There's a new XCOM game in the works, and it's coming next week. 2K Games has surprise-announced XCOM: Chimera Squad, a follow-up to XCOM 2, coming to Steam next Friday, April 24. Chimera Squad is a ...

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One of the best things about XCOM is how it makes you feel a kinship with your soldiers. Randomly-generated grunts join your squad, you rename them, you tint their armour, and you send them out on the ...

Humans and aliens are working together in the new XCOM: Chimera Squad game, but you know not everyone is happy about that. Publisher 2K Games announced today that developer Firaxis is launching the ...

Well, here's a surprise. Here we all are, waiting for XCOM 3 and assuming it'd get a full marketing cycle, and Firaxis comes along announcing that XCOM: Chimera Squad will be available on Steam next ...

XCOM: Chimera Squad is a spinoff of the XCOM series, featuring the same turn-based combat where you command a small squad of elite soldiers taking on an alien threat. However, in Chimera Squad, you ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap XCOM: Chimera Squad takes place five years after XCOM 2. Humans won the war against the invading aliens and drove off their Elder ...

XCOM: Chimera Squad changes a lot about classic XCOM, but the biggest departure is in the turn order itself. The decision to mix things up was controversial, and early on many members of the ...

It’s been four years since XCOM 2 took the world by storm, giving players more of the great turn-based tactical gameplay that has dominated the series since the original in released in 1994. In that ...

The resistance factions that Chimera Squad investigates each want to sow chaos in City 31 for their own reasons. The previous XCOM reboots took place on a global scale, complete with satellite ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. Firaxis Games’ XCOM: ...

XCOM: Chimera Squad is a narrative-focused tactical strategy game in the prolific XCOM franchise. Developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K, Chimera Squad features a new sci-fi story, special ...