Update: XCOM 2 has been nominated for IGN's 2016 Game of the Year. There’s an air of white-knuckle desperation about XCOM 2’s post-apocalyptic setting, and it only enhances the tension. Taking place ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. You're hunkered down behind a beaten-up truck, bleeding from a chest wound. You can hear the labored breathing of one of your squadmates over the ...

Firaxis is a big supporter of XCOM 2 mods, and while the studio has now left the community to their own devices, it has also made it so easy for modders to change the whole game. Showing its ...

Brutal, beautiful, emotion-wringing turn-based storytelling muffled by flat base design. PC Gamer's got your back Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every review, to really get to the heart ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. This review has been updated to reflect XCOM 2's re-release on PS4 and Xbox One, which released on September 27, 2016: Time is always fading in XCOM 2 ...

Turn-based tactical games are all about tough choices, and XCOM: Enemy Within does an outstanding job of piling more of those into the first half of the campaign against the alien invasion that began ...

With an arsenal of new gadgets and upgrades at your disposal, XCOM 2 feels like XCOM: Enemy Unknown with a million mods enabled, creating a deep and engrossing strategy game. Why you can trust ...

The new classes and super villains are excellent, even if the expansion bloats the campaign a little. PC Gamer's got your back Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every review, to really get ...

Why you can trust GamesRadar+ Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about our reviews policy. Firaxis’ reboot of XCOM, Enemy ...

Michael has been writing about entertainment since 2016, but he's been a gamer since playing Pac-Man in the arcade, Kings Quest 3 on the PC, and the Sega Master System he got from his late father. In ...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is best played with a mouse and keyboard combo—my fat fingers often had trouble pinpointing the exact square in a grid where I wanted a troop to move—but the touch controls are ...