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XCOM: Enemy Unknown 'Slingshot' DLC announced

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 23, 2012 2:00pm PDT

Hands up, who wants more XCOM? You do. It's you. All of you. Delightfully, more is coming "soon" in the 'Slingshot' DLC, announced today by publisher 2K. The trio of Council missions will see your squad "meet an enigmatic Triad operative, divert an alien ship's course, and d...

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""more ways to customise your mens"...lets see some regional accents, I'm sick of Imamu "Doc" ..."

- Raw2Dawg2 see all 20 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown achievements hint at DLC

By Steve Watts, Oct 17, 2012 2:00pm PDT

A series of XCOM: Enemy Unknown Steam achievements hint at extra missions not found in the main game, including special win conditions and a new squad member.

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"Any psionic soldier you put in psi-armor and send to the device is the chosen one, because you ..."

- Xevo see all 12 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown PC patch enables 1080p movies

By John Keefer, Oct 15, 2012 4:15pm PDT

If you were one of the unlucky ones that could only get those really cool XCOM: Enemy Unknown movies in 720p instead of 1080p, fear not, human, as the new patch makes 1080p movies the standard for PC.

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"speaking of which what happened to those aliens? The ending kinda just forgot about them"

- bolneze see all 5 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown review: a space odyssey

By Steve Watts, Oct 09, 2012 6:00am PDT

Firaxis has revived the classic XCOM series by showing the world how to pull off a turn-based strategy game. Our review.

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"A true gamer cares not about platforms, but plays games regardless of platform."

- Simulacrum see all 34 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown trailer launches the team

By Steve Watts, Oct 04, 2012 9:00am PDT

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is out next week, and 2K has released a new launch trailer to mark the event.

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"MOOM is right. That's all in-game footage (with maybe an exception to the globe fly-by at the ..."

- Teirdome see all 5 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown's original pitch video revealed

By Andrew Yoon, Oct 03, 2012 2:30pm PDT

XCOM: Enemy Unknown's release next week marks the return of a franchise in hiding for over a decade. But, how has it changed since its inception? Developer Firaxis Games has released Enemy Unknown's original pitch video.

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"Just last week I was playing the original XCOM and got up to take care of my kid and forgot I ..."

- dael see all 8 comments

Rumor: XCOM being reworked into third-person tactical shooter

By Andrew Yoon, Oct 01, 2012 7:30am PDT

Could the other XCOM game be turning into a third-person shooter? A newly released survey seems to suggest so.

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"I agree with you, I'm skeptical as well. However it does irk me to think that a game as great ..."

- Poor Yurik see all 31 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown interactive trailer is next-best thing to playing

By Steve Watts, Sep 28, 2012 9:00am PDT

An interactive trailer for XCOM: Enemy Unknown lets you choose some of the mission elements.

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"I understand, although the trailer comes across like there's a cut and dry right (defensive) and ..."

- Poor Yurik see all 63 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown demo available on PC

By Steve Watts, Sep 24, 2012 9:30am PDT

XCOM: Enemy Unknown now has a demo up on Steam, letting you try out the tutorial missions and look around the XCOM base camp.

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"Pretty cool. Went from nowhere on the radar to a probable purchase down the road..."

- etherboy see all 35 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown preview: Little Gray Target Practice

By Steve Watts, Sep 07, 2012 9:00am PDT

A hands-on look at XCOM: Enemy Unknown, peppered with thoughts on updating the classic from lead producer Garth DeAngelis.

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"this game is going to rock, I got UFO to learn how to play and its pretty brutal .. like no ..."

- Frush81 see all 8 comments

Watch an hour of XCOM: Enemy Unknown

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 28, 2012 6:45am PDT

You wouldn't know it from watching the bang-pow-quote-cinematic-die-die trailers, but XCOM: Enemy Unknown is actually a turn-based tactical affair in the same vein as the widely-celebrated original X-COM games. Fortunately, publisher 2K decided to show off the game itself ye...

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"That's what the rabid X-Com fans want to hear, though. And it wasn't every time something ..."

- AxeMan808 see all 26 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown trailer shows casualties of war

By John Keefer, Aug 24, 2012 6:45am PDT

The scene on the ground is pandemonium. People are dying out there, and the enemy is still unknown. The new trailer for XCOM from Firaxis shows off the need to train good soldiers to keep your team's casualties to a minimum.

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"Cannot wait for this, of course I am currently playing through the first one, Really hope they ..."

- mcpstoner see all 9 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown to feature one-on-one deathmatch mode

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 10, 2012 12:00pm PDT

For the first time in an XCOM (and X-COM) game, you'll be able to partake in one-on-one deathmatch shenanigans.

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"Having the multiplayer portion can potentially create some improvements in the single player AI ..."

- alias see all 21 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown E3 trailer looks nothing like XCOM: Enemy Unknown

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 04, 2012 7:36pm PDT

How exactly can one sell a turn-based tactical game to the E3 audience, who clap and roar because they recognise a character in a video game? The approach taken by XCOM: Enemy Unknown is pretending you're something else entirely with a very flashy E3 trailer.

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"Reminds me of the intro animation of the Original Xcom. And I'm looking forward to the ..."

- Kubiac see all 20 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown preview

By Andrew Yoon, May 23, 2012 12:00pm PDT

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an incredibly tense, gripping strategy game, where every decision feels like it matters. In other words, it's wonderful.

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"Same. Only got the games recently, on Steam. I seem to have lost the ability to play '90s PC ..."

- tw3kr see all 6 comments