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In the latest installment of his PC Gamer column The Gollop Chamber, Snapshot Games' Julian Gollop talks about the use of RNG...

Snapshot Games' Julian Gollop who is currently working on Phoenix Point, an XCOM-like game with a Lovecraftian twist, now als...

In a new interview with PC Gamer, Snapshot Games' Julian Gollop discusses Phoenix Point, an XCOM-like game he's currently wor...

Julian Gollop, the original creator of X-COM, is currently working on Phoenix Point, a spiritual successor to the X-COM serie...

Whether you like the innovations Firaxis has brought to the XCOM series or not, there's no denying that their games are widel...

A PlayStation Vita port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Firaxis' re-imagining of Microprose's 1994 turn-based strategy title that rec...

Gamasutra has interviewed Firaxis creative director Jake Solomon about the influence of the Long War mod for XCOM: Enemy Unkn...

PC Gamer has published a video that compares XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its upcoming sequel XCOM 2, with the aim of showcasing t...

Long War is arguably the most popular mod for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, known for both its heightened difficulty and its expansion...

I can't say I know anyone that is particularly interested in the fiction that surrounds the turn-based tactical battles of XC...

A listing for a PlayStation Vita port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, titled simply XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus, has surfaced on the ESR...

XCOM's fiction isn't the main draw for those games, but that doesn't mean that there aren't people that are interested in its...

2K Games has recently been teasing us with this ADVENT website that currently shows a countdown that'll expire tomorrow, and ...

Firaxis has published a video recording of a panel on the art direction of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, coming directly from Firaxico...

I have often seen Firaxis' take on the X-Com formula compared to a board game, so I'm not at all surprised to see that Fantas...

Android users might be happy to know that a port for their mobile platform of choice of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now available ...

Twitter is apparently the venue Firaxis has chosen to announce that XCOM: Enemy Unknown is coming "soon" to Android, specific...

To help facilitate some new concept art of the cut "Venomorph" alien and "Infiltrator" class up on the official XCOM Facebook...

Those of you who enjoyed XCOM: Enemy Unknown last year will be happy to hear that the game's expansion, Enemy Within, has jus...

We've rounded up the first reviews for XCOM: Enemy Unknown's first and potentially last expansion, Enemy Within, which seems ...

We have rounded up a couple of additional XCOM: Enemy Within previews, starting from this interesting sort-of-let's-play from...

A few previews have gone live for XCOM: Enemy Within, based on some hands-on time with a preview build of the expansions to F...

In case you want to know more about EXALT, the enemy human organization introduced in XCOM: Enemy Within, you'll want to read...

New Statesman's Phil Hartup has an interesting comparison article that puts XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Xenonauts (both obviously...

2K Games, along with the help of their community representative, has prepared a new walkthrough video narrated by Firaxis' Pe...

While the original XCOM: Enemy Unknown would save its random number seed, making save scumming all but impossible, its expans...

GameSpot is offering a community Q&A with journalists Kevin VanOrd and Maximillian McGee on XCOM: Enemy Within, based on thei...

Some more previews have popped up for the XCOM expansion Enemy Within, focused on some recently revealed new enemies, the riv...

It looks like XCOM: Enemy Within will introduce a new human threat to the gameplay mix of the original XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a...

Firaxis' Enemy Within expansion pack for XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the subject of two new previews, including a relatively short...

PC Gamer's Tom Senior has penned a 2-page preview for XCOM: Enemy Within, based on a hands-on gameplay session with the expan...

Firaxis' Ananda Gupta, who's currently the lead designer on XCOM: Enemy Within, has talked with Rock, Paper, Shotgun about th...

The Escapist is offering an article-style interview for XCOM: Enemy Within, the expansion to last year's reboot of Microprose...

VG247 has published a new video interview for the upcoming XCOM: Enemy Within expansion to Enemy Unknown, in which Firaxis se...

Firaxis' lead designer Ananda Gupta has penned a developer blog post to describe one of the new enemies added by the XCOM: En...

In what is easily the best indication of what to expect from the "weapons, abilities, and challenges" in Firaxis' forthcoming...

2K Games and Firaxis' upcoming XCOM: Enemy Within expansion pack is the subject of a new Q&A over at NowGamer, with the topic...

Talking with Joystiq, XCOM: Enemy Within senior producer Garth De Angelis explained the reason they went for a stand-alone re...

There's a new hands-on XCOM: Enemy Within preview over at Kotaku, which offers some impressions on a combat scenario spiced u...

To give us a better idea of what their XCOM: Enemy Within expansion pack will have to offer when it launches on November 12th...

