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Nigeria Withdraws XCOM Funding, President Blames Gas Station “Incident”
15In an honest and upfront piece over on serious news outlet Something Awful, the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has explained the reasons behind his country’s highly unpopular (with XCOM leaders) withdrawal from the XCOM project.
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XCOM Isn’t Dumbed Down For Consoles, It’s Smartened Up
Every time a classic PC game is moved over to consoles, we tend to hear the same worries: It’s been dumbed down; it’s oversimplifed, rendered toothless and worthless. When XCOM: Enemy Unknown was released on both PC and consoles, it would have been easy to jump to the same conclusions.
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The Music, Monkeys, And Gardening Tools That Make XCOM’s Enemies Sound So Fearsome
I hate Mutons. If you play XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you probably hate them too. The big, green, ape-like aliens are the shock troopers of the invasion, and they will make you cry. They’ll flank and shellack your team, lob grenades into places you thought were safe, and cut down your most beloved veterans in a…
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XCOM Has HD Cutscenes, But They’re Hiding
If you’re playing XCOM on PC, you might have noticed a little discrepancy between the standard in-game visuals and those of the game’s cutscenes, which can look a little blurry.