XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces.

Multiplayer fans can form squads featuring a mix of humans and aliens and engage in head-to-head action. The critically-acclaimed sequel to the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation®4.Earth has changed. Its Xbox One X enhancements not only bump up the resolution to 1440p but they also increase FXAA quality and enable screen space reflections. The update is available for XCOM 2: War of the Chosen on consoles and also brings with it a number of fixes and gameplay optimizations. Combat has been slightly altered to offer guerrilla tactics befitting the new nature of XCOM as a resistance force, and procedurally generated levels mean the maps, missions, and goals are almost always different. XCOM 2 is now Xbox One X enhanced thanks to the game’s latest update. Gamers can recruit five different classes of resistance fighter, each with specific skill trees and special class abilities, but there are also plenty of different aliens to battle, including the new ADVENT security forces. Players once again take on the role of an XCOM commander who gives orders to soldiers during combat, and then spends the time in between battles building new rooms on The Avenger and directing scientists and engineers to research new weapons, armor, and technology. It's up to gamers to assemble the remaining XCOM forces, pilot a stolen alien supply craft named The Avenger around the world, recruit new resistance fighters, and make one last-gasp effort to expose the alien conspiracy and save the human race. The aliens appear beneficent, building thriving cities around the planet, but they also secretly harbor less wholesome plans, and any who oppose their process are permanently dealt with. Firaxis' turn-based strategy series finds the XCOM forces in shambles and spread across the globe after 20 years of alien rule in XCOM 2.

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