2K Marin (Bioshock 2) confirmed the release of the long awaited XCOM shooter on August 20 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
The game is set in the year 1962 and will reveal the origin of the XCOM story.
The official statement:
What we’re attempting to do is a third-person squad-based tactical shooter. Putting you right there in the field. No more sitting back, watching everything unfold from a god’s eye view.”
“What we’re trying to achieve on the gameplay front is a very tactical … a game that demands skillful play from the player and a game that expects that. In true XCOM fashion, it’s not just your Rambo brawn, but it’s using your brains, your team, the technology at your disposal, creating plans and then executing them.
“There is never a frozen time, you’re always making snap decisions,” he said. “To use a sports analogy: It’s more about calling audibles then huddling. We are trying to emulate the fantasy of being the squad leader out in the battlefield versus the commander sitting at the desk who has all of the time in the world observing from afar.”
A first teaser:
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