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It’s another week in the books, so it’s time to forget about work and grab the nearest controller or mouse/keyboard combo for some quality gaming sessions. This week didn’t see any huge releases, so the VGW staff again finds themselves playing catch-up on all the great games that have come out that we haven’t had [...]
The week is finally behind us and it’s time for us to rattle off what we’re looking forward to playing this weekend and into next week. From the most niche to some of the biggest AAA releases from the past 6 months, to retro handheld titles on Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, there is [...]
After an extended hiatus, Unfinished Business is back! For those who have joined us over the past 12 months, Unfinished Business is a weekly column where members of the team here at VGW run down what they’re playing during the weekend and into the next week. Even though this month is pretty jam-packed with high [...]
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a game where friends nod their heads in a confused fashion while you regale them with your stories of failure and defeat against alien invaders. Fans of the strategy game can begin working on new stories Tuesday as the free Second Wave content was released to the PS3, Xbox 360 and [...]
While modding isn’t officially supported by XCOM: Enemy Unknown yet, one enterprising fellow took it upon himself to rebalance the PC version of the alien invasion strategy game with something he calls the “Warspace Extension.” The mod digs deep into the Firaxis Games files and overhauls weapons, enemies, armor, squads and the strategic layer of [...]
The first of two DLC packs for XCOM: Enemy Unknown was announced by 2K Games and Firaxis Games on Tuesday. The Slingshot Content Pack sends players on a series of missions for the Council that can result in early access to the Blaster Launcher. Those that purchase the Slingshot Content Pack for XCOM will be notified by [...]
And we’re back in business! This week, Jen, Jason, Jim, Russell and Scott return to discuss the latest Nintendo ad campaign, BioShock: Infinite and the Halo 4 leak. Jason, Jim and Scott reveal that they are obsessed with XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Seriously obsessed, people. Jen long ago abandoned hope of ever controlling this conversation. Eventually, [...]
While everyone else has been slinking about the sewers of Dunwall in Dishonored, I’ve been reliving my golden days in XCOM: Enemy Unknown. If you’ve not yet picked it up, or if you’re just diving in, I have a few tips that should help. 5. Survivability is key When equipping your soldiers early in gameplay, [...]
You can almost hear the collective forehead slap when gamers hear “re-imagining” tied to a seminal game like X-COM: UFO Defense. Actually, we did with the XCOM first-person shooter announcement in 2010. That changed when Firaxis Games later revealed XCOM: Enemy Unknown to be the true spiritual successor to the original tactical-strategy game –– and [...]
October is finally here and ready to kick off the Holiday 2012 madness. With so many October 2012 video game releases, narrowing down the list to only five for the sake of this Essential Gaming piece proved difficult, meaning there are definite omissions from this list. While games like Forza Horizon, James Bond 007: Legends, [...]
It wasn’t supposed to go down like this. I got cocky. I screwed up. We were investigating a UFO landing out in the backwoods of China. I was in command and thought I had the perfect plan. They usually come together. This time it didn’t and it cost me a man. We cleared the bastards [...]
A demo for the PC version XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now making crop circles on Steam. The demo walks players through the two tutorial missions from the XCOM: Enemy Unknown‘s single-player campaign. This means you’ll get to experience both the turn-based tactical combat where the next move may be your last and the strategic layer [...]
Developing games is an iterative process that sees many ideas worked on, sometimes painfully, before they are thrown out. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC is no different and you can see how developer Firaxis Games had to go through many stupid ideas to get to the good ones in [...]