Developer: Firaxis Games

Publisher: 2k Games

Genre: Turn-based strategy, Base Building

Release Date: February 5th 2016

Platforms: Exclusively on PC

Website: https://xcom.com

Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/268500/

XCOM 2 is an upcoming turn-based tactical video game in development by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. It is set to be released in February 2016. XCOM 2 serves as a sequel to 2012's reboot of the series, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and will take place 20 years after the events of Enemy Unknown, following the continuity that XCOM lost the war.

The story:

The game is set in 2035, 20 years after the events of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, in a scenario in which humanity was defeated by aliens. XCOM proved incapable of attenuating the alien threat and was quickly betrayed by the council nations, who surrendered to the aliens shortly after the invasion began. XCOM became nothing more than a resistance force, and went off the radar to avoid persecution at the hands of the aliens. Most of its members either submitted to alien rule and left behind their past or, some, like Central Officer Bradford refused the alien administration and went into hiding. Earth is now controlled by the aliens through the puppet ADVENT Administration, and XCOM has been long-forgotten, members silenced and records erased. ADVENT has done much to gradually improve public opinion of the aliens, most notably by the propagation of the belief that the aliens came in peace, and that the forces of Earth retaliated aggressively and with prejudice.

The player again assumes the role of the Commander, who for unknown reasons had up until recently been placed in alien stasis. Players will take command of the Avenger, an alien supply barge that has been converted into XCOM's mobile base, and free humanity from alien rule. In the Avenger, the Commander has the support of rogue ADVENT scientist Dr. Richard Tygan and Chief Engineer An-Yi Shen, daughter of the now deceased Dr. Raymond Shen, whom the Commander was familiar with in XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Central Officer Bradford returns as the key coordinator to the player's anti-alien efforts, emerging from the underground as a grizzled veteran of two decades of constant persecution from the aliens.

Key Features:

• XCOM ON THE RUN: Take command of the Avenger, an alien supply craft converted to XCOM’s mobile headquarters. New open-ended gameplay lets you decide where to guide your strike team, how to grow popular support, and when to combat enemy counter-operations.

• RECRUIT RESISTANCE FIGHTERS: Five soldier classes, each with its own skill tree, let you create specific soldiers for your tactical plan.

• A NEW BREED OF ENEMY: A diverse cast of enemies from powerful new alien species to the ADVENT, enforcers of the alien regime, offer a distinct tactical challenge.

• TACTICAL GUERRILLA COMBAT: New gameplay systems offer more tactical flexibility in combat. Use concealment to ambush enemy patrols. Loot enemies for precious gear and artifacts. Rescue VIPs and save fallen comrades by carrying them to the extraction point.

• RESEARCH, DEVELOP AND UPGRADE: Configure and build rooms on the Avenger to give XCOM new capabilities on the battlefield. Use your Scientists and Engineers to research, develop and upgrade weapons and armor to fit your preferred tactics.

• EACH MISSION IS A UNIQUE CHALLENGE: Go on missions around the world, from wildlands to the heart of the alien-controlled megacities, to the depths of alien installations. There are virtually infinite combinations of maps, missions and goals.

• CREATE CUSTOM MODS: Community-focused tools allow you to create your own campaign, tactical gameplay, aliens, classes, strategy game features, and share within the Steam Workshop.

• ENGAGE IN HEAD-TO-HEAD MULTIPLAYER: Mix-and-match squads of humans and aliens and battle head-to-head on randomly-generated maps.

System requirements

Minimum • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core 2.6 GHz • GPU: 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5770, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better • Memory[/b]: 4 GB RAM • OS[/b]: Windows® 7, 64-bit • DirectX[/b]: Version 11 • HDD[/b]: 45 GB available space

Recommended • CPU: 3GHz Quad Core • GPU: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better • Memory[/b]: 8 GB RAM • OS[/b]: Windows® 7, 64-bit • DirectX[/b]: 11 • HDD[/b]: 45 GB available space

Screenshots:

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVf-lCVYI6k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0qHZG1-rEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqLNE8VXDGU