All Stories Tagged: Firaxis Games, Page 10

Firaxis has now put up a demo for its Civilization V "Gods and Kings" expansion.

The Game Critics Awards have finally been determined, and Naughty Dog has come on top with The Last of Us.

How exactly can one sell a turn-based tactical game to the E3 audience, who clap and roar because they recognise a character in a video game? The approach taken by XCOM: Enemy Unknown is pretending you're something else entirely with a very flashy E3 trailer.

Firaxis is cutting out Civilization V's existing mod browsing system to slip in Valve's sleek and chic Steam Workshop. As in Portal 2 and Skyrim, it'll let you easily peruse, download, rate, and submit mods through your browser or the Steam client.

Civilization V is getting a free Steam weekend, along with a 75% off sale on the game and its associated downloadable content.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an incredibly tense, gripping strategy game, where every decision feels like it matters. In other words, it's wonderful.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be available on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on October 9th. In addition, 2K Games is offering a special edition of Enemy Unknown to PC gamers.

In a recent interview, X-Com: Enemy Unknown producer Garth DeAngelis talks about balancing challenge with accessibility, the renaissance of difficulty in games, and making the turn-based strategy game appeal to core fans and newcomers.

The PC edition of XCOM: Enemy Unknown will have its own "unique" UI rather than the controller button-y interface shown so far, and Firaxis plans to support mods too.

XCOM Enemy Unknown features randomly selected levels and procedurally generated layouts that make it "impossible" to see everything the game has to offer on one playthrough.