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As the leaves turn and the crisp autumn air settles in, that familiar feeling returns: the golden hour after school or work, rushing home to drop your bag, power up your rig, and lose yourself in a world you love. The long summer nights are wrapping up, but the best gaming weathe
The 2K Summer Sale is officially live on Steam, and it’s the perfect excuse to find your next great escape. Summer is about having the time to truly immerse yourself, dive deep into a world, and remember exactly why you fell in love with gaming in the first place. Whether you’re
Jake Solomon's decision to move from making some of the best strategy games ever to an ambitious life sim was a perplexing but exciting one. Spinning up a new studio, Midsummer, he pitched it as "a life sim that really tries to elevate the choices the player makes in their life"
The story in XCOM is minimal. There aren't many cutscenes. The dialogue is sparse. The characters are functional archetypes. And yet, the MicroProse and Firaxis strategy series boasts some of the most shocking, tense, and memorable dramatic moments in the history of PC gaming. Th
I'm sorry to do this to you, but XCOM 2 came out nine years ago. The world was young, my passport said "European Union" on it, and I had a full head of hair (I still do, but I also did then)... Read more.
The Firaxis formula has been copied but never bettered. It's the little things, like the way the camera swoops in when you're aiming or as the last squaddie hustles into cover at the end of a turn. I feel more connected to my guys if the sensation of being an invisible hovering g
We regularly experience fantastical stories in the world or videogames - flying to other galaxies, living other lives, killing robots, kissing dragons - but our own lives and the tales that arise from simply living remain relatively unexamined. That's something Jake Solomon, form
At the moment, it feels like a day can't go by without job losses, studio closures, and games being shuttered. Thankfully it's not happening everywhere; there are still some glimmers of hope appearing for gaming. One such glimmer is helmed by Jake Solomon, lead on the XCOM reviva
It's perhaps a critical dead end to try and define and singularize what videogames 'ought to be,' but Firaxis, beloved creator of Civilization and the overlooked Marvel's Midnight Suns, has come the closest to what I think is the philosophical essence of great game design. You've
Jake Solomon is a name synonymous with turn-based strategy. As a graphics programmer at Firaxis, it was Solomon who first pitched XCOM, which years later, when it launched in 2012, sparked a renaissance in squad-based tactics. Last month, following news that the superb Midnight S
Play XCOM 2: WAR OF THE CHOSEN for FREE on Steam this weekend. Reclaim Earth from alien invaders and save humanity! XCOM 2 available to buy at a discounted price through 2/14/22 Twenty years have passed since Earth's leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces. XCO
A small group of former Firaxis developers who worked on the XCOM games, led by the series' art director, have opened a new studio dedicated to making turn-based tactics games. Bit Reactor is their name, and turn-based tactics really is their only type of game. They haven't annou
A few details hit the internet this weekend about a possible new XCOM game called XCOM: Legends, a mobile title made by a new developer called Iridium Starfish. We reached out to 2K Games and have received confirmation that XCOM: Legends is real, official, and one of the "new exp
We're nine years removed from XCOM: Enemy Unknown , the incredible reboot of the sci-fi turn-based strategy game . One of its lead developers has shared part of the pitch document for what became Enemy Unknown, revealing some potentially massive changes. On Twitter, Jake Solomon,
We've covered the best XCOM 2 mods , but what about Firaxis' first fantastic foray into our favourite universe? Well, despite being a seminal entry in the history of turn-based strategy games , it turns out introducing user-generated content into the mix is a lot harder than we r
We've covered modding XCOM 2, but what about Firaxis' first fantastic foray into our favourite universe? Well, it turns out it's a lot harder than we remember. As XCOM 2 has Steam Workshop support, installing new mods is as simple as clicking subscribe and ensuring you have any n
We’re excited to share that XCOM: Chimera Squad, an exciting new story set within the XCOM universe, is now available on Steam. To celebrate the launch, we’re offering the game at an awesome discount. This deal won’t last forever so if you’re interested in taking a trip to City 3
Welcome to City 31, the epicenter of XCOM: Chimera Squad -- a new game set in the XCOM universe. Five years after the events of XCOM 2, humanity has driven back the Overlords and reclaimed Earth. Now humans and former alien soldiers work and live together as they strive to forge
Show me someone who says I’m not a fan of our excellent VidBud team , and I’ll show you a liar. Recently, VidBud Matthew got an in-depth demo of Gears Tactics , a turn-based tactical entry into the Gears Of War series, and my admiration only grew. Set 10 years before the events o
It’s been an eventful decade for PC games, and it would be hard for you to summarise everything that’s happened in the medium across the past ten years. Hard for you , but a day’s work for us. Below you’ll find our picks for the 50 best games released on PC across the past decade