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If you’ve been following the development of 2K Marin’s (Australia) first-person shooter set in the venerable XCOM franchise, then you shouldn’t be at all surprised that the game’s release has been delayed into 2013.
Activision and 2K Games are enormously influential game company, no two ways about it. One is arguably the biggest publisher in the world, while the other has been taking massive strides in the last few years to claim its position as one of the coveted Top Five.
At E3 2011, these publishers showed just why they’re considered amongst the best, exhibiting their might with blockbuster titles such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and effortlessly intriguing and far-reaching games like Bioshock Infinite and XCOM:
Now that we know 2K Games’ XCOM is due for release in March of 2012, and we’ve got new glimpses at this very mysterious and seemingly alien-infested first-person action game, a healthy batch of screenshots have surfaced to tell a little more of the tale.
And of course, these new looks at XCOM manage to tweak our brains just a little bit more:
Do you remember the first glimpses of 2K Games’ XCOM reboot, revealed about this time last year? What we saw of the first-person action title was incredibly intriguing, but also incredibly rough, with concepts that many felt deviated a little too far from the classic source material.
With this year’s E3 reveal of XCOM from 2K Games and 2K Australia, we’ve not only learned the game’s worldwide release dates and platforms, but a brand new (and astounding) trailer for the game has been unleashed.
Don’t miss this:
Earlier this week, a debut trailer emerged for 2K’s XCOM first-person action game, and even though it looked very early with a few framerate issues and low quality effects, it looks highly intriguing and interesting.
By looking over these newly released screenshots for XCOM, you’ll probably get a similar feeling – high doses of intrigue mixed with slight tinges of ‘under whelmed’:
Earlier this year a new XCOM (no, not X-COM) game was announced to be in development at the Australian arm of 2K Marin (Bioshock 2) for PC and Xbox 360, billed as a re-imagining of the classic X-COM franchise and re-emerging as a first-person shooter.
A debut trailer for 2K’s XCOM has recently hit the waves and features some of this first-person gameplay with doses of action, as the protagonist shoots down (and electrifies) globs of black, invasive and sentient goo, while also stopping to study it.
While XCOM is clearly in an early state (with frame rate issues), it’s looking very promising indeed, so why don’t you STUDY the debut trailer to see what it’s all about:
The announcement that a new X-COM game, or XCOM, is currently in development must have sent chills of excitement up the spines of older, hardcore gamers, and even if you’ve got reservations over the fact that the game will be a re-imagining of the original franchise in the first-person perspective, surely some of those doubts would have been quietened by the news that the team that brought you Bioshock 2, 2K Marin, is behind the helm.
News surfacing today has revealed, however, that the core team at 2K Marin will in fact not be working on this new XCOM game, but will instead be created at another developer, 2K Marin.
Confused? Hang on a minute longer.
2K Games announced today that the publisher, along with developer 2K Marin (Bioshock 2), will be bringing the classic (and niche) X-COM franchise back to life by “re-imagining the suspense, tension and fear” of the original series for the Xbox 360 and PC.
The new game, simply titled XCOM, is currently in development at 2K Marin exclusively for the Xbox 360 and PC, and aims to combine strategic elements with which fans of the original X-COM will be familiar, with a narrative filled with suspense, all wrapped up in a “tense and unique first-person shooter experience.”
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