X-Com revival rumors resurface

Posted Oct 28th 2009 8:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: FPS, Strategy

We've been down this road before and it looks like we are going that way once again. Rumors of a revival of the classic X-Com turn-based strategy PC game series have been popping up on the Internet tubes for years. This week the new rumors center on 2K Games' developer Firaxis working on a new version of the original game.

This new rumor comes from the Twitter page of the anonymously updated and trademark-obsessed web site Superannuation. The statement also revives the rumor that there's a first person shooter X-Com game that's also in the works. 2K Boston has been named as the developer for that title for quite some time and it's head man Ken Levine hasn't exactly denied that possibility. Indeed 2K Boston's sister developer 2K Australia has apparently worked at one time on such a project as Superannuation has found a (since removed) resume from a former developer at that studio that mentions such an X-Com game. We just wish 2K Games would spare us more time to speculate and come clean; the suspense is killing us.

Tags: 2k-boston, 2k-games, firaxis, ken-levine, x-com

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

I really hope this is true. XCom is easily one of the best games. Yeah, period, no other qualifiers. Great game in every way. I'd buy a good remake.Posted at 12:56PM on Oct 28th 2009 by Human1

If someone would just port the original to the DS I would be happy with that.Posted at 8:57AM on Oct 29th 2009 by Ross

I want to see this happen for several reasons. First, I am a big fan of turn-based, but I never played any of the X-Com titles. Second, I would really, really like to see the industry do like Hollywood and look to the past for great ideas - but unlike Hollywood, I want the results to not *suck*. Finally, these kids today need to rest their trigger fingers and learn the joy of actually thinking about their next move.

I hope this is for real. If anyone could pull this off it would be Sid Meier's outfit. I'm not sure I'd even entrust it to anyone else.Posted at 12:51AM on Nov 2nd 2009 by Psycros

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