Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to the alien forces, and XCOM, the planet's last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. A Nintendo Switch version was released on May 29, 2020. The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions were released in North America on September 27, 2016. Ĭonsole ports of XCOM 2 were officially announced on the 7th of June 2016 Firaxis partnered with developer The Workshop to produce the ports. XCOM 2 received 'Best Strategy Game of 2016' awards by PC Gamer and IGN.
Victory is the goal, but that's just an afterthought here - it's the complex journey that counts.' It's compelling, even though we often lose. GameSpot gives it a rating of 9 out of 10, calling it 'exhilarating, even in the face of failure. GameWatcher gave it a score of 9 out of 10, saying 'Could we already have a Game of the Year contender? Let's see if we remember it come December, but right now every fan of XCOM: Enemy Unknown should pick up XCOM 2'. XCOM 2 has been largely well received by critics with a current Metacritic rating of 88% based on 82 reviews. XCOM 2 is a turn-based strategy game sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown by Firaxis Games, released on the 5th of February 2016 on Windows PC, Macintosh and Linux.