We all know XCOM is the gold standard for modern turn-based strategy games. The nail-biting thrill of hoping your alien oppressors miss that next shot; the long-term planning, recruitment, and base ...

Built by a former Total War developer, a new RTS game, boasting gorgeous throwback visuals and tense combat, feels like the unofficial XCOM 2 spin-off we've always wanted. But while it has a similar ...

You’d be forgiven for mistaking the new XCOM: Enemy Unknown launch trailer for a Halo Reach 2 teaser. It’s a slick, one minute, 38 second guns-and-aliens action brief — a festival of body armor, ...

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...

When it comes to turn-based tactics, there's still one undisputed king of the genre: XCOM. If you've never experienced its brand of tense, alien-killing strategy before—or if there's a game or two in ...

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