2K and Firaxis Games announced today that XCOM® 2: War of the Chosen, the expansion pack to the 2016 award-winning strategy title, will be available for Windows PC, the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One on August 29, 2017. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen greatly expands upon the XCOM 2 campaign. ADVENT, in … Continue reading
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XCOM 2 (PS4) Review: Alien Nation
Earlier this year, when XCOM 2 launched on the PC, it was hoped that a console port would come along soon after. The sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown was built initially for mouse and keyboard. While the PC iteration did have Steam controller support, many who experienced the reboot played the game on the console … Continue reading
XCOM 2 Review: Today We Celebrate Our Independence Day
A lot has happened in the 20 years between XCOM Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2. The alien threat, once mysterious and foreign, has now become our everyday life on Earth. Despite what you may remember about your efforts against the aliens in Enemy Unknown, humans were actually quite unsuccessful and now find themselves in a … Continue reading
XCOM 2 Soundtrack Releasing on Vinyl
iam8bit, 2K, and Firaxis have teamed up to bring the cinematic scores from XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2 onto vinyl for the very first time. Here’s the details: Features tracks from XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2 2xLP (2 records) 180-gram vinyl Music by Michael McCann, Roland Rizzo, and Tim Wynn Album Art by Filip Hodas … Continue reading
Let’s Look At: XCOM 2
2K Games and Firaxis Games were nice enough to send over a review code for XCOM 2 this past week. Check out as Kyle and Addam play through a good hour of the game and look at some of the changes that have been implemented. As always, check that out above and let us know … Continue reading
XCOM Expansion ‘Enemy Within’ Coming in November
2K and Firaxis Games have announced that an expansion to XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be releasing in North America on November 12, 2013 and internationally on November 15, 2013 for Windows PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Titled XCOM: Enemy Within, the expansion pack will add new abilities, upgrades, and weapons to combat. The expansion also provides … Continue reading
Review: XCOM Enemy Unknown
It seems like just a couple months ago that we were hearing about Firaxis’ new game, an actual reboot to the classic PC franchise XCOM. Unlike the still-in-progress first person shooter, Enemy Unknown is a true turn-based strategy game down to its core. Even better, it’s a very good entry in the waning genre. The premise … Continue reading