

Always on the run, and facing impossible odds, the remnant XCOM forces must find a way to ignite a global resistance, and eliminate the alien threat once and for all. Here, a force gathers once again to stand up for humanity. Only those who live at the edges of the world have a margin of freedom. Now, in XCOM 2, the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda and eliminating all who dissent from their new order. 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. Stay tuned for more Epic Games Store updates here at Shacknews.XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year.Įarth has changed. Then XCOM 2 and Insurmountable will take its place. Either way, you’ll have a lot of resource management and strategy combat to keep you busy throughout if you haven’t picked XCOM 2 up before.Ĭurrently, Rogue Legacy is free in Epic Games Store in light of the fact that Rogue Legacy 2’s Version 1.0 is coming soon. And if you end up wanting to play more after you’ve finished what the base XCOM 2 has to offer, the impeccable War of the Chosen expansion is also available on the Epic Games Store via the XCOM 2 game page.

We thoroughly enjoyed it in our 2016 Shacknews review. Firaxis actually released the Unreal Development Kit to. Even with just the base game, players can get hours of enjoyment and content out of it. What makes XCOM 2 stand out is how involved the developers are when it comes to mod-capability. XCOM 2 is a solid addition among Epic Games Store’s free game offerings. Even in its base form, XCOM 2 is a solid strategy pickup if you haven't played it before, especially for the low price of free. If you claim either game during this period, you will be able to download and play it at your leisure thereafter, even if you delete the game and redownload it later. Alongside it, mountain-climbing roguelike adventure Insurmountable will also be available during that period. Starting on April 14, 2022, XCOM 2’s base game will be free to claim for a limited time. The base game will be claimable by PC players for the low price of zero.Įpic Games Store recently shared the upcoming slate of free games for later this month via its store page. Next week players will be able to pick up a sci-fi strategy masterpiece with XCOM 2.

Epic Games Store’s free games program is a great way to pick up some decent titles without busting out your wallet.
