February 5, 2026, marks 10 years since XCOM 2 dared to make us lose ...

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It's one small component of the wider rollercoaster that is XCOM 2, a brilliant turn-based tactics game from Firaxis released ...

XCOM 2 and Red Dead Redemption might not initially seem like the perfect match. The Firaxis strategy game is small-scale, turn-based, and highly tactical and cerebral. Contrast that with RDR 2, a ...

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I'm sorry to do this to you, but XCOM 2 came out nine years ago. The world was young, my passport said "European Union" on it ...

To my shame, I am yet to play XCOM 2. Since release, I've been considering picking it up, as turn-based strategy is very much 'one of my jams'. A combination of never remembering to pick it up during ...

Update: XCOM 2 has been nominated for IGN's 2016 Game of the Year. There’s an air of white-knuckle desperation about XCOM 2’s post-apocalyptic setting, and it only enhances the tension. Taking place ...

XCOM 2 is full of randomised elements to ensure budding Commanders are forced to think on their feet at all times. It's also intent on shaking up tried and tested strategies that existed in its ...