There's a new hands-on preview for XCOM: Enemy Within, the expansion to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, over at The Escapist, and, as wi...

There's an interesting interview with XCOM: Enemy Within's lead Anand Gupta over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun, which covers the ne...

We have rounded up a few previews for the upcoming XCOM: Enemy Within, the recently announced expansion pack for Firaxis' 201...

There's a new XCOM: Enemy Within article-style interview over at Games.on.net, with quotes from senior designer Ananda Gupta,...

Some interviews and previews for the recently-announced expansion to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, titled Enemy Within, are starting t...

Just as we were promised, today we got an announcement for XCOM: Enemy Within, which is, as it turns out, an expansion to Fir...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown has recently got a new set of achievements with placeholder graphics and text, which seem to add fuel to ...

Computer and Videogames recently spotted some listings for XCOM: Enemy Within on the South Korean Game Rating Board (GRB). Th...

In case you're wondering how well XCOM: Enemy Unknown plays and looks on an iOS touch device, you'll probably want to watch t...

It looks like the Mac edition of Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown has been made available on Steam, as a Steamplay title. For peo...

The teams at 2K Games and Firaxis let us know that they've released XCOM: Enemy Unknown on Apple's iOS platform at a price of...

Those of you looking forward to getting in some portable strategy/RPG action will be happy to learn that 2K and Firaxis' XCOM...

Owners of Apple devices might want to check out some recent coverage of the upcoming iOS port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a remai...

The Mac port for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, handled by Feral Interactive, has been released, and can be found either on Feral's own...

Frankly I find it sad that the mobile/tablet market is in such a state that I have to report this as news, but anyway, talkin...

While I'm sure not everyone will agree that the XCOM: Enemy Unknown team managed to "overcome the accessibility stigma", this...

Rev3Games's YouTube channel has a round-table interview Adam Sessler held at this year's GDC with X-COM: UFO Defense's direct...

After Firaxis teased a new XCOM project, PC Gamer put together a wishlist for an eventual new XCOM title. Here's a sampling:I...

The Feral Interactive-developed Mac port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown has finally gotten a release date: April 25th. Here's the ful...

Kotaku brings us news that Firaxis has teased their "next big project" at their PAX East panel this weekend, and there's no n...

Polygon is reporting that an iOS version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is currently in development, and will be released this Summer...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is getting a Mac port with all the DLC and updates released so far, according to a press release from pub...

Polygon is offering a very comprehensive and very interesting feature on XCOM: Enemy Unknown's development, seen through the ...

While I noticed it only now, the second part of Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Alec Meer interview with Firaxis' Jake Solomon on XCOM...

EDGE is offering a snippet of a recent interview they had with Firaxis' lead designer Jake Solomon, in which Jake reveals tha...

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has been regularly chatting with XCOM: Enemy Unknown's lead designer Jake Solomon ever since the game wa...

The release of a new patch that includes the "second wave" options that had been uncovered by modders in the game's code at r...

2K Games and Firaxis have just released the newest update to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, their recent (and highly successful) turn...

For what is presumably his last WRPG-focused column of the year, Rowan Kaiser takes a look at the RPG genre and how it fared ...

In case you're looking forward to more XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you should be aware that the Slingshot Content Pack DLC has been ...

While I can't seemingly find an official press release just yet, various websites have got some additional info, including pr...

In case you wanted to read what Julian Gollop thought of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the remake of "his" X-COM: UFO Defense, or want...

Wired.com has turned their attention to the concept of permadeath in video games, with the primary focus of the article being...

Should you be willing to read an additional critique for Firaxis' latest, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the remake of the beloved 1994...

There's an article-style interview with XCOM: Enemy Unknown producer Garth DeAngelis up on VentureBeat today, during which th...

Users on 2K Games' official forum are reporting that the previously-announced update for XCOM: Enemy Unknown is deploying tod...

There's an article-style interview with Firaxis executive producer Garth DeAngelis ready for consumption over at IGN, with th...

2K and Firaxis have published the changelog of the second patch for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which they expect to release soon on...

If you haven't caught a glimpse yet of either Borderlands 2 or XCOM: Enemy Unknown lately, well, you're probably in the minor...

bit-tech's David Hing has penned a short editorial examining the demo version of Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Although I pe...

The dash-missing XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the subject of a new editorial on The Sinepost regarding the game's usage of probabil...

Kotaku has an article-style interview with Firaxis producer Garth DeAngelis on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and the similarities betw...

Kotaku has a brief editorial-like piece on the recently released XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and how it supposedly feels almost like...

