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Aliens & Adolescence: Playing X-com With My Dad

Jason and his father didn't have much in common on paper. Jason was into anime, computer rpgs, and fantasy novels. His father worked on cars, went on backpacking trips, and generally didn't mind getting exposed to the sun.

They did have one thing in common though: X-com.

Jason remembers what it was like to grow up with a father whose only shared interest was strategy titles from Microprose.

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knight6265067d ago

Only game iam waiting for is for mafia 2 nothing else intrest me well only Metal gear solid peace walkers but ill get that soon

Conloles5067d ago

Mafia 2 lol all 2K get money from is GTA style games and Nba 2K.

MightyMark4275067d ago

The only game I'm waiting for is Mafia II

killyourfm5067d ago

O_O - Not interested in XCOM?

Syaz15067d ago

nice. waiting to see what mafia 2 and spec ops the line has too offer. not into rts games, so civ 5 not for me, and not too familiar with x-com series.

AliTheBrit195067d ago

I think 2K are probably the best Publisher.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown - A Welcome Rebirth

XCOM: Enemy Unknown rebooted the series back in 2012, and has since inspired numerous new strategy game series to be born.

shinoff2183178d ago (Edited 178d ago )

If someone gets into this I'd recommend getting the enemy within version. It's got all the dlc included so it's the better version. Wish the author would've atleast mentioned it. I didn't see it.

Fantastic game though. Xcom 2 is top notch also. I've spent countless hours in these games.

ModsDoBetter177d ago

Excellent game.
Played to death on PS3 years ago.

S2Killinit177d ago

What other games were inspired by this game?

JL2930177d ago

Gears Of War Tactics, Phoenix Point. Many others.

shinoff2183177d ago

Phoenix point if I remember was created by the original xcom developer or something to that affect. I did try gears tactics some months ago and I just couldn't get into it. It's probably just me

JL2930176d ago (Edited 176d ago )

It was, but it was really closer to the newer XCOM than the older ones. Gears Tactics was okay but was hard to get into knowing there probably wont be a sequel.

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XCOM Veterans Launch New Studio Bit Reactor

COG: A group of industry veterans from the XCOM franchise have teamed up to launch the new turned-based tactics studio Bit Reactor.

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Magog825d ago

From the *new* Xcom franchise. The original was developed by Julian Gollop and Mythos games. He is currently in charge of Snapshot games and his latest take on Xcom was Phoenix Point.

gangsta_red825d ago

I'm all for more tactics games. played Phoenix Point on Game Pass (ended up purchasing it), it's good...but doesn't have that same XCOM 2 feeling. Would love to see what these guys have to offer