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I don't understand why this is a thing, but I'm an Australian and confusion is our natural mental state. XCOM 2 is different enough that even if you didn't like the first Firaxis entry it's worth ...

XCOM 2 puts the player in the role of a Commander in charge of a human army against an alien threat. Along the way, you’ll recruit and add onto your army people of many different nationalities. Each ...

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen represents a significant expansion to the base XCOM 2 game, adding a number of new mechanics and systems, soldier classes, enemies, game play decisions, and much more. All of ...

After what has felt like the longest week in gaming history since Dawn of War's launch window, XCOM 2 is finally releasing for me, you and the rest of the resistance tonight. In case you're wondering ...

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Update: XCOM 2 has been nominated for IGN's 2016 Game of the Year. There’s an air of white-knuckle desperation about XCOM 2’s post-apocalyptic setting, and it only enhances the tension. Taking place ...

An update has been issued for XCOM 2, fixing a number of bugs, performance issues, and game crashes. Announced in a post to the community section on Steam, this ...

12:03, Thu, Feb 18, 2016 Updated: 12:10, Thu, Feb 18, 2016 The patch automatically downloads via Steam and resolves issues which have been causing crashes and performance problems. In addition to this ...

I didn't expect XCOM 2 to demo particularly well. I fell in love with its predecessor because it gave me the time to grow fond of the soldiers I was commanding and I couldn't see that happening within ...

In my first write-up of XCOM 2 I noted that the game felt a bit chaotic at times. Simply going somewhere on the over-map to grab a supply drop can be interrupted any number of times by research ...