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XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Review

XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Review

Underdogs. We love them. We root for them as they fight seemingly hopelessly against a foe that outclasses them in almost every aspect; be it films, games or real life most people want the underdog to pull it off.  In XCOM: Enemy Unknown you are…

The Richie Report: Profoundly In Love With Katona

The Richie Report: Profoundly In Love With Katona

“Hot semen, you know”
Yeah baby, it’s October. The best of months. Plenty of big releases, and that means we can focus on the important stuff – the games, honey, the fucking games – and ignore whatever bullshit controversies the world of games journalism wants…

2K and Firaxis Unveil XCOM Digital Pre-Sale

Those of you who, like certain editors of a certain site, may have been waiting almost eighteen years for someone to recognise the greatness of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown and create a remake that actually does it justice, will undoubtedly be chomping at the…

XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Preview

XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Preview

If you know me personally, or have read enough of my musings on GamingLives, you’ll know that I have a deep-seeded passion for UFO: Enemy Unknown and still cite it as my favourite game of all time.  It may have blocky graphics and a somewhat…

XCOM: Enemy Unknown – E3 Preview

XCOM: Enemy Unknown – E3 Preview

When you love a game for seventeen years, and find out that it’s not only being remade, but also re-imagined… something inside snaps.  Perhaps ‘snaps’ is too harsh a term, but it’s certainly beyond those butterflies of trepidation and less than if someone were to…

2K Marin’s XCOM Delayed Again

Another day, another delay.  While BioShock Infinite and Aliens: Colonial Marines have both now slipped to 2013, it seems that they are about to get more company, with XCOM now also sliding into next year.  No, before you panic, we’re not talking about the good…