X-COM: UFO Defense holds a fond place in any true PC gamer's heart. This squad-based strategy title was awesome for so many reasons. It was incredibly in-depth for its time (even more so than most games today), its slowly unfolding storyline gave you the sense that you were up against overwhelming odds without ever being frustrating, and the individual battles -- in part because of the game's turn based engine -- served up a tension and suspense that we've experienced in no game since (there's nothing quite like the feeling of opening a door and seeing an alien just as your movement points run out). All this and the ability to rename all of your squad-mates as you real-life friends so you can cry (or laugh) when they get caught in a grenade blast makes X-COM a game that will live on in the annals of computer gaming history.
After years of waiting, 2K has announced that Firaxis will finally be developing a true modern successor to X-COM, and GameSpy is celebrating by going back to the genre-defining classic's roots. Our three-part retrospective will trace X-COM and its covert war against murderous extraterrestrials from its humble beginnings, through its decline, and into what's looking like an increasingly bright future. Read More »
Game Informer promised to surprise and delight old-school gamers with its February cover, and holy **** did the publication deliver: Firaxis, the studio best known for the Civilization franchise, is developing XCOM: Enemy Unknown. And yes, this one will be a squad-based strategy game and not a first-person shooter. Read More »
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Also known as: XCOM: UFO Defense, UFO: Enemy Unknown
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Microprose
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Microprose
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 31, 1993
Publisher: Microprose
T for Teen Animated Violence
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 31, 1993
Publisher: Microprose
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Microprose
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 31, 1993
Publisher: Microprose
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 31, 1993
Publisher: Spectrum Holobyte
K-A for Kids to Adult Mild Animated ViolenceAlso available on: PlayStation, Amiga CD32, Amiga, PC
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