Tag: Firaxis
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Ananda Gupta on XCOM and board game design
With the worlds of videogames and board games seemingly on a collision course, there’s no better time to speak to Ananda Gupta, a man who has had no small degree of success in both fields. In the world of board games his collaboration with Jason Matthews produced Twilight Struggle, a card driven strategy war game…
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XCOM: Enemy Within
In case you hadn’t heard, Firaxis’ critically acclaimed 2012 strategy title XCOM: Enemy Unknown is getting an expansion in the form of XCOM: Enemy Within. The expansion doesn’t offer a whole new campaign, but it does reinvigorate the original campaign with a number of new elements far beyond just new weapons and maps. The new…
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Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol Dive-Bombing iOS Next Week
The new title, set during World War 1, allows players to build up a squad of ace fighter-pilots and engage in aerial battles. The game will feature 30 WW1-era aircraft and more than 120 missions to blast through. The initial download for Ace Patrol will include the British campaigns and Game Center-enabled multiplayer for free, though in-app…
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Firaxis Announces Free-to-Play Title Haunted Hollow
Taking a break from console and PC development, Firaxis’ next title will a mobile strategy game with a “haunted house” theme. Haunted Hollow will see players take control of a spooky mansion filled with monsters on the outskirts of a small town. There, they will be tasked with battling a competing player (or computer opponent)…