Jay 'Rampant Coyote' Barnson has penned an article on the current state of the industry and the resurgence of old genres such...

While there's no official press release available out just yet, a number of websites, such as GameSpy have had the chance to ...

Those of you on the fence about a purchase of 2K and Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown might want to check out the full five-page ...

There are few PC games with such stalwart fans as UFO: Enemy Unknown, or, by its more well-known title, X-COM: UFO Defense. ...

GameInformer is offering a brief editorial on permadeath mechanics and why they're such a requested and well-liked feature, u...

While it doesn't focus on full-blooded RPGs this time around, Rowan Kaiser's latest column still concerns them tangentially, ...

Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander has penned an article-style interview with producer Garth DeAngelis on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, speci...

In case you're interested in hearing the opinion of Quarter to Three's Tom Chick on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you will be pleased ...

GameInformer has penned a wishlist-type editorial concerning hypothetical DLC expansions for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, asking for ...

The editors at EDGE have been obviously impressed by Firaxis' adaptation of the classic X-COM gameplay to consoles, and have ...

The randomization in XCOM: Enemy Unknown is what TIME's Matt Peckham has chosen to dedicate an article about, with the additi...

An early PC patch has been released for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, fixing a few bugs and adding a few new features such as...

We have rounded up another batch of (positive) reviews for Firaxis' latest title, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which attempts to upho...

The Penny Arcade Report's Ben Kuchera has penned a piece concerning the possible consequences of the success (or lack thereof...

The first verdicts for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Firaxis' attempt to reboot (or, I guess, "re-imagine") the classic X-COM series i...

While the first review is already out, we will have to wait until Monday to read the first batch of online reviews for XCOM: ...

The first review for Firaxis' multiplatform-but-still-turn-based reimagining of the original X-COM, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, has ...

To drum up a little extra excitement for XCOM: Enemy Unknown's October 9th release, the team at Firaxis has released a new 98...

Between a new "quick look" video over at Giant Bomb and a video interview on GameSpy, we score a considerable amount of gamep...

We have rounded up a couple of recent previews for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a multiplatform "re-imagining" of X-COM: UFO...

In the event that you want to take Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown for a spin, but don't want to wait for the demo to download o...

GameTrailers is offering 19-minute long mission walkthrough of a mission from the upcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a "reimaginin...

Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Alec Meer clearly feels that XCOM: Enemy Unknown's demo doesn't do a good job at representing the full...

Rock, Paper, Shotgun is offering a list-type preview for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which echoes their previous, positive ...

I'm not sure if there has ever been official word that a demo would be released in the first place for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, m...

With the help of Firaxis' Jake Solomon, Bitmob has assembled a list of combat-ready units and "all-star" squads that we'll li...

Joystiq is hosting a four-minute video that demonstrates just how far the X-COM series has come (and video game technology as...

Joystiq is offering an 8-minute long video walkthrough of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, based on the PC preview code they've been play...

Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Adam Smith has penned a hands-on preview for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, based on his forty hours spent so fa...

PC World is offering a seemingly hands-on preview for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, based on the build that has been showcase...

Rock, Paper, Shotgun is offering the second part of the XCOM: Enemy Unknown interview with lead designer Jake Solomon, which ...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon shows off some of the late game aliens we'll be encountering, how our squad me...

A post to the official XCOM: Enemy Unknown website reveals that the pre-order madness for Firaxis' turn-based strategy/RPG ha...

Rock, Paper, Shotgun's interviews with Jake Solomon, lead designer on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, have become a staple of their cove...

Press2Reset is offering what looks like a hands-on preview for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a multi-platform "re-imagining" ...

MTV Multiplayer has cranked out an article-style interview with XCOM: Enemy Unknown designer and programmer Jacob Solomon, in...

The editors over at VG247 are offering their very own preview for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the majority of which focuses on the...

Joystiq has an article on the "unknown parts" of Firaxis' upcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the little mechanics and details we'v...

Courtesy of a more-than-one-hour long livestream yesterday, now available in recorded form on Twitch.tv, we can get what is p...

There's a new "Casualties of War" trailer for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown taking up space in our YouTube channel this evenin...

PC Gamer is offering a multiplayer-focused hands-on preview for Firaxis' strategy/RPG "re-imagining" XCOM: Enemy Unknown, whi...

We've gotten our hands on three new screenshots showcasing the head-to-head multiplayer mode that Firaxis is adding to XCOM: ...

The recently announced multiplayer mode for XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the focus of GamesRadar preview on the title, and it's a f...

