The Bureau: XCOM Declassified review: potential unknown
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified shows the potential to be a mixture of third-person shooting and tactical XCOM strategy, but winds up falling short in both departments.
READ MORE >XCOM: Enemy Within encourages less conservative play
XCOM: Enemy Within lead designer Ananda Gupta explains how obtaining the new "meld" currency is designed to encourage more risky play, as conservative players won't gain as much from exploring the map.
READ MORE >"I think this is the right direction if they can pull it off. There really was no downside to ..."
see all 5 commentsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified live-action web series, from beginning to end
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has been hosting a live-action web series, which concluded today and paved the way for the game's launch.
READ MORE >"Wow. If the game's story is anything like those videos it'll be a great atmosphere."
see all 5 commentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown's new achievements hint at expansion
A large set of blank Steam achievements seems to imply new XCOM: Enemy Unknown content is on the way.
READ MORE >"I really hope they add a lot of stuff to base management rather than just add a bunch of ..."
see all 7 commentsHangoverX teaches you the tactics of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Get ready for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified with this cute Flash mini-game called HungoverX.
READ MORE >New XCOM game in the works, 2K Games confirms
2K Games has announced plans to announce a new XCOM game at Gamescom. It'll likely be XCOM: Enemy Within for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
READ MORE >"Well I'm excited. Hopefully it has terror from the deep inspiration, given the story of it and ..."
see all 24 commentsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified experimented with a top-down view
Perhaps no game has been so drastically--and so visibly--changed in recent memory than The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. As the team was iterating on the game, they even transformed the game into a top-down strategy game at one point--a brief experiment that 2K Marin tried (and...
READ MORE >The Bureau: XCOM Declassified drops radial wheel for PC version
The PC version of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified drops the radial wheel when playing with mouse and keyboard. It's a rather dramatic change that takes some time to get used to, but ends up being a rather smart way of adapting the controls for players that refuse to use a game...
READ MORE >"yeah I played bastion with a controller, using big picture, worked great. but for FPS, give me ..."
see all 11 comments'The transition' of The Bureau: making XCOM Declassified a more tactical shooter
"We're trying to make a more skillful game that requires more than just run and gun," XCOM Declassified's creative director told us. "We decided if the player obscenely uses tactics and his agents, there should be the possibility that you can beat certain fights without pers...
READ MORE >"Three player tactical Co-op where you don't just run and gun and actually have to think about ..."
see all 12 commentsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified trailer is more tactics than shooter
A new trailer for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified shows off its strategy roots, as the player proceeds through an enemy encounter without ever firing a single shot.
READ MORE >"That's what I was looking forward to. I can understand them switching it back to the roots of ..."
see all 17 commentsMobile review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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Firaxis and 2K have released the long-awaited iOS version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Does it hold a candle to its PC and console brothers?
READ MORE >"Just got it, little sluggish but otherwise spot on to the Xbox/pc. I'm on an iPad 2 16gb"
see all 4 commentsInterview: Why XCOM: Enemy Unknown is such a 'good fit' for mobile
We chatted with Jake Solomon, lead designer of XCOM: Enemy Unknown about the upcoming iOS version, and what it means for the future of 2K.
READ MORE >"Its a good fit for mobile, but not my WiiU?! Thats bananas man."
see all 8 commentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown iOS preview: made for mobile
After spending some time with XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the iPad, it's safe to say that the game for iOS feels like a match that was meant to be.
READ MORE >"until I saw the bank draft which said $7529, I didnt believe that...my... friends brother woz ..."
see all 17 commentsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified video looks at agency's origin, tactics
XCOM: Enemy Unknown built on the premise of a modern day UFO agency designed to hunt down and eliminate alien threats. But a new video for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified delves into how developer 2K Marin envisioned the creation of that clandestine organization back in the 19...
READ MORE >The Bureau: XCOM Declassified preview: mash effect
XCOM as it is today can be best summed up as this: Mass Effect, set in the 60s.
READ MORE >"Yeah I hope for this too - I loved the story in 1 and 2 but Combat rated a 5 or 6 for me. Big ..."
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