2K and Firaxis Games have announced XCOM: Enemy Within, an expanded experience of last year’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown, coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and Mac internationally on November 15.
The game adds new abilities, upgrades, and weapons, as well as new maps, tactical and strategic gameplay, and multiplayer content.
Here’s the full list of new features:
- New Soldier Abilities: Research a new alien technology to advance the capabilities of operatives:
- Gene Mods: Construct the Genetics Lab to physically enhance operatives’ abilities, including augmentations to the chest, brain, eyes, skin and legs.
- MECs: Build the Cybernetics Lab to enable the construction of the new Mechanized Exoskeletal Cybersuit, or MEC. The new MEC Trooper class has specialized abilities and each suit can be upgraded with new weapons including the flamethrower, grenade launcher and more.
- New Weapons and Equipment: Give operatives an extra tactical edge with new projects from the engineering team in the Foundry;
- New Enemy Threats: Adopt new tactics to counter the threats from a host of new enemies, including the Mechtoid;
- New Strategic Resource: A valuable new alien resource, known as Meld, has been discovered. Secure it on the battlefield and use it carefully back at base to unlock new research and upgrades;
- New Tactical Challenges and Maps: Face new tactical challenges, on nearly 50% more maps;
- New Multiplayer Maps, Units and Abilities: Create custom squad from a wider array of options and dominate opponents in intense, one-on-one, turn-based matches.
On PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the game will be available in a $39.99 Commander Edition that expands the XCOM: Enemy Unknown experience with the new Enemy Within content and add-on content previously released for Enemy Unknown. On PC and Mac, the game will be available for $29.99 and feature additional content that can be enjoyed with previously purchased copies of XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Watch the debut trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.
