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Inspired by X-COM, Snapshot Games is creating Phoenix Point for fall 2018

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Snapshot Games, the maker of Chaos Reborn, has announced a new PC game dubbed Phoenix Point, a turn-based tactics and strategy game that the developers are calling a spiritual successor to X-COM.

Snapshot is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Fig to help finance the development of the title. Fig allows fans to invest in a game project and share in the profits. Through Fig, Snapshot hopes to raise $500,000.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.