GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Combat rarely lasts longer than a handful of rounds in the newest XCOM. In each encounter, XCOM: Chimera Squad kicks in the door, dives headfirst into ...

XCOM: Chimera Squad is, true to its mythological namesake, an amalgam of some of the best concepts and mechanics from throughout the series long history. It is a distillation of the moments that makes ...

Fans of XCOM have a new standalone release coming for PC that puts a twist on the gameplay that fans of the franchise will remember, and it is called XCOM: Chimera Squad. It will launch on Windows ...

One of the best things about XCOM is how it makes you feel a kinship with your soldiers. Randomly-generated grunts join your squad, you rename them, you tint their armour, and you send them out on the ...

XCOM Chimera Squad does things a bit different and instead of random soldiers, you get to control a number of unique agents with personalities, special abilities and more. In this guide, we will go ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Lead designer Mark Nauta talks about why Firaxis made some dramatic ...

In 2016’s XCOM 2, players saved the world from armies of alien colonizers who used humans as psionic meat puppets. When the leaders of the invasion fled, they abandoned hordes of their own soldiers on ...

The next XCOM game is taking the series in a different direction, and fans won’t have to wait long to play it. XCOM: Chimera Squad is a stand-alone spinoff set after XCOM 2 that sees developer Firaxis ...

A few years after Firaxis Games closed the book on XCOM 2 with the stellar War of the Chosen expansion, Firaxis and 2K are ready to return to the franchise with XCOM: Chimera Squad, and it’s coming ...

The original X-COM: UFO Defense, which came out in 1994, has a pretty straightforward narrative: Aliens drop in from orbit and begin terrorizing the planet. It’s up to you and your little team of ...

"XCOM: Chimera Squad gives off a sort of Far Cry: Blood Dragon feel upon first glance, but the longer a player stays invested the more the game begins to feel like classic XCOM, despite all of the ...

XCOM: Chimera Squad is a spinoff of the XCOM series, featuring the same turn-based combat where you command a small squad of elite soldiers taking on an alien threat. However, in Chimera Squad, you ...