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X-COM Makers' Mobile Monster Mash Conquers Hearts And Wallets Alike
There's quite a lot of extra content available for purchase in Haunted Hollow, the spooky new iOS strategy board game from Firaxis, creators of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Between new creatures to add to your arsenal and special item unlocks, you could spend upwards of $17 on the free-to-play game, but that'd be stupid — the season pass is only $7.99. Read more...
Haunted Hollow Demonstrates The Correct Way To Handle In-App Purchases
There's quite a lot of extra content available for purchase in Haunted Hollow, the spooky new iOS strategy board game from Firaxis, creators of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Between new creatures to add to your arsenal and special item unlocks, you could spend upwards of $17 on the free-to-play game, but that'd be stupid — the season pass is only $7.99. Read more...
That iOS Game From The Makers Of XCOM Is Out Today (And Free)
I love free things, especially when they are free strategy games from Firaxis, the development studio that brought us XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civilization V, among many other great games. Read more...
That XCOM FPS Isn't Dead. And It Isn't an FPS Anymore.
The XCOM we got last year wasn't supposed to be the one leading the rebirth of the beloved sci-fi strategy franchise. No, great as XCOM: Enemy Unknown was, it was a Johnny-come-lately. Back in 2010, there was another XCOM shown at E3, a game that re-imagined the humans-vs-aliens conflict as a first-person-shooter set in the 1960s. Show More Summary
The Guy Who Made The New XCOM Meets The Guy Who Made The First X-COM
This is pretty cool: Last week during the Game Developers Conference, Jake Solomon, designer of last year's XCOM: Enemy Unknown sat down with host Adam Sessler to chat with Julian Gollop, designer of 1994's X-COM: UFO Defense. Read more...
You'll Soon Be Able To Use XCOM Soldiers In Civilization V [UPDATE: Now with video]
Today Firaxis—the makers of both XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civilization V—announced that you can research something called the XCOM Project in your game of Civ V. More »
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Is Coming To The iPhone And iPad This Summer
Firaxis' summer is going to be quite busy. They just announced today at their PAX East panel that they'll be bringing the fantastic strategy game from the PC/consoles over to the iOS platform. More »
This Is What The First Playable Version Of XCOM: Enemy Unknown Looked Like
Today at Firaxis' panel at PAX East, the developers showed off the first version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown before it was scrapped for what you played last year. More »
Now You Can Recruit Your Facebook Friends To Fight (And Die) For You In XCOM
One of the best things about XCOM: Enemy Unknown is naming your squaddies after your friends. It's a lot of fun to tell people you know about their daring exploits in the battle against the aliens, and equally goofy to inform them of their heroic—or needless—deaths. (Of course, sometimes that second part can get weird.) More »
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is Kotaku's 2012 Game of the Year
The staff of Kotaku nominated nine games for 2012 Game of the Year. One game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, blew the competition away. More »
Why XCOM: Enemy Unknown Should Be Game of the Year
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Listen To The Surprisingly Chatty XCOM: Enemy Unknown Holiday Card
Christmas Joust is still my favorite 2012 video game-related holiday card, but I'm giving this XCOM: Enemy Unknown one second place. Watch the video with the sound on and you'll hear why. More »
Now You Can Memorialize Your Fallen XCOM Soldiers On Facebook
One of the neater (and sadder) aspects of the new XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the fact that your base comes with a built-in memorial wall for your fallen soldiers. It's a great idea, though the execution is only okay: You don't get to post a picture of the soldier, nor any info beyond their name and rank. More »
Creator of Original X-Com Thinks the New XCOM Is "Addictive and Absorbing"
No one was sure that XCOM: Enemy Unknown would please fans of the original X-Com. The remake's lead designer Jake Solomon counts himself amongst the devotees of Microprose's sci-fi strategy game and even he wasn't certain the team at Firaxis could recapture the appeal of the original. More »
XCOM Isn't A Horror Game, But It Sure Does Feel Like One
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn based strategy game...or is it? While I acknowledge that I am a grade-A wuss in all things frightening, XCOM can still feel scary—almost like a horror game. More »
XCOM: Enemy Unknown's First DLC Takes The Alien Fight to China
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is getting something new with its Slingshot DLC: a self-contained story. More »
Clever Modders Are Already Dissecting XCOM: Enemy Unknown [Xcom]
One of the best things I saw last week over at Nexusmods.com (where I go to get all my Skyrim and Fallout mods, dontcha know) was the news that they'd added a page for XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Yes! More »
XCOM Isn't Dumbed Down For Consoles, It's Smartened Up [Xcom]
Every time a classic PC game is moved over to consoles, we tend to hear the same worries: It's been dumbed down; it's oversimplifed, rendered toothless and worthless. When XCOM: Enemy Unknown was released on both PC and consoles, it would have been easy to jump to the same conclusions. More »
The Music, Monkeys, And Gardening Tools That Make XCOM's Enemies Sound So Fearsome [Video]
I hate Mutons. If you play XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you probably hate them too. The big, green, ape-like aliens are the shock troopers of the invasion, and they will make you cry. They'll flank and shellack your team, lob grenades into places you thought were safe, and cut down your most beloved veterans in a heartbeat. Show More Summary
Show Us Your XCOM Squad [Show Us]
I sincerely hope you guys are all playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown right now. Yeah, Dishonored is great. But XCOM, man… this game has been keeping me up until 3 in the morning night after night. It's amazing. More »