This isn't so much MMO news, but I was so excited when I heard this that I thought I should share. Anyone who cringed when they heard about the upcoming XCOM first person shooter will enjoy this...

Many fans of the original XCOM series of strategy games were perplexed and/or angry when the series reboot was announced as first-person shooter. Well, XCOMmies, today is your lucky day. A second XCOM title, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, was announced this morning, and it will be a full-on strategy game developed by the masters of the genre, Firaxis Games.  Firaxis are the company responsible for the legendary Civilization series, so I don't think I'm alone in predicting big, big things.

The word comes by way of Game Informer; the magazine will feature XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the cover of its next issue, that will delve into the game's "destructible tactical environments, the interaction between the real-time strategic view and the turn-based combat, how the XCOM organization improves its capabilities as the war rages on."

"It’s been a dream of ours to recreate X-COM with our unique creative vision. We’re huge fans of the original game and it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to re-envision a game that is as beloved as X-COM," Steve Martin, president of Firaxis Games, told Game Informer. "We were careful to keep XCOM: Enemy Unknown true to the elements that made X-COM such a revered game while delivering an entirely new story and gameplay experience for both die-hard X-COM fans and newcomers to the franchise."