X-COM
Video game serie
41
games
15platforms
A tactical strategy series originally designed by Julian Gollop where the player has to counter various alien invasions.
Notable people involved: Andrew Parton, Matthew Knott, Julian Gollop, Nick Cook and Amanda Roberts
Alternate names: Extraterrestrial Combat Unit
Name variations: XCOM
PS1 1995
PS3 2013-08-23
PS3 2013-11-12
XBOX1 2016-09-06
CD32 1994
OSX 2013-04-25
X360 2012-10-09
WIN 1999-11-24
WIN 1998-05-31
DOS 1995
PS3 2012-10-09
X360 2013-08-23
Rights to the franchise are currently held by Take-Two Interactive (2K Games), who changed the series name to XCOM from X-COM in their new titles.
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Games by year
A | 1995 - X-COM novel by Diane Duane |
B | 1997 - X-COM novel by Vladimir Vasilyev |
C | 1998 - Hasbro acquired the X-COM IP |
D | 2005 - 2K Games acquired the X-COM IP |
The first X-COM video game was released in 1994.
2K Games published most of these games.