The fellows who created the most popular XCOM: Enemy Within mod, Long War, have announced they won't be making any mods for XCOM 2, and instead will be developing their own game, Terra Invicta, which they plan to launch on Kickstarter at some point.
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Lots of news on XCOM 2 today. We've seen the release of a new trailer as well as the announcement of a new Digital Deluxe Edition featuring a ton of additional content coming later in 2016. That's not all though. A little while ago, Steam posted the system requirements for XCOM 2 on the game's page.
After the Retaliation trailer for XCOM 2 has been unleashed on the public today, 2K Games has announced a special Digital Deluxe Edition of XCOM 2 that is now available for pre-order for $74.99.
Gamers who can't wait for the next XCOM game to come out this coming February will have a harder time being patient. Firaxis has released a new XCOM 2 trailer, showing off some of the features in the game and the enemies players will have to deal with.
XCOM/UFO is definitely one of those franchises with a rabid and devoted fan-base dedicated to both the old school and interested in the development of the current crop of XCOM games coming out. After learning coding in Microsoft Excel for a job, one such fan decided to put his knowledge to work and coded a working XCOM game in the spreadsheet software.
The folks working on XCOM 2 have been generous with screen shots and information in a series detailing the battlefields and mechanics of the game thus far. In the latest entry of the series, we get to explore idyllic towns that will be the mid point between congested cities and open fields.
The wilderness maps in the XCOM reboot by Firaxis were pretty but functional, much like those in the original XCOM: UFO Defense were. Despite looking nice, there was some artificiality to the maps because they were overtly tile based. XCOM 2's wilderness maps blow the previous edition's away, and are downright gorgeous.
Firaxis Games and 2K are building hype towards their much anticipated sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The official website dropped some knowledge on how environments will work in XCOM 2, along with the tidbit that procedurally generated maps are making a return to the series.
XCOM 2 has a lot of mystery going on with it. What we know at the moment is that Earth seemingly lost the war against alien invaders at some point and is now at the mercy of its new deceptive puppet masters with only a guerrilla unit of the XCOM organization standing in defiance. A new novel promises to fill in the blank between the first game and XCOM 2.
What, you thought you'd just be dealing with the same old hulking Mutons and Berserkers in XCOM 2? Guess again. A new hulking mass of organics and machinery is going to be entering the fray. Say hello to (or run for your life from) the Andromedon.
Gamers will remember the shadowy human organization ADVENT from the XCOM: Enemy Unknown expansion Enemy Within. The group was a Ninth Column for the alien invasion, collaborating with them to disrupt XCOM's operations, even invading the player's base at one point. In XCOM 2, their role is changed. Since the aliens have successfully taken over the Earth, the group serves as the aliens' counter-terrorism division, with your XCOM team as "terrorists".
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is one of the best games of the last few years, a razor-sharp update of a classic series, packed full of engaging, tense strategic combat and full of opportunities to make really bad decisions that will get all your soldiers killed. If you've yet to try it out for some mad reason, you can do so over the next few days - developer Firaxis is holding a free Steam weekend for the game, from now until September 13.
Firaxis has released a profile of three main characters that will assist the player on-board their trusty ship the Avenger, when the recently delayed XCOM 2 drops early next year. There's a couple of new faces, and one old friend that XCOM: Enemy Unknown players will remember fondly.
2K and Firaxis Games have broken my fragile heart by announcing that XCOM 2 has been delayed into February. I'm joking. Mostly. Actually, considering the wealth of excellent titles out this year, a bit of a break might not be such a bad thing. Anyway, giving developers a bit of extra time to polish and refine is generally a good idea.
Eagle-eyed Reddit posters have spotted an interesting little bit of text in a new XCOM 2 screenshot released by Firaxis – the shot of the sequel's soldier customisation screen shows a menu button that reads 'export character'. What that actually means, we still don't know – it could simply mean that you can shift your favorite troopers between saved games, but it also suggests you might be able to trade them with your friends. It's all speculation until the developers confirm it, but given the expanded customisation options in XCOM 2, the ability to save a cosmetic copy of your star soldiers would be a logical next step in the game's ongoing attempt to make you feel awful when you get them killed by plasma grenades.
If you're interested in checking out your new digs in XCOM 2, you might want to check out this twelve-minute thoroughfare of the good ship Avenger, your mobile HQ. According to Firaxis, from the bridge of the captured alien vessel you'll be able to "manage research and manufacturing resources, recruit and customize soldiers, upgrade weapons, armor and abilities, and ultimately build a global resistance network to combat the enemy occupation."
Released in 1995, MicroProse's XCOM: Terror from the Deep is one of the most beloved entries in the long-running strategy series, a deep-sea spin on the alien invasion template that added new challenges, new alien enemies and a cool, vaguely Lovecraftian aesthetic. It's an entry that fans would like to see developer Firaxis revisit, given their successful reboot of the franchise with XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Enemy Within.
The obvious comparison to Creative Forge Games' turn-based tactical combat game Hard West is the peerless XCOM: Enemy Unknown; both feature top-down, grid-based violence, but the former switches laser gins and aliens for six-shooters and... demons. Yes, that's about the only aspect of this that I'm not totally sold on. At a certain point in each map, generally once you've finished mopping up human bandits and ruffians, a horde of demonic foot-soldiers arrives, intent on devouring your face and possibly your soul.
XCOM 2 developer Firaxis has released a huge batch of new screens for the highly anticipated alien-hunting strategy sequel, focusing this time on your base of operations, Resistance HQ. That means we get a much better look at the most important part of XCOM; naming your tiny soldiers, kitting them out in the latest tech, and making sure they have the best haircuts and threads in the business.
You guys remember Mutons from XCOM: Enemy Unknown, right? You'd be merrily blasting sectoids apart with rocket launchers or punching stealth squids in the head, and suddenly these great big b******s would lumber round the corner, plasma rifle blaring. Makes me angry just thinking about it. And it sounds like they'll be even more of a danger in XCOM 2 – the aliens have been experimenting with human DNA, resulting in a smarter, deadlier Muton. Gulp.