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News
* * * XCOM: Enemy Unknown Demo released today on Steam! * * * All soldiers report to the hangar immediately! 2K Games announced today the release of a playable demo of XCOM: Enemy Unknown in antecipation of coming release of the game in October 9th (International) and 12th (US). The Demo that consists of two tutorial missions, with a visit to the XCOM base between the missions. It can be downloaded at Steam's page after 10AM (Pacific US time) or 18PM(GMT). * * * XCOM: Enemy Unknown by Firaxis Games to release October 2012. * * * X-COM fans rejoice! The remake of the 1994 classic UFO: Enemy Unknown (or XCOM: UFO Defense) will be released on October 9th, 2012 in North America and October 12th, 2012 internationally. The demo of the game has been showed at for the E3 convention and there's a trailer called 'Last Stand' available at YouTube. It will return the franchise to turn-based tactical combat with real-time management but instead of TUs, soldiers can perform two actions per turn: move and take a non-movement action or move twice. In one of the lastest interviews, Jake Solomon, Lead Designer, has revealed that they first made a prototype using the TU system before deciding to use the new system. Screenshots here, more info here. Here is a compiled list of information and features from the 2K Games Forum, which includes a plethora of links to source articles and videos. The YouTube videos provide links to even more XCOM: EU videos via the related suggestions list to the side of the video. * * * New XCOM FPS Game by 2k Marin has been delayed multiple times, release is late 2013 or 2014 at the earliest. * * * The game will focus on elite U.S. government operatives attempting to prevent a nightmarish invasion of the United States (while dropping the dash in X-COM). See: The official XCOM site (only a couple of trailers here) Some criticism of its change in focus (1, 2), although 2k Marin may be rethinking this 2k's XCOM forum, including passionate posts by X-Commies Once slated for March 2012 release, it has now slipped to a later date (1, 2). * * * X-COM Complete Packages now available for less than $15 * * * At GamersGate, Steam and Direct2Drive. (Includes UFO, TFTD, Apoc, Int, and Enf). For "reviews", see this.
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UFO: Enemy Unknown (aka X-COM: UFO Defense)
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Sequels

X-COM: Terror From the Deep General General Information Background The Geoscape Geoscape X-COM Subs Sub Armaments Aquanauts Equipment Weapons Submersible Weapons Systems Base Facilities Research Alien Research Alien Artefacts Economics Funding Aliens Alien Life Forms Overviews of Aliens Alien Missions Alien Ranks Terror Units Alien Weapon Loadouts Alien Subs Alien Sub Components The Battlescape (Tactical Combat) Battlescape Overview Mission Types Alien Sub Crash Recovery Alien Submarine Assault Terror Mission Port Attack Island Attack Shipping Lane Mission Artefact Site Colony Assault Base Defense T'leth Terrain Game Strategies TFTD Strategy Guide Miscellaneous Weapon Effectiveness tables Weapon Analysis Realistic Equivalents Sightings in other fandoms Enabling the cinematic intro/outro Wish List GUS Music in Dosbox Ideal DOSBox Settings (UFO/TFTD) Technical Information Scoring Data Tables Alien Appearance Ratios Game Files Known Bugs Research Tree Bug Avoidance Guide

X-COM: Apocalypse best viewed in 1280x1024. General Information & Credits History & Background Keyboard Commands Known Bugs Mega-Primus Cityscape Cityscape Overview Cityscape Maps Game Difficulty Organizations Buildings & Areas Population Unit Attributes Damage & Modifiers Relations Trade Score & Technology Progress Cityscape Mission Styles Battlescape Battlescape Overview Battlescape Mission Styles Battlescape Tactics & Gameplay Start A Mission Equipping Agents Agent Controls Using Cover Engaging Hostiles Anti-Alien Strategy Capture Live Aliens Psionic Agents Defend Your Base Combat Format Combat: Real-Time (RT) Combat: Turn-Based (TB) Comparison: RT vs TB X-COM Bases Overview Locations Layouts Facilities Science & Manufacturing Overview Science: Biochemistry Science: Quantum Physics Manufacture: Engineering Agents Overview Attributes Promotions Equipment Armor Vehicles Overview Armaments Engines Equipment & Devices Aliens Aliens Overview Life Forms Exotic Artifacts Alien Infiltration UFO Overview UFO Appearance Cityscape UFO Combat Alien Dimension Overview Dimension UFO Combat Alien Buildings Miscellaneous Information Historical X-COM Timeline Cut Content Cheat Codes Weapon & Equipment Analysis X-COM In Other Works Technical Information Image Properties Audio Properties Music Files Cityscape Files Learning AI Apocalypse Editing Useful Utilities Apocalypse Guides & Modifications User Guides OpenApoc OpenApoc: The Open Source Remake OpenApoc: Suggestions, Ideas, & Concepts

Spin-Offs

X-COM: Interceptor General Information Background The Frontier Hypernews Network Research Cheats/Exploits

E-Mail X-Com General Information

X-COM: Enforcer General Information The Enforcer, Dr. Standard and the Enemy Weapons and Power Ups The Missions Tips and Tricks

Discontinued Titles

X-COM: Genesis	X-COM: Alliance
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UFO2000

UFOpaedia.org is also home to the official UFO2000 wiki. UFO2000 is an open-source player-versus-player tactical simulation based on X-COM.

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