XCOM: Enemy Unknown Revealed
There are tons of fans out there who stand beside the XCOM series of strategy games, but when a reboot of the series was announced, some fans were more than skeptical. A reboot is set to be a first-person shooter title, though for some time this is all we knew. This new one? It’s going to head back to the roots of the genre.
The reboot has officially been confirmed, and it will be called XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It’s under development by Firaxis Games, the same team responsible for the Civilization series. Game Informer revealed the cover of their upcoming issue, which sports the game. According to the site, this issue will jump right into the game’s “destructible tactical environments, interaction between the real-time strategic view and the turn-based combat, and how the XCOM organization improves its capabilities as the war rages on.”
Steve Martin, president of Firaxis Games, had this to say about the announcement:
“It’s been a dream of ours to recreate X-COM with our unique creative vision. We’re huge fans of the original game and it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to re-envision a game that is as beloved as X-COM. We were careful to keep XCOM: Enemy Unknown true to the elements that made X-COM such a revered game while delivering an entirely new story and gameplay experience for both die-hard X-COM fans and newcomers to the franchise.”
XCOM: Enemy Unknown will release this fall, and it’ll land on the PS3, PC, and Xbox 360. I’m looking forward to seeing it, and if you are, be looking out for the next issue of Game Informer. With a new story and new gameplay elements, this could be an XCOM game that will please fans yet.
[Update: Corrected the mix-up, thanks to Spold.]
