XCOM News
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News
XCOM: Enemy Unknown by Firaxis Games released!
December 5, 2012
- 2K Games has released the first of two DLC packs for all platforms, named Slingshot. The pack features several additional new hats, and 3 linked Council missions and a special playable soldier named Zhang.
October 23, 2012
- 2K Games has announced the first of two DLC packs for all platforms. The first, named Slingshot, will feature 3 new linked Council missions that will focus on a playable character named Zhang.
October 9, 2012
- Eighteen years after the original release of UFO: Enemy Unknown (or XCOM: UFO Defense), 2K Games has released today in North America XCOM: Enemy Unknown, its remake of the original game, which will be followed by the international release next Friday. XCOM is back!
September 24, 2012
- Demo is released on Steam. It features a tutorial mission, a standard mission and a limited interaction with the Base and Geoscape layer.
August 10, 2012
- Multiplayer deathmatch revealed for XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012), mix your own squad of soldiers & aliens and battle online vs other players.
January 5, 2012
- Publisher 2K Games announces that Firaxis (makers of Civilization) is developing a re-imagining of the original XCOM: Enemy Unknown for release this fall (2012).
New XCOM FPS Game by 2k Marin
- XCOM FPS has been delayed multiple times, release is late 2013 or 2014 at the earliest.
- The game will focus on elite U.S. government operatives attempting to prevent a nightmarish invasion of the United States (while dropping the dash in X-COM). See:
- The official XCOM site (only a couple of trailers here)
- Some criticism of its change in focus (1, 2), although 2k Marin may be rethinking this
- 2k's XCOM forum, including passionate posts by X-Commies
- Once slated for March 2012 release, it has now slipped to a later date (1, 2).
X-COM Packages
Now available for less than $15
- At GamersGate, Steam and Direct2Drive. (Includes UFO, TFTD, Apoc, Int, and Enf).
- At GamersGate, Steam and Direct2Drive. (Includes UFO, TFTD, Apoc, Int, and Enf).
For "reviews", see this.
Archived News
OFFICIAL - NEW X-COM GAME FROM THE DEVELOPERS OF BIOSHOCK 2
Yes, this will come as a shock to all, but 2K Australia and 2K Marin is busily working on a first-person shooter based on the X-COM franchise. More info will presumably become available on the 2010 E3.
For more information/rumors check 2K's X-COM forum.