XCOM Reboot Will Thrill Die-Hard Fans and Noobs

If you're a fan of high-level strategy games and want to kick alien butt Will Smith-style, you'll be excited to play XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The game, out in two weeks for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, is a reboot of X-COM: UFO Defense, a 1994 strategy classic gamers still reminisce about. The new game, like the original, is made by Firaxis, and will be published by 2K Games.

Aliens have invaded Earth, and a shadowy council has organized the world's major powers into XCOM (Extraterrestrial Combat Unit) to fight the global siege. If you fail, the planet is toast, so you'd better put your strategizing hat on.

Mashable spent some quality time with Enemy Unknown on the Xbox 360, and it…
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