GameSpot has gone hands-on with XCOM: Enemy Unknown's multiplayer mode, taking a close look at the changes made to fit the cl...

To complement a handful of new concept art from XCOM: Enemy Unknown, GamesRadar chatted up project art director Greg Foertsch...

1UP has cranked out an interview with XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon and lead producer Garth DeAngelis, durin...

A few previews have popped up today for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and they bring some interesting details on Firaxis' turn-based s...

30 seconds' worth of in-game cinematics and gameplay footage roll in this new "Last Stand" trailer for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy U...

Those of you who intend to pre-order a copy of Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown should pay attention to this thread on the 2K Gam...

Pointing to the forthcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown as a prime example that turn-based systems are here to stay, CNN spotlights "...

Several more previews of XCOM: Enemy Unknown have reached the web, courtesy of what was shown of Firaxis' promising turn-base...

Just when I thought my anticipation level for Firaxis' turn-based strategy/RPG remake XCOM: Enemy Unknown had started to plat...

Between a recent press event in Australia and 2K's pre-E3 demonstrations, Firaxis' forthcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown has been g...

We have rounded up a few more previews and a new interview for Firaxis' turn-based strategy/RPG XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which on...

In the second XCOM: Enemy Unknown "deep dive" developer diary video to come out of Firaxis Games, we learn all about the base...

The revelation that XCOM: Enemy Unknown will ship on October 9th and have a PC-only special edition isn't the only good news ...

2K Games has announced the release date and a PC-only "Special Edition" for Firaxis' turn-based strategy/RPG XCOM: Enemy Unkn...

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has whipped up another interview with XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon, and this time the ...

The latest episode of GT.TV features a video interview with Firaxis' Jake Solomon about their forthcoming strategy/RPG XCOM: ...

A second developer diary video for XCOM: Enemy Unknown is here, with this entry taking us into Firaxis' headquarters for a Q&...

A couple more previews based on a hands-off presentation at PAX East and a new interview are now available for Firaxis' "reim...

In the event that you weren't lucky enough to check out Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown firsthand on the show floor of PAX East ...

The folks at Gematsu had the chance to chat with lead producer Garth DeAngelis at PAX East and have now published the results...

In another one of their "Hit Points" video previews, GameTrailers covers all of the pertinent details we need to know about F...

Eurogamer is offering a preview for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown based on a hands-off presentation of the 'reimagining' of th...

Rock, Paper, Shotgun is offering a lengthy interview with XCOM: Enemy Unknown's lead designer Jake Solomon. Among the topics ...

PC Gamer had the chance to chat with XCOM: Enemy Unknown's lead designer Jake Solomon during a visit at Firaxis and brings so...

Some members of the press had a chance to witness a hands-off presentation of Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, their 're-imagini...

In this first "Deep Dive" developer diary video for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, lead programmer Casey O'Toole and lead desi...

Firaxis' lead designer Jake Solomon has saw fit to type a forum post in which he tries to clarify the reasons behind some des...

IGN has penned up a list of gaming franchises/series that changed beyond recognition, which includes four franchises we have ...

We've already seen quite a few screenshots from Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but up until recently, they've been exclusive t...

CVG is next in line to give Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown the preview treatment, though its short length doesn't leave much ro...

The third and final installment to Rock, Paper, Shotgun's interview with X-COM: Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon is n...

A couple of new articles of interest are available for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown this morning, and they're both second ins...

The first installment to a new multi-part interview with XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon is up at Rock, Paper,...

Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the subject of another hands-off preview, and this time it comes to us via Hooked Gamers. Th...

Two new features have made their appearance in GameInformer's hub for Firaxis' XCOM reboot, the first being a video interview...

GameInformer has a video interview with Sid Meier, for the latest feature of their virtual hub dedicated to XCOM: Enemy Unkno...

Edge Online has cranked out an interesting two-page interview with Julian Gollop, whom many of you will recall as the origina...

The latest features published by GameInformer on Firaxis' X-COM strategy reboot XCOM: Enemy Unknown are a video interview abo...

In case "X-COM" and "proper genre" is not reason enough for you to be interested, the folks at Game Informer have put togethe...

The latest feature added to GameInformer XCOM: Enemy Unknown online hub is a video interview of about 4 minutes and a half wi...

Thanks to the combined transcribing efforts of the folks at NeoGAF and the 2K Games forums those of us who didn't have the ch...

Game Informer has released the very first details and video interview for Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a 're-imagining" whic...

Fans of the classic X-COM games - who were dismayed by the announcement and details from the tepid-looking XCOM shooter from ...