pete moreland

  • How X-COM: UFO Defence Was Nearly Canned

    How X-COM: UFO Defence Was Nearly Canned

    Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defence tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game designer Julian Gollop and the making of the original X-COM, and is funding now on Kickstarter. In this excerpt from the book, MicroProse’s acquisition by Spectrum Holobyte places the game (known as UFO: Enemy…