Two of the most important aspects which can make a game, (and yet so often breaks them), are the narrative and the character. There have been titles which have been fun to play, but the over-arching story has been absolutely terrible, or the characterisations are so poor, that my overall experience of the game has…
Tag: XCOM
Massive Layoffs Hit 2K Marin
A large number of employees from developer 2K Marin, best known for their work on Bioshock 2 and more recently The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, have been laid off. A source confirmed to Polygon that a “majority” of the team has been let go. The only employees left unscathed are joining the newly formed Bay Area 2K…
XCOM: Enemy Within Too Large To Just Be DLC
Developer Firaxis Games has revealed, during an interview by Joystiq at Pax, that XCOM Enemy Unknown expansion Enemy Within is too “large” to be released as patch or as downloadable DLC. Enemy Within will only be released through retail discs for the 360 and PS3, as part of Enemy Unknown’s Commander Edition which is set…
Firaxis Announces XCOM Expansion: Enemy Within
XCOM will be getting a new DLC expansion to be called XCOM: Enemy Within, developer Firaxis announced today at Gamescom. XCOM: Enemy Within is intended to add a host of new content to the game. Players will now be able to genetically modify their soldiers, improving their hearts, brains and muscles in order to buff…
Update to XCOM Steam Achievements Hints at Add On
30 blank achievements were today added to the Steam version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, hinting at some sort of upcoming content. This follows an announcement last week by developer Firaxis, who confirmed that they were working on an unnamed project, which is to be unveiled at gamescom this year. A listing on the Korean ratings…
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Details Permadeath
2K have released another trailer for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, this time promoting the concept of permadeath. Accompanying the video is a blog post which details how agents in The Bureau can be killed through sloppy moves by the commander.\ When they get shot down, agents will have a set amount of time to bleed…
June Jackpot for Playstation Plus Users
I just recently got my hands on a PS3 and the Playstation Plus trial that came with it has really made me fall in love with the system. Up until the 12th of June you can nab LittleBigPlanet 2, Infamous 2 and MotorStorm Apocalypse as long as you have an active subscription. It is extremely affordable…
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Gameplay Debut
In an interview with VG24/7 2K Games today debuted the first gameplay from the upcoming Bureau, a third person take on the XCOM series. Graphically, the game features stylised graphics, particularly in terms of the face. However the art style still looks more realistic than that used in XCOM Enemy Unknown. The gameplay immediately dispels at least some of…
Top 15 Hottest Games Coming to PCs in 2012
2012 appears to be a really bad year – for our pockets – because we have what appears to be the best line-up of coming up games in recent times: we usually have 10 or so upcoming PC games to put on the wish list, but now there are at least 15 blazing hot titles…