XCOM’s E3 demo declassified

XCOM version 2.0 was revealed at E3 this past June. The tweaked demonstration Joystiq saw kept the setting of socially and politically turbulent 1960s America, but took a significantly different approach to the gameplay. Gone was the clearly BioShock-infused game they'd seen the prior year, twisted into something more strategic, with many more gaming influences, not the least of which was Mass Effect.