It only takes a single tweet to bring joy to many with the announcement of a new game, just as it only takes a single tweet to crush those same people’s hopes and dreams. 2K’s UK PR team have managed to roll both of these feats into one, with the announcement of a fully fledged sequel to 2012’s successful reboot of the XCOM franchise.
We’re proud to announce #XCOM2, coming this November for PC! pic.twitter.com/EhkDqpdobY
— 2K United Kingdom (@2K_UK) June 1, 2015
That’s right, XCOM 2 is on the way and it’s coming out in November of this year. However, this looks like it will be a PC exclusive which feels like a backwards step, considering that XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its standalone expansion were both on console and seemed to be rather popular.
Either way, expect to see more of this at E3 later this month.
UPDATE: IGN have posted a cheeky cinematic trailer.
Source: Twitter
Lieutenant Fatman
PC exclusive? Oh man, I’m gutted.
Starman
That’s a shame. Xcom was one of my favourites of the last few years. Hopefully it ends up on consoles.
cam_manutd
Gutting if it turns out to be that way. Seemed an awesome fit for console.
RocketSOL
YES!!!!! This year just got a whole lot better.
Theres nothing concrete(that I’ve seen)to suggest its PC only though. Only that the PC version is out in November…so i’m hoping for a console version.
Kennykazey
So this is that Advent thing 2K teased earlier, based on the mention of “Advent” in the trailer.
It looks so awesome, I never finished the last game but had a ton of fun with it. Such a timesink. I’ve got it on PC, but it felt more natural to play it with a controller. I really hope it’s coming to consoles as well, but if I’ve got no other platform-choice I’ll pick it up in a Steam-sale.
NicholasHeathfield
It might get ported at some point, but apparently the previous game did not very well on consoles.