Xenonauts was a game born of adversity, a direct response to the first-person shooter XCOM. Developer Goldhawk Interactive wanted to craft its own re-imagining for fans of the original strategy game. But Firaxis has since announced its own official strategy XCOM, Enemy Unknown. It seems the two would butt heads, but Goldhawk lead Chris England sees a clear difference between these offerings.

"Nobody's really done a proper remake of XCOM without changing the fundamentals, I don’t think even Firaxis are doing it."

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Goldhawk has re-opened pre-orders for Xenonauts, its "indie spiritual successor to X-Com," at a new lower price of $20, after Paypal froze its account last month. As is oh so popular nowadays, pre-ordering gets you instant access to development builds.

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