You will be in command of XCOM, a covert paramilitary group, in XCOM: Enemy Unknown. By controlling resources, upgrading technology, and supervising combat techniques and unit tactics, you will defend against a horrifying global alien invasion as the XCOM commander.

The strategic gurus at Firaxis Games have reinvented the classic video Game XCOM, which is recognized as one of the best games ever created. With a new invasion plot, enemies, and technologies to battle aliens and defend Earth, XCOM: Enemy Unknown will build on that legacy.

By investigating alien technologies, building and running a fully functional base, organizing combat operations, and supervising soldier mobility in conflict, you will be able to decide the fate of the human species.

Key Features

• The tactical turn-based gameplay in XCOM: Enemy Unknown is combined with breathtaking action scenes and ground warfare.
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• Strategic Base: Manage your personnel while recruiting, customizing, and developing one-of-a-kind soldiers. Build and expand your XCOM HQ while you discover and neutralize the alien menace.
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• Tactical Combat: Use air troops like the Interceptor and Skyranger to command soldier squads in turn-based ground combat.
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• Global Conflict: The XCOM crew participates in over 70 different missions while engaging and haggling with governments throughout the world.

Gameplay

The turn-based action-strategy Game XCOM: Enemy Unknown was created by Firaxis Games, the studio responsible for the hugely popular Civilization series. The Game updates the venerable UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-COM: UFO Defense and introduces a new generation to its stressful, tactical gameplay. At E3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown won 20 prizes, including the Game Critics Award for Best PC Game and Best Strategy Game, as well as the Best Strategy Game Awards from GameSpy and IGN.

Release dates for XCOM: Enemy Unknown in North America and other countries were October 9 and 12, respectively. Codes for the Elite Soldier Pack DLC were given away with Game pre-orders.

In XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the tactical turn-based gameplay first seen in XCOM: UFO Defense combines breathtaking over-the-shoulder action scenes and ground warfare.

Strategic Base: As you construct and grow your XCOM headquarters, manage your workforce, recruit, customize, and train special soldiers. You can also research novel and exotic technology.

Control soldier squads in tense turn-based ground combat in tactical combat. Investigate maps cloaked in the "fog of battle" to find and confront adversarial forces.

Global Conflict: The Skyranger is used to send units to battle the enemy on more than 70 maps, find and intercept extraterrestrial UFOs in the sky, and communicate and negotiate with governments worldwide.

Plot

An unidentified enemy threatens them, and the nations of Earth band together to create the elite paramilitary group known as XCOM to stave off this extraterrestrial assault. By building a fully functional base, investigating alien technologies, organizing combat operations, and managing Army movement in combat, you, as the commander of XCOM, command the world defence squad in a conflict against a horrifying alien invasion.

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