We now have two titles raiding the treasures of the X-COM IP — a first-person shooter by 2K Marin and a turn-based one more in tune with the original at Firaxis. One has to wonder, with all this strategic alien arse-kicking going on, has anyone thought to talk to Julian Gollop, the guy responsible for it all? More »
As someone who was quite fond of what he saw of the re-imagined XCOM at E3 this past year, but who’s also excited about the Firaxis strategy reboot of the franchise, I am somewhat conflicted by this news. More »
X-Com Enemy Unknown, the first shock gaming announcement of 2012 will be a “re-imagining” of the original X-Com game and will play as a mix of real-time and turn-based strategy, according to the first tantalising details revealed by Game Informer magazine today. More »
Electronic Arts has re-applied for trademarks for the name Alpha Centauri, the classic PC strategy game from Civilization developers Firaxis it published back in the late 90s.
We gave you a brief rundown on how Civilization World, the upcoming Facebook version of the classic PC strategy series, worked the other day. Now you can see for yourself in this trailer. More »
It’s funny, for a game based on history and real things, Civilization has always had a strangely fictional unit at its core: the “Settler”, who can make towns and later cities just appear. More »
The game formerly known as CIvilization: Network – now more appropriately titled Civ World – is coming later this year. But if you’re lucky, you can play it this month. More »
