Terra Invicta spreads XCOM's alien threat across a Crusader Kings-style map, then goes galactic to become a full-on space ...

There have been plenty of ups and downs, but there's no doubting that Firaxis did a bang-up job with its modern reimagining of iconic turn-based strategy legend X-COM. 2012's XCOM: Enemy Unknown set a ...

The announcement of XCOM 2 this week as a PC exclusive surprised people, but the PC focus is allowing developer Firaxis Games to optimize the game for computers, the studio said in an interview with ...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a great tactical game from Firaxis games. Its first expansion pack, Enemy Within, added so much amazing content that it made playing the game an entirely new experience. And now ...

“When thinking about what XCOM is, loss sort of underpins a lot of it,” said XCOM 2 Creative Director Jake Solomon, when asked why he and his team chose the unusual route of assuming we all failed the ...

XCOM 2's new DLC drop is a brilliant little love letter to the fans - and best of all, it's free. I bloody love XCOM 2. For my money it's one of the best tactical games ever, and so it doesn't exactly ...

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XCOM is one of gaming’s greatest tactical franchises, known for stirring a sense of doubt in gamers even when they allegedly have a 99% chance of successfully landing a shot. Well, there’s no reason ...

XCOM 2 is a game I recently got back into and every time I make that step, I can’t remember why I stopped playing to being with. This strategy game is addictive in all of the best ways as players must ...

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