/Predator/Prometheus/AVP: Fire and Stone is released.
24
- Issue #1 of the comic series Aliens: Dust to Dust is released.
25
- The novel Alien: The Cold Forge, written by Alex White, is released.
26
- Alien Day 2018.
- Alien: Descent attraction opens in California.
- The audio drama Alien: Sea of Sorrows is released.
- The expanded Alien3 soundtrack is released.
- Alien: Offworld Colony Simulator is released on the Amazon Alexa.
July
31
- The novel The Predator: Hunters and Hunted, written by James A. Moore, is released.
August
8
- Issue #1 of the comic series Predator: Hunters II is released.
September
4
- The book Alien: Covenant - David's Drawings is released.
7
- The world premiere of The Predator is held in Toronto.
12
- The Predator is released into theaters.
18
- The novelisation The Predator, written by Christopher Golden and Mark Morris, is released.
22
- Actor Al Matthews passes away.
October
24
- Aliens: The Essential Comics Volume 1 is released.
November
14
- Issue #1 of the comic series Alien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay is released.
December
12
- Predator: The Essential Comics Volume 1 is released.