I still fondly remember the first time I played Lamplighters League. Sat in a warehouse near downtown San Francisco at GDC, the first level of this XCOM-style turn-based strategy game ensnared me. As ...

A highly unusual leak seemingly offers the first look at an unannounced Worms game, which has some serious XCOM vibes and an ...

Firaxis’ 30th anniversary celebrations include not only a new XCOM project, but a huge sale on its back catalogue.

It’s been a little over two weeks since Phoenix Point’s release, leaving plenty of time to see how the game ticks. With all of that time under players’ belts, the only reasonable next question is how ...

We all see the same thing when picturing a goblin: green-skinned, small, ugly, making funny noises, and ripe for adventurers to cut a swathe through their local populous. They're fantasy fodder at its ...

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...

What if it's a shadowdrop? That'd be cool... Please.

Vlad Mazanko is a feature writer from Ukraine, and a passionate gaming enthusiast. One who enjoys not-so-great games like Anthem, Mafia 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, Marvel's Avengers, The Callisto ...

TL;DR: Bit Reactor, formed by former Firaxis members, is developing a new Star Wars turn-based tactical game with Respawn Entertainment. Announced in 2022, it will be revealed at the Star Wars ...

Because it’s made by Firaxis Games, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, launching Dec. 2, already gets the rep that it’s XCOM meets X-Men. It’s actually not, says Jake Solomon, the game’s creative director. Both ...

Sequels are notoriously tough, especially when the original holds such a special place in the hearts of its devoted fans, but developer Firaxis Games makes them look effortless with XCOM 2, an ...

PC is typically considered the go-to platform for strategy games, but in the case of the Switch 2, XCOM creator Julian Gollop sees great possibility for the genre to expand on the new Nintendo console ...