2K and Firaxis Games have announced XCOM 2 is being hit with a three-month delay as it’s slipped from a November release to a February 5, 2016 release.

According to the XCOM website, Firaxis has set a high bar for the sequel to 2012’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown, saying the studio needs a little more time to “make it the best possible game.” The developer wants XCOM 2 to have more depth, more replayability, and more investment in your soldiers and it hopes to do just that now that it has the additional time.

Firaxis has been releasing new information for XCOM 2 over the past few months as we've seen the game in action during its E3 2015 presentation and we also saw a new demo during Gamescom. The game appeared to be shaping up the be a sequel fans of the original game could look forward to, and with today's delay, we're sure Firaxis will be putting as much into the game as they believe to be necessary.