XCOM (Extraterrestrial Combat) is a science fiction video game franchise originally created by Mythos Games and MicroProse. In the modern era, the series has been rebooted by 2K Games under the studio Firaxis Games. XCOM typically revolves around a mysterious international organization tasked with dealing with alien invasions. The games are tactical in nature and are known for randomly generated and customizable squad members.
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The XCOM franchise has been long-running and it's much beloved by strategy fans, but which title is the best of the bunch so far?
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen introduces seemingly countless new gameplay additions and changes for the deep tactical strategy game - but do the pieces all fit together?
XCOM 2's newly announced War of the Chosen expansion is so massive in scope that the content actually almost become XCOM 3 instead of an expansion pack.
Firaxis Games announces the largest XCOM expansion pack ever with XCOM 2: War Of The Chosen, which introduces massive changes across all areas of the game.
Firaxis Games announces that Pavonis Interactive will be releasing Long War 2 for XCOM 2, a follow up to the original XCOM's most popular modification.
Firaxis Games releases a patch which finally brings controller support to the the PC version of XCOM 2, along with a few bug fixes and a camera update.
After a fan tweets to renowned game designers Ken Levine and Jake Solomon about wanting a game that's a mixture of XCOM and Freedom Force, both designers respond enthusiastically.
2K Games reveals that XCOM 2 will be releasing for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and offers fans a specific release date for when the game will be available.
2K community manager Dave Hinkle announces a new hot fix for XCOM 2 which aims to fix performance and framerate issues along with a game breaking glitch in the tutorial level.
The Best War Games takes a look at the cliffhanger ending of XCOM 2, which provides a huge hint about where the series will be heading in the future. There will be spoilers!
Firaxis continues its excellent work on the XCOM franchise with XCOM 2, a game that improves upon all the elements of its predecessor and delivers a phenomenal strategic experience.
With a resurgence of permanent death mechanics in video games over recent years, we take a look at ten of the best permadeath video games of all time.
Firaxis Games announces the unfortunate delay of the upcoming XCOM 2 from November of this year to February 5th, 2016, so that they can continue polishing the game.
Firaxis Games shows off their E3 2015 gameplay video for XCOM 2, which follows a squad of soldiers on a sabotage mission that packs plenty of brutal surprises.
