A year after its launch on PC and consoles, Firaxis Games’ mesmerizing XCOM: Enemy Within is finally making its way to mobile devices. Its earlier iteration, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, worked spectacularly when it hit smartphones and tablets, making it one of the more memorable ports to mobile. Aside from ...
XCOM: Enemy Unknown could have been brilliant. Firaxis’ reboot was sleek, fun and drew a wide audience, yet certain design decisions left the game feeling flawed. Those frustrations, compounded by the lack of a free play mode, made the game’s appeal fade faster than it should. Here comes XCOM: ...
We covered the new additions to the friendly roster in Part I last week. Fun as they sound, it just wouldn’t be an XCOM game if the enemy didn’t get their own batch of shiny new toys to rain death and destruction with. It’s time to take a look ...
After sinking a good chunk of time into the preview build of XCOM: Enemy Within, it’s time to take a look at the new units you’ll encounter when the expansion goes live in mid-November. The death tally has risen to seven so far, so make good use of the ...
Firaxis has a long tradition of releasing expansions, the purposes of which are normally twofold: to add new content and to improve on the old. XCOM: Enemy Within sticks with the formula, wheeling our attentions back to the clandestine fight for survival against alien invaders. Only this time, it’s not just ...
Not many do expansions these days but trust 2K and Firaxis to keep up with an appreciated tradition. XCOM: Enemy Within will be building upon the excellent Enemy Unknown of last year, adding a host of new content that would test veteran and new commanders alike. Let’s address the ...