XCOM 2 Officially Announced as PC Exclusive; Stunning Trailer and Screenshots Released

2K Games have been teasing a new game with the Advent site for the past few days, and today the visitor officially announced XCOM 2, the sequel to the critically acclaimed XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

XCOM 2 is set up to release for PC in November, and is under development past Firaxis Games. Set twenty years into the hereafter, after humanity has lost the war confronting the aliens. Feral Interactive will develop a port for Mac and Linux, just no console version has been announced.

"In XCOM 2, the roles have been reversed, and XCOM is now the invading force. They are hampered by limited resource and must constantly evade the alien threat in their new mobile headquarters. Players must use a combination of firepower and stealth-like tactics to help XCOM recruit soldiers and build a resistance network, while attempting to betrayal the evil conflicting agenda and salvage humanity. XCOM 2 will introduce gameplay features such as procedurally-generated levels, which will brand each experience unique to the player, as well every bit offering a much deeper level of modding support. Additionally, XCOM 2 will offering a variety of new content including five updated soldier classes, increased soldier customization, more alien and enemy types, evolved tactical gainsay"

2K Games President Christoph Hartmann stated:

"Firaxis proved they could reimagine a honey franchise with XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a Game of the Year honor-winning title. With XCOM 2, the team is breathing new life into the series by adding an epic narrative and challenging players to overcome almost impossible odds."

Creative Manager Jake Solomon promises that the game volition be solidly based on fans' feedback received after the kickoff game:

"The feedback from the passionate XCOM community played an important role in the development of XCOM 2, driving us to push the visual, gameplay and replayability boundaries of what a strategy game can be. Nosotros're thrilled to implement long-time fan requested features such as procedural levels and modding support, as well as adding more than of what makes XCOM great like new aliens, enemies and soldier classes."

XCOM 2 looks absolutely astonishing, and fans of the series will definitely exist looking towards its release in November. Nosotros will surely get a first glimpse of the title in action with some gameplay footage at E3 2022 later this month. We will bring you any new information on XCOM 2 as before long every bit it becomes available.

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