Phoenix Point is an upcoming strategy video-game featuring a turn-based tactics system that is being developed by Bulgaria-based independent developer Snapshot Games for release in December 2019 for the Xbox One, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.
Platform(s): PC, Xbox One
Release date: December 2019
Whether you played the original X-COM back in the day or love the modern reboots from 2K, there's just something satisfying about defending the planet from hostile aliens via tactical, turn-based battles full of sudden surprises and miraculous saves. If you're waiting impatiently for XCOM 3, you'll be happy to know that Phoenix Point - headed up by Julian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM - will scratch that same sci-fi strategy itch. In the desolate post-apocalypse of Phoenix Point, humanity has split into factions following a viral outbreak, and horrific aliens are terrorizing the wastes. As one of the factions fighting to protect Earth, you'll need to ally with other factions to bolster your forces, then take the fight to hordes of hideous, crab human hybrid mutants to ensure our species' survival.