XCOM shooter has 'evolved'; new screen shows situation room

2K Games has finally revealed what we have known for awhile: The planned XCOM tactical shooter has "evolved," and an announcement on what is going on at developer 2K Marin should be revealed in "the coming days," perhaps as early as April 26.

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2K Games has finally revealed what we have known for awhile: The planned XCOM tactical shooter has "evolved," and an announcement on what is going on at developer 2K Marin should be revealed in "the coming days," perhaps as early as Friday.

"Announced back in 2010, the game has undergone an evolution since we last showed it to you at E3 2011," according to a post on the 2K Games blog, which included a new screenshot from the game. Apparently, developer 2K Marin has "refined their vision, and as a result the game has evolved into a high-stakes narrative experience imbued with core XCOM concepts." That evolution was probably due in no small part to the success of Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown. "We feel that the time is right to deliver a new experience within the world of XCOM."

It is quite likely that refined vision will involve a rebranding of the game to The Bureau, although not having XCOM in the title won't capitalize on the popularity of the franchise. So you can probably expect some sort of subtitle to be included involving the XCOM name.

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    April 24, 2013 6:45 AM

    John Keefer posted a new article, XCOM shooter has 'evolved'; new screen shows situation room.

    2K Games has finally revealed what we have known for awhile: The planned XCOM tactical shooter has "evolved," and an announcement on what is going on at developer 2K Marin should be revealed in "the coming days," perhaps as early as April 26.

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      April 24, 2013 7:52 AM

      Proof of evolution.

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      April 24, 2013 7:54 AM

      USA! USA!

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      April 24, 2013 2:10 PM

      actually looking forward to this one

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      April 24, 2013 4:55 PM

      Damn if that situation room doesn't look badass.

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        April 24, 2013 6:55 PM

        Ive always liked the art direction of this one, even if some of the early assets were a bit ropey.

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        April 25, 2013 4:45 AM

        Imagine walking through that on your way to get the newest reports on UFO sightings 8)

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      April 24, 2013 6:16 PM

      How many games have survived this sort of "evolution" and ended up being good? I can only think of pretty much every Valve title.

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      April 24, 2013 7:40 PM

      "XCOM: The Bureau" would be fine I think. They seem to be making a cool universe (XCOM:EU basically did nothing at all in that respect, great game aside) so as long as they don't just call it XCOM it'd be cool.

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