Goldhawk has re-opened pre-orders for Xenonauts, its "indie spiritual successor to X-Com," at a new lower price of $20, after Paypal froze its account last month. As is oh so popular nowadays, pre-ordering gets you instant access to development builds.

Pre-orders have now switched to digital distributor Desura [via PC Gamer]. When the game launches, you'll be able to collect a Steam or Desura key for it, but until then, you can play a development build.

Paypal froze Goldhawk's account, and the $4,300 in it, last month, leaving the indie developer strapped for crash.

This is certainly not the first time Paypal has caused problems for an indie developer. Project Zomboid had its account frozen for the same reason as Xenonauts--selling a product which doesn't quite exist yet--while the sheer volume of Minecraft pre-orders sent the online payment processor into lockdown.

While X-Com property owner 2K Games has turned the classic turn-based tactical series as first-person shooter XCOM, Xenonauts is sticking far closer to the source. Goldhawk says that though "core mechanics remain similar," it's not actually a remake as "much has changed or been updated." Presumably this protestation is to help cover its back legally, too.

If you pre-ordered Xenonauts at the old price of $30, you can either get a $10 refund or be upgraded to the new Premium Edition, which offers a custom forum badge and title plus "other possible unannounced goodies."