XCOM 2: War of the Chosen upgrades design, enemies, and cinematic story
2K’s Firaxis Games made a lot of changes to the basic design of its turn-based combat game XCOM 2 with its new expansion XCOM 2:...
XCOM developer is surprised and flattered by turn-based combat in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
XCOM is the signature game when it comes to turn-based combat on a grid. And 2K’s Firaxis Games just announced a new expansion, XCOM...
See Hideo Kojima and other game devs pose like awkward stock photo models
There’s no limit to the range of emotions that arise from playing games. Yet if most stock photos are anything to go by, pure...
XCOM: Enemy Unknown’s lead designer struggles to sell his own game (video)
The strategy game's main developer posed as an employee at a Maryland game store in an attempt to convince a few customers to buy the strategy title. Thinks don't go well.
The Art of XCOM: Enemy Unknown — Firaxis’ second developer diary emphasizes terror
Firaxis has released its second developer diary for the upcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown. In this episode, the studio focuses on the game's art direction, emphasizing the influence of "the sheer terror" of the original, X-Com: UFO Defense.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead designer discusses original creator’s thoughts on the remake (interview)
X-Com: UFO Defense, a strategy game from the early '90s, is a sort of enigma. Although the original is revered as a masterstroke in design, every stab at a sequel or spiritual successor has fallen short. What about the X-Com formula is so elusive?
When I spoke with Jake Solomon, lead designer for Firaxis Games' XCOM: Enemy Unknown (a "reimagining" of the original), that question weighed heavily on my mind.