XCOM: Enemy Unknown will place you in control of a secret paramilitary organization called XCOM. As the XCOM commander, you will defend against a terrifying global alien invasion by managing resources, advancing technologies, and overseeing combat strategies and individual unit tactics.
Super excited about this one, wanted to play this for quite some time.
It has popped up on SteamDB a few hours ago:
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So get ready to face off against the Aliens and save the earth!
Who else is super excited to see another AAA game come our way? Especially this one as it's a re-boot of one of my favourite games XCOM: Enemy Unknown (released in 1994, yes they gave it the same title).
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I honestly cannot believe I am actually doing a news post saying it's coming to Linux, this has been a good year for us. I didn't for a moment expect this one.
Edit:
Just bear in mind this is published by 2K Games who do a lot of games like Bioshock, Borderlands, NBA 2014 etc. It looks like Amazon did let the ball drop early and it wasn't as much of an error as we thought. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Super excited about this one, wanted to play this for quite some time.
It has popped up on SteamDB a few hours ago:
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And it goes on with more...
So get ready to face off against the Aliens and save the earth!
Who else is super excited to see another AAA game come our way? Especially this one as it's a re-boot of one of my favourite games XCOM: Enemy Unknown (released in 1994, yes they gave it the same title).
Trailer
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Key Features
- Strategy Evolved: XCOM: Enemy Unknown couples tactical turn-based gameplay with incredible action sequences and on-the-ground combat.
- Strategic Base: Recruit, customize and grow unique soldiers and manage your personnel. Detect and intercept the alien threat as you build and expand your XCOM headquarters.
- Tactical Combat: Direct soldier squads in turn-based ground battles and deploy air units such as the Interceptor and Skyranger.
- Worldwide Threat: Combat spans the globe as the XCOM team engages in over 70 unique missions, interacting and negotiating with governments around the world.
I honestly cannot believe I am actually doing a news post saying it's coming to Linux, this has been a good year for us. I didn't for a moment expect this one.
Edit:
Just bear in mind this is published by 2K Games who do a lot of games like Bioshock, Borderlands, NBA 2014 etc. It looks like Amazon did let the ball drop early and it wasn't as much of an error as we thought. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I have been waiting for this! Thanks for the heads-up!
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Good news. I played it a bit on Windows during a free week end recently and it was pretty good (nice adaptation of the gameplay of a 90s game to today's standards).
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It looks like I can at last buy this game :). Of course when it will 100% appear on steam with Linux tag.
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Yes. Yes! YEEEEES!!!
(I've been waiting for this)
(I've been waiting for this)
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As well as this title works for me today on Crossover, them publishing a native Linux version might just mean me coughing up the mullah for the Enemy Within expansion.
Nice catch. Hopefully it's indeed the good news we are all hoping for.
Nice catch. Hopefully it's indeed the good news we are all hoping for.
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Now I wonder who will come firt? XCOM Ennemy Unknown or Xenaunauts? Xenaunauts has been announced for our platform for at least a year now, but still no sign of the port.
If you want to play a nice open source spin-off of xcom, I suggest you try UFO: Alien Invasion: http://ufoai.org/wiki/News. It is a bit buggy but excellent fun.
If you want to play a nice open source spin-off of xcom, I suggest you try UFO: Alien Invasion: http://ufoai.org/wiki/News. It is a bit buggy but excellent fun.
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And now Civilisation V!
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Ah sweet, I've got this game (seriously, following savygamers.co.uk is bad, you end up buying stuff all the time), so this is another game I can play on Linux soon. Very happy.
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So, maybe there was good reason to be excited about that Amazon/2k cockup.
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So, maybe there was good reason to be excited about that Amazon/2k cockup.
That was a mistake not a sign of "things to come" as Mike from Phoronix would've wanted us to think. Unless you believe that Microsoft are actually going to port their titles to Linux :)
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This would be great! I've already played Enemy Unknown through a few times with Wine (which works really well) and am currently going through Enemy Within at the moment -- would love them to do both at the same time (otherwise I'll still be stuck playing EW in Wine).
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I think i just came...
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And now Civilisation V!Yeah, I've got my fingers crossed for Civ V as well!
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Yeah ill pick it up. not played it before but all my windows gamer buddies have been playing it recently.
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Just in case you want to buy the game now (keep in mind that it hasn't been officially announced on Linux and it could take monthes before it's available), Green Man Gaming is doing a sale with big promotions: http://www.greenmangaming.com/xcom-franchise/
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"keep in mind that it hasn't been officially announced on Linux and it could take monthes before it's available"
This is true. Though in the past, when something first pops up in the SteamDB, it's usually only a short matter of time before it makes its way over in earnest. I'm wiling to bet we'll see it before the big Christmas sale starts up.
Also, XCOMs release will mark the occasion when I've got exactly 50% of my Steam library available to me across both platforms. I have exactly 120 games altogether, 59 of which are available to me in Linux. That's a massive change from when I first started considering Linux earlier this year, and only had access to about 20. Looks like I picked the right time to make the move.
This is true. Though in the past, when something first pops up in the SteamDB, it's usually only a short matter of time before it makes its way over in earnest. I'm wiling to bet we'll see it before the big Christmas sale starts up.
Also, XCOMs release will mark the occasion when I've got exactly 50% of my Steam library available to me across both platforms. I have exactly 120 games altogether, 59 of which are available to me in Linux. That's a massive change from when I first started considering Linux earlier this year, and only had access to about 20. Looks like I picked the right time to make the move.
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Just in case you want to buy the game now (keep in mind that it hasn't been officially announced on Linux and it could take monthes before it's available), Green Man Gaming is doing a sale with big promotions: http://www.greenmangaming.com/xcom-franchise/I really want to buy it now because of linux but I not sure if it could be mistake and then I will waste £7 :/
What you guys think?
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Wait until the Steam/GMG/other_store Christmas sales. Maybe we'll even get some code to play with by then.
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This is true. Though in the past, when something first pops up in the SteamDB, it's usually only a short matter of time before it makes its way over in earnest. I'm wiling to bet we'll see it before the big Christmas sale starts up.
There are a few games that have been in the CDR base for quite some time and are yet to be released (e.g. Botanicula, LIMBO, System Shock 2...)
Besides, I think XCOM will be a lineup game for the Steam Machines and will probably be officially announced in january. I wouldn't count on a release before Christmas.
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