2K Games and Firaxis Games announced today that Sid Meier’s Civilization V is free to play on Steam starting today until Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. PDT. As part of the celebration of the upcoming release of the expansion pack, Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods & Kings, the entire Civilization V franchise will be 75% off on Steam this weekend. Continue reading Sid Meier’s Civilization V goes free-to-play this weekend→
2K Games and Firaxis have released a new trailer for their upcoming XCOM game. X-COM: Enemy Unknown will feature destructible tactical environments, interaction between the real-time strategic view and the turn-based combat, upgrades and improvements for XCOM capabilities as the war rages on. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is currently slated for an October 12th release on PC, X360 and PS3. Enjoy! Continue reading XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Deep Dive #2 – Trailer→
Firaxis Games has released a new community video, in which Casey O’Toole, lead programmer for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, talks about the development of the game and its progression into the modern age. X-COM: Enemy Unknown will feature destructible tactical environments, interaction between the real-time strategic view and the turn-based combat, upgrades and improvements for XCOM capabilities as the war rages on, and is currently slated for an October release on current generation consoles and PC. Enjoy! Continue reading XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Community Video 3 – Modernising A Classic→
2K Games announced today that Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods & Kings, the expansion pack for the critically acclaimed and award-winning Sid Meier’s Civilization V, will be available for Windows-based PC in North America on June 19, 2012 and internationally on June 22, 2012. Continue reading Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods & Kings Expansion gets a release date→
In a recent interview with VentureBeat, Jake Solomon, lead designer for Firaxis Games’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown, said that their upcoming remake of the legendary XCOM game will be a really challenging game. Jake wanted to differentiate this term and said that it would not be impossibly difficult or tedious to play, just challenging in so many other ways. Moreover, Jake said that they have a game that openly embraces the idea of challenge as a selling point and that’s exactly what will differentiate their game from all other previous frustrating parts of the series, like X-Com: Terror from the Deep. Continue reading XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be a really challenging game; not impossibly difficult or frustrating→
2K Games have released a new developer diary for Firaxis’ upcoming remake of XCOM. In this video, the Firaxis team discuss XCOM: Enemy Unknown and the changes that have been made to it. This developer diary also features some gameplay footage, so make sure to give it a go. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is slated for a Fall release on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Continue reading XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Features Overview→
2K Games has just revealed a new expansion for Civilization V. Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods & Kings is the first expansion for 2K Games’ acclaimed strategy game and is currently slated for a late Spring 2012 release. Gods & Kings will add more techs, units, buildings, Wonders, and playable Civilizations. Continue reading Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods & Kings announced and coming in Spring 2012→
XCOM fans, here is something interesting for you. The first screenshots of Firaxis upcoming XCOM remake have just been revealed and you can view them bellow. In addition, GameInformer has released some new information about the game and according to them, the game won’t be dumbed down. Furthermore, XCOM: Enemy Uknown can be considered as a re-imagining of XCOM instead of a remake. The game looks pretty good, even in its early stage, and we can’t wait to get more details about it. Enjoy the first screenshots – courtesy of GameInformer – bellow! Continue reading XCOM: Enemy Unknown – First Screenshots Revealed→
We bloody well know that you were disappointed when you first heard that the next X-Com game would be a first-person shooter, instead of a strategy game. Well, guess what’s coming in our way guys. Yeap, that’s right; a strategy game based on X-Com that is developed by Firaxis and is slated for a Fall release in PC, X360 and PS3. In other words, it’s what you – X-Com fans – have been waiting for, so keep reading. Continue reading XCOM: Enemy Unknown announced and coming to the PC this Fall→
Firaxis Games released today a new PC update for their latest turn-based strategy game, Civilization V. This update improves the enemy AI and rebalances the game to make higher difficulty levels more challenging. Furthermore, this update included improvements to the game’s multiplayer mode, as well as to the game’s UI and Diplomacy. We should note that your existing saves will work correctly, so there is no reason to worry about losing your game’s progress. This update is available through Steam and will be auto-downloaded next time you start your Steam client. The changelog is huge, so take a deep breath before reading it. Continue reading Civilization V – New PC Update Released→
