Archive for posts tagged: Firaxis Games

XCOM: Enemy Unknown: An Interview With Lead Designer Jake Solomon

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Firaxis have quite the challenge on their hands with XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Trying to maintain longtime fans while still bringing today’s generation to the XCOM series is no easy feat. We thought we’d shoot a couple questions to Jake Solomon, Lead Designer on Enemy Unknown, to see just how much pressure there has been to live up to the franchise’s past, the challenges of maintaining a balance between new and old mechanics and much more! Read More »

I Played XCOM with A Controller, And I Liked It

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Let’s not beat around the bush, console ports of strategy titles are an absolute mess. Occasionally you’ll find one that just manages to pull it off, but for the most part, the keyboard and mouse is an unbeatable combination. Enter Firaxis Games who aims to change all that. I recently got the chance to play an early build of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but with a console controller. And you know what, I liked it. A lot. Read More »

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