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XCOM 2 lead producer discusses what happened to Central Officer Bradford

He was one of the central characters of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but what ended up happening to Central Officer Bradford? XCOM 2 lead producer Garth DeAngelis explains during a recent livestream.

Ozzie Mejia

July 2, 2015 1:25 PM

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Those that have played through the events of XCOM: Enemy Unknown may be curious to know what happened to one of the game's central characters. What happened to Central Office Bradford, who helped create the XCOM division in the first place?

"He's older, he's more grizzled, he's more hardened and he's been sort of wandering aimlessly," explains lead producer Garth DeAngelis. "He didn't get captured by the aliens. He didn't fall under the aliens' sway, but he's been living on the periphery - on the run - with remnants of a resistance movement. He hasn't had motivation until the inciting incident of XCOM 2, which the player will have to learn about when playing the game. But there's a very cool reason why XCOM wants to redeem humanity."

That leads into a full breakdown of last week's E3 2015 trailer, as well as more information on Bradford from the game's developers. That full video can be found below. XCOM 2 is set to hit PC this November.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?