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Article #716460Re: Firaxis developing XCOM game
From: Scott C. Zielinski
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:11
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:11
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On 2012-01-12, MetalGuru <someone@email.com> wrote: > "It's been a dream of ours to recreate X-COM with our unique creative > vision. We're huge fans of the original game and it's a once in a lifetime > opportunity to re-envision a game that is as beloved as X-COM," said Steve > Martin, president of Firaxis Games. "We were careful to keep XCOM: Enemy > Unknown true to the elements that made X-COM such a revered game while > delivering an entirely new story and gameplay experience for both die-hard > X-COM fans and newcomers to the franchise." > > Somebody pinch me. > > http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/01/05/february-cover-r<trunc> > ng friedly URL http://tx0.org/kj I got all giddy at first - then I saw it was an FPS. I think the same thing happened to Jagged Alliance. These companies are buying the rights to the old "names" so we wax nostalgic and simply making "yet another shooter". Very disheartening. -- sagacityat(es)(dee)(ef)dotorg SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
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