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The Jagged Alliance turn-based strategy franchise has been threatening its comeback for some time and now a planned graphical remake of Jagged Alliance 2 has gotten a new name and a new US publisher. BitComposer Games announced today that the remake, previously known as Jagged Alliance 2 Reloaded, will now be known as Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.

The game will still feature the player controlling a squad of mercenaries in a series of hot spot missions. The game will be published this fall in the UK via Kalypso Media. Kalypso will also publish the game in Asia and other English-speaking countries while BitComposer will publish the title in other European countries.

Hot on the heads of the news earlier this week of the upcoming browser-based game Jagged Alliance Online comes word of yet another new game (sort of) for the turn-based tactical strategy series. BitComposer Games has just announced plans to release Jagged Alliance 2: Reloaded, a graphical remake of the last game in the series that was first released in 1999 from the now defunct developer Sir-Tech.

The new version will feature a full 3D engine but will retain the original's isometric view point. It will also have a revamped user interface and "an extensive tutorial will ease the player into the complex game rules system." The game is due for release sometime in 2011. BitComposer Games has already announced plans to release the long awaited Jagged Alliance 3 for release sometime in 2011 as well.

Sometimes you just need to sit down, slide a floppy into your A: drive, and enjoy gaming retro style. We know this all too well! That's why we have a list of the best and brightest from days long gone. These are some of our favorite games of all time, and we're sure that you'll love them as much as we do, if not more. Welcome to Boot Disk, and enjoy the retro ride!

When it comes to X-COM: UFO Defense, there have only been two games that have ever truly captured the feel of top-level strategy with bottom-level tactics. The first is X-COM: Apocalypse, which was the only other X-COM game to be made by the original team. The second is Jagged Alliance 2, which was made by a completely different team for a completely different company. Where X-COM is about alien invasions, Jagged Alliance is about private military contractors. They could not be more thematically different. And yet, when you begin to play, you realize that, like X-COM, Jagged Alliance 2 is a truly incredible game that all strategy fans should play.

GoG.com has good timing for its latest sale promotion. With all the Fallout announcements this week, the DRM-free game download site has announced it will offer Fallout 1 and Fallout 2, along with Fallout Tactics, for 20 percent off their already low prices in a special bundle for $14.367. The deal ends on Monday.

The bundle also has a lot of free extras, including the original developer's bible for the game, three MP3 sountracks, wallpapers, manuals and lots more. There's also a look back at the original game's development with new quotes from its developers.

GoG has also revealed the latest game to join their club. It's Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire, the turn-based tactical strategy game from publisher TopWare Interactive. If you have never given the Jagged Alliance series a go this is actually a good place to start. The 2004 released title has you controlling your group of mercenaries as they go after a fictional drug cartel. In other words, it's lock and load time. The game is available from GoG.com for $5.99 and also comes with some free bonus wallpapers and avatars.

The folks at CD Projekt continue their quest to make PC gaming DRM free with the additions of three new titles to their GoG.com downloadable game line-up. The biggest new addition is Arx Fatalis, the acclaimed first person fantasy action-RPG from developer Arkane Studios. You can download the game now for $9.99. That price includes some extras like a soundtrack, wallpaper and art.

Two more games were added this week; the turn-based strategy games Disciples Gold and Jagged Alliance 2, both from Strategy First. The games are both available for $9.99 each at GoG.com; the Disciples Gold release includes some free artwork.