A big budget XCOM 3 is my dream video game – Reader’s Feature

XCOM probably isn’t coming back… but you never know (2K)

After XCOM developer Firaxis announced a new board game, a reader holds out a sliver of hope that a new video game could still happen.

I had no idea it was the 30th anniversary of developer Firaxis this month. Most people probably known them as the makers of Civilization but to me they’re the people that brought back XCOM. The original games were my favourite on the Amiga and I never imagined they’d be rebooted for modern consoles, but that’s exactly what happened with XCOM: Enemy Unknown on Xbox 360 in 2012.

For a little time there Take-Two was making a real effort to turn XCOM into a big franchise, with a more...