Macintosh publisher announces XCOM: Enemy Unknown for Linux and SteamOS, set to be released this summer. Feral Interactive, a publisher known for releasing games on Macintosh platforms, has announced that they will be bringing XCOM: Enemy Unknown and all its add-on content to Linux and SteamOS this summer. The game, originally published by 2K, will be the first game Feral Interactive has ever rele...
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The Games Developers Conference 2013 organisers have announced that they are planning AI postmortems of Assassin’s Creed III and XCOM Enemy Unknown. The conference will be held Monday-Tuesday, March 25th – 29th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The AI Summit has been organised with the aid of the AI Game Programmers Guild.The Summit promises to give attendees an inside look at key arc...
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The British Academy Games Awards 2013 results are in with Journey winning big with five awards. The Walking Dead and The Unfinished Swan both won two awards; Dishonored was also awarded best game. The show was once again hosted by Dara O’ Briain and supported by official partner GAME. Journey, the indie game developed by Thatgamecompany won five of the eight categories in which it was nominated. J...
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2K Games and Firaxis Games announced today that the Slingshot Content Pack DLC for XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now available to purchase for Windows PC, Xbox360, and PlayStation 3. The new content will set you back $6.99 USD/ 560 Microsoft Points. Here’s what 2K and Firaxis Games had to say about the new content: “With the Slingshot Content Pack, players will meet an enigmatic Triad operative, divert a...
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2K Games and Firaxis have jointly announced that XCOM: Enemy Unknown will receive two pieces of single player add on content. The DLC will be available to purchase on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. In addition to these two add-on content packs, the Elite Soldier Pack, which was free to those who pre-ordered XCOM: Enemy Unknown or purchased the game at launch, is now available for purchase. The Sl...
Read More »2K and Firaxis Games announced that XCOM: Enemy Unknown is available in North America today and will be available internationally on October 12th for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. Apparently Game Informer went ahead and gave XCOM: Enemy Unknown a 9.5 out of 10 in addition to giving it “Game of the Month” honors for its November issue. I’m sure there was a lot of hand-wringing over t...
Read More »MCM expo London Comic-Con returns to Excel London on October 26-28, 2012. This year’s event will bring a fantastic line up of special guests, videogames, comics, sci-fi, anime, & cosplay to entertain the shows 60,000 plus visitors. Below are some of the first announcements for Britain’s biggest pop-culture festival. Special Guests Doctor Who's Matt ...
Read More »The turn-based strategy sequel fans have wanted for the XCOM franchise is nearly a month away, and is now accepting pre-orders. I'm looking at the launch of XCOM: Enemy Unknown with some mixed thoughts. On one hand I love a great turn-based game that has a great strategic depth and RPG elements. Based on what I've seen and heard, the XCOM series seems to deliver all of my tur...
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