[Update: Added the E3 trailer for the game above.]
2K Games has broken the silence on its XCOM re-boot, giving it a March 6, 2012 release date for North America. The game, which is hitting PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, will be released March 9 internationally.
2K is quick to call it an "intense sci-fi thriller," but never mentioning the term "first-person shooter" in its press release. What I saw last year at E3 was certainly, on the surface, a first-person shooter. It seemed to stray wildly from what people expect from XCOM, despite a number of nods and references.
We'll get an updated look at XCOM next week at E3, so stay tuned for more.
My official stance on the XCOM reboot is "Fuck this." XCOM is known for a very specific brand of gameplay, which has been unceremoniously discarded for a wider appeal. I don't have a problem with another FPS game, just don't rape a once great franchise. And if you must, at least make it cannon. This looks like it takes place in the 50s. The X-COM story doesn't even begin until the 90s.
I'm a big Xcom fan and I have little to no interest in this. What's the point of dredging up an old franchise only to change every single thing that gave the original its identity?
The only major problem I have with the game is its name,thats it.You call that game up there LAliens Noire and its all fine,but they really didnt need to drag the X Com name into it.
Its a shame that,what looks like a good game,is going to be judged more on what its not,than what it is.
"Its a shame that,what looks like a good game,is going to be judged more on what its not,than what it is."
The people who do this can be safely called idiots then. To deprive yourself of a good game because of some archaic view on what it "should" be is madness.
this trailer did nothing for me. looks kinda meh. if i want XCom i'll wait for whatever Paradox will announce since theyr working with guy who created this series on spiritual successor.
I don't really think that is a good example. Mario Kart is more of a spin off and there will always be Mario platforming games. If they were making a X-Com FPS and a X-Com game with some actual strategy then I wouldn't care.
And I like FPS. I just think that using the X-Com name is a disservice. I would really like for me to be wrong and eat my own hat and have this game be phenomenal. But all I've seen is gun play.
There are good ways to introduce change, and then there are bad ways. This is a bad way. If you look at what Ensemble did with Halo Wars, you'll see the best way to have a massive genre departure within a franchise that actually feels at home. That game wasn't even canon and it still worked. Why? Because they took enough of cues from the source material that fans of the series could still enjoy it.
2K is just using the XCOM name to get brand recognition without actually having to work for it. From what I can see, they don't give two fucks about the source material or making any attempt to stay even somewhat faithful.
The date this game takes place in is May 12th, 1962. I really like that time period. I also like that the invasion/invaders are not so cliche. I really look forward to this but I do wish I could experience some of the original in it's original form.
I don't want some "retro isometric blah blah." They could have made it similar to Valkyrie Chronicles or any other new game that has correctly brought strategy to consoles.
A smart stratiegic series becomes a dumb, run of the mill shooter. Didn't they already experiment with this exact same formula with X-COM: Enforcer and it failed gloriously? Welcome to the games industry I suppose.
I don't get it, why should I get Hype? I'm not even a fan of Playmobil.
This game disappoints me so much. Even the original trailer doesn't look quite as bad as this new one they've just released. Whether this turns out to be a decent game or not, there's just about no hope for a new turn-based X-COM game at this point.
Fuck yeah, this looks good. To the people that are hating this because it's not a strategy game. Why do you even care? Go spend your money on whatever you want. Be free, be happy.
Ya know I do love me some X-com, but lets face fact, Interceptor(Space shooter) and Enforcer(Third person shooter) were hardly turn based strategy games, and Apocalypse wasan't even against the original aliens at all. If anything this is a good setup for a prequel of sorts, it's not like X-Com didn't get worked cross generes already amirite?
It seems to be the IN thing atm, Taking cult IPs from the PC and using it to sell mediocre FPS titles as if we didnt have enough of them already.
I really dont mind reboots if they are good, (Bioshock while nowhere as good as Sysytemshock is still a good game) but I would rather see these old IPs put to use in something other the another FPS game.
I like (PC)FPS myself but im getting bloody sick of them, theres more to gaming then FPS and I dont mean mmo or farmville
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8:40 AM on 06.03.2011 | 
Its a shame that,what looks like a good game,is going to be judged more on what its not,than what it is.
"Its a shame that,what looks like a good game,is going to be judged more on what its not,than what it is."
The people who do this can be safely called idiots then. To deprive yourself of a good game because of some archaic view on what it "should" be is madness.
And that's not a "What are you doing with my precious XCom" vibe, it's an "I am still so sick of serious first-person games".
People always say this. But if we took one of your favorite games of all time and completely changed genre I wonder if you would still feel the same.
Does it look cool? From what I've seen... yeah. But it's not X-Com to me. I'm still watching it but my care-o-meter is basically 0.
I wouldnt care. If it wasn't for people taking an existing franchise and changing it we wouldn't have kick ass games like mario kart.
I like change and I'm not afraid of it.
I don't really think that is a good example. Mario Kart is more of a spin off and there will always be Mario platforming games. If they were making a X-Com FPS and a X-Com game with some actual strategy then I wouldn't care.
And I like FPS. I just think that using the X-Com name is a disservice. I would really like for me to be wrong and eat my own hat and have this game be phenomenal. But all I've seen is gun play.
How old is Xcom again? Shit happens its called time.
I hope it surprises you but you're probably having none of it.
2K is just using the XCOM name to get brand recognition without actually having to work for it. From what I can see, they don't give two fucks about the source material or making any attempt to stay even somewhat faithful.
It's shit like this that makes me dislike gaming more and more everyday.
Huzzah!
I don't get it, why should I get Hype? I'm not even a fan of Playmobil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype:_The_Time_Quest
I really dont mind reboots if they are good, (Bioshock while nowhere as good as Sysytemshock is still a good game) but I would rather see these old IPs put to use in something other the another FPS game.
I like (PC)FPS myself but im getting bloody sick of them, theres more to gaming then FPS and I dont mean mmo or farmville