XCOM 2 News

XCOM is "the one thing that works" in tactical games, Paradox executive says

Turn-based strategy games and tactical RPGs come and go, but XCOM is forever. At least, it can certainly feel that way. It's been more than eight years since Firaxis unleashed XCOM 2 on the world, and almost six since the arrival of its masterful War of the Chosen expansion. Since then, we've seen some excellent contenders in the space - the likes of Gears Tactics, Battletech, and Warhammer 40k Battlesector come to mind - but none have become quite the cultural phenomenon that XCOM is. In the wake of its own attempt, I asked Paradox deputy CEO Mattias Lilja about trying to compete with such established titans.

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XCOM 2 is just $3 on Steam for a day—cheaper than the bus I took into work this morning, or 1/5th of a World of Warcraft subscription

XCOM 2 is such a good game that I feel strange doing my due diligence to explain it to the unfamiliar—but in case you've not heard of Firaxis' turn-based tactics masterpiece, let me lay the grid out for you...
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I love that Jake Solomon is following his life sim passions, but just give me a minute to mourn XCOM

Jake Solomon is one of those developers you just jump at the chance to interview. He's so full of passion for the work he does that you can't help but walk away just as jazzed as he is. Especially because you know it isn't all talk—that same passion shines through in the games he's taken the lead on...
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XCOM 2 was originally going to give you giant mechs

XCOM 2 War of the Chosen is an essential upgrade to one of the best strategy games on PC, but it was originally going to be quite different. The game's director, Jake Solomon, who parted ways with developer Firaxis in February 2023, reveals that the original vision was completely different from what we got, with giant mechs more akin to those of Titanfall 2, Battletech, and Into the Breach, but it simply didn't work in practice.

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Two 9/10 strategy games brave their biggest Steam discounts ever

We write about strategy games a lot at PCGamesN. We love the genre, and you love getting some of the best it has to offer on the cheap, but I know some of you have seen our stories on XCOM 2 and Marvel's Midnight Suns and thought "I'll get 'em next time." Well, the next time is here, and both of the games are also at a historical low on Steam. So now's your chance.

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