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Why XCOM still matters..

Having already dismembered and unspeakably violated the once pristine corpse of Duke Nukem 3D, 2K Games are ready to risk making themselves leprous pariahs amongst PC gamers of a certain age and stripe by taking it upon themselves to ‘reboot’ the XCOM franchise. With a prequel. That looks like it will include NOTHING from the original that made it such a timeless classic. So why do we still care? For those of you that somehow haven’t played the original yet, we’ve done a wee review of why it’s still one of the best strategy games of all time. For those of you who have played it, well done. Have a Jaffa Cake and read on. You’re going to avoid that work one way or another, and you can’t check your Facebook again already can you? Can you? No? Good. Let’s crack on then.

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error_debug5057d ago

True - The intent behind making a game has changed.

thorstein5057d ago

Think of XCOM from back in the day. Amazing! Now the new XCOM comes out and it is a complete bastardization just like Shadowrun of old...AMazing! and then the later Bastardization. Looks like a common theme.

Venoxn4g5057d ago

i would like a remake of first old three... maybe there are???

Perjoss5057d ago

I remember spending so many fun hours with this game on my Playstation 1, I even bought a mouse just to play this game, lol a mouse for a console! and so long ago too.

Voxelman5057d ago

Xcom rules I almost feel like playing it now

bumnut5056d ago

Does it still have the base building and research parts from the earlier games? or is it 100% fps?

Voxelman5056d ago

No base building and a light research system from what I have read...

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Get all 17 Items in the XCOM Complete Game Bundle at 95% Off and Enjoy Them on Your Steam Deck

The XCOM Complete Game Bundle includes lots of DLCs and games playable on the Steam Deck. You can save over €220 on the 17-item bundle.

knight6265486d 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

Conloles5486d ago

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

MightyMark4275486d ago

The only game I'm waiting for is Mafia II

killyourfm5486d ago

O_O - Not interested in XCOM?

Syaz15486d 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.

AliTheBrit195486d ago

I think 2K are probably the best Publisher.

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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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Magog1244d 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_red1244d 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