Why The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will be worth the wait (interview)

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Alyssa Finley acknowledges that gamers have had to wait a long time for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. But the vice president of product development at 2K Marin says it will be worth it. It’s been in the works for years, and Take-Two Interactive‘s 2K Games division finally announced last month that it would arrive in stores on Aug. 23 on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

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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.