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X-Com Is Back!?

April 15, 2010 Games 1 Comment

The good news: Yesterday, 2k Marin (makers of Bioshock 2) announced they are developing a new X-Com game.

The bad news: They announced the next X-Com game will be a first-person shooter with “strategic elements”.

While I look forward to watching this game’s development progress, I can’t help but wonder why after almost 20 years we still have less-than-authentic games such as UFO: Aftermath that even attempts to bring back the strategic and tactical glory that was the original X-Com.

The original X-Com still ranks as my favorite game of all-time. You can still find it on Steam. Go get it.

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