Julian Gollop’s long-awaited (and much-delayed) X-COM spiritual successor Phoenix Point will finally launch on PC next Tuesday, 3rd December – and to celebrate its highly anticipated arrival, there are four new scene-setting trailers to get everyone in the mood.
Back when it was first revealed, Gollop described Phoenix Point as delivering “a continuation and evolution” of the the ideas introduced in his classic 1994 strategy title X-COM – and its blend of turn-based squad combat and base building, pitting the last remnants of humanity against ever-evolving alien forces, should be immediately familiar to X-COM fans.
That pitch was compelling enough to convince backers to stump up almost $766,000 USD in crowdfunding for Phoenix Point in June 2017, whereupon Gollop and his studio Snapshot Games set to work on meeting the project’s anticipated late 2018 release date.
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However, last May, Gollop elected to delay launch into June this year in order to properly realise the game’s potential – and then again to September and then to December. But finally, fan patience has been rewarded and Phoenix Point will, barring major global catastrophe (alien invasion would be a bitter irony), be with us on 3rd December.