XCOM: Enemy Unknown PC News Page 3

You wouldn't know it from watching the bang-pow-quote-cinematic-die-die trailers, but XCOM: Enemy Unknown is actually a turn-based tactical affair in the same vein as the widely-celebrated original X-COM games. Fortunately, publisher 2K decided to show off the game itself yesterday, though you'll have missed it if you don't follow social Twitfacestreams. So come, enjoy over an hour of tactical delights. Read more

The scene on the ground is pandemonium. People are dying out there, and the enemy is still unknown. The new trailer for XCOM from Firaxis shows off the need to train good soldiers to keep your team's casualties to a minimum. Read more

For the first time in an XCOM (and X-COM) game, you'll be able to partake in one-on-one deathmatch shenanigans. Read more

The Game Critics Awards have finally been determined, and Naughty Dog has come on top with The Last of Us. Read more

How exactly can one sell a turn-based tactical game to the E3 audience, who clap and roar because they recognise a character in a video game? The approach taken by XCOM: Enemy Unknown is pretending you're something else entirely with a very flashy E3 trailer. Read more

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an incredibly tense, gripping strategy game, where every decision feels like it matters. In other words, it's wonderful. Read more

XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be available on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on October 9th. In addition, 2K Games is offering a special edition of Enemy Unknown to PC gamers. Read more

In a recent interview, X-Com: Enemy Unknown producer Garth DeAngelis talks about balancing challenge with accessibility, the renaissance of difficulty in games, and making the turn-based strategy game appeal to core fans and newcomers. Read more

The PC edition of XCOM: Enemy Unknown will have its own "unique" UI rather than the controller button-y interface shown so far, and Firaxis plans to support mods too. Read more

XCOM Enemy Unknown features randomly selected levels and procedurally generated layouts that make it "impossible" to see everything the game has to offer on one playthrough. Read more