XCOM designer Jake Solomon is done with turn-based strategy for now: 'I felt like I didn't have anything more to say'
News He's now setting up his own studio and wants to make a life sim.
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News The developer talks to us about X-COM, Phoenix Point and board games.
XCOM 2012 was pitched as a real-time game
News Designer Jake Solomon reveals a bit of the original design document
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Turn-based tactics won the decade
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PC Gamer plays: XCOM, One Finger Death Punch 2, Hades, and Woodwork Simulator
Now playing Aliens, hell, and birdhouses.
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news Firaxis' XCOM reboot turns six on October 9.
The strangest, silliest PC gaming crossovers
HuH? Remember when Guybrush Threepwood was a jedi? That sure was weird.
The Gollop Chamber: The good, the bad, and the ugly of RNG
Column In his latest column for PC Gamer Indie, creator of the original X-COM Julian Gollop talks about how random chance effects our perception of games.
The Gollop Chamber: XCOM is now a genre
Column In his first column for PC Gamer Indie, creator of the original X-COM Julian Gollop argues his game has become a genre of its own.
'The new XCOM game allowed me to make Phoenix Point', says X-Com creator Julian Gollop
News "Because without it, I doubt I even would've attempted it."
XCOM UFO Defence is free on the Humble Store right now
News You might know it better as UFO: Enemy Unknown.
How one XCOM mod spawned a development studio
Long War The story and legacy of the XCOM: Enemy Unknown Long War mod.
The 20 most brutal mods of all time
CHALLENGE YOURSELF Get eaten, frozen, zombified, exploded, asphyxiated and more in our favourite, most brutal mods.
