Terminator-inspired, XCOM style tactical RPG Menace is delayed into 2025
With no word yet on a possible XCOM 3, tactical RPG lovers everywhere are on the hunt for that next strategy fix. Among the contenders, Menace is one I’m very…
XCOM 2 is the greatest strategy game I’ve ever played, and this is why
If you give me the choice between a game that offers me freedom, and the opportunity to shape the story and the direction with my own choices, versus a game…
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…
Dead Season is like a zombie-filled survival XCOM and you can play it now
Two of the most influential game series ever are Resident Evil and XCOM. Both the originals and their eventual sequels and remakes have had untold influence on the gaming industry,…
XCOM 2 gets a dice rolling Persona twist with tactics RPG Dice Gambit
A new turn-based tactics game is always welcome, and it's even more so when it comes with a unique premise and art style. That seems to be the case with…
XCOM With Wizards | Tactical Breach Wizards Gameplay
Watch this gameplay clip of tactical wizards fighting up a two-lane map supporting each other with overlapping fire on their way to rescue a prisoner.
New Viking roguelike blends XCOM and TFT, and it’s out now on Steam
Steam is home to a lot of excellent Viking games. Between the polygonal survival of Valheim, dense playspaces of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and the combat-heavy leanings of God of War,…
XCOM style robot tactics game Grit and Valor 1949 now free to try
There are plenty of strategy games set during the Second World War, but few that reimagine the era through fictional technology or other explorations of alternate history. The recent Wolfenstein…
XCOM rival Xenonauts 2 is 30% off right now, and equally as tense
There’s XCOM, and then there’s X-COM. The former refers to the modern strategy games from Civilization developer Firaxis, which are easily some of the best in the genre you can…
XCOM spiritual successor Xenonauts 2 introduces more enemies and armor
The XCOM series comprises some of the best strategy games on PC, yet its modern iterations of 2012’s Enemy Unknown and 2016’s XCOM 2 are a little different from the…