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X-COM

Video game serie

A tactical strategy series originally designed by Julian Gollop where the player has to counter various alien invasions.

42
games
16
platforms

Alternate names: Extraterrestrial Combat Unit
Name variations: XCOM

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (Xbox 360)
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
X360 2013-08-23
XCOM: Enemy Within Commander Edition (Xbox 360)
XCOM: Enemy Within Commander Edition
X360 2013-11-12
X-COM: Enforcer (Windows)
X-COM: Enforcer
WIN 2001-04-17
X-COM: UFO Defense (Amiga CD32)
X-COM: UFO Defense
CD32 1994
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Xbox 360)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
X360 2012-10-09
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (PlayStation 3)
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
PS3 2013-08-23
X-COM: Enemy Unknown (PlayStation)
X-COM: Enemy Unknown
PS1 1995
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (PlayStation)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
PS1 1996
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Mac OS X)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
OSX 2013-04-25
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Windows)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
WIN 2012-10-09
X-COM: UFO Defense (MS-DOS)
X-COM: UFO Defense
DOS 1994
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (MS-DOS)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
DOS 1995
Series inspired by X-COM:
* UFO by Altar Interactive
* UFO: Extraterrestrials by Chaos Concept
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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Child groups

X-COM: Original series, XCOM 2012 reboot

Games by year

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A1995 - X-COM novel by Diane Duane
B1997 - X-COM novel by Vladimir Vasilyev
C1998 - Hasbro acquired the X-COM IP
D2005 - 2K Games acquired the X-COM IP (Business)

The first X-COM video game was released in 1994.

2K Games, Microprose and Hasbro Interactive published most of these games.

Related site

UFOpaedia

Platforms

Windows 15
Linux 5
X360 3
PS3 3
MS-DOS 3
Mac OS X 2
PS 2
Amiga AGA 1
WinCE 1
Mobile 1
iOS 1
3DO 1
PS4 1
Xbox One 1
Pandora 1
Amiga CD32 1

Most common companies

2K Games15
Microprose6
Hasbro Interactive5
SMK Software3
Feral Interactive3
Pavonis Interactive2
2K2