Has an Interquel novel, 'XCOM Resurrection', meant to bridge the gap between the first and second games. Operating out of a new mobile headquarters fashioned from a captured alien transport, players must rebuild XCOM to fight back against the aliens and free the world from their control before the Elders can achieve their true, sinister goal. Now the roles are reversed, and the shattered remnants of XCOM are the ones lurking in the shadows, seeking to overthrow the Earth's corrupt government. Dissidents are made to disappear, soldiers are brainwashed and augmented beyond recognition, and only those on the fringes of society dare to think for themselves.
Now Earth exists under the rule of the ADVENT Coalition, a seemingly benevolent One World Order ruled by the alien 'Elders', which uses advanced extraterrestrial technology for the betterment of mankind.īut under this façade, the aliens rule with iron-fisted totalitarianism. The XCOM Project, Earth's last line of defense, was decimated by the invaders, and world leaders quickly ordered a ceasefire in the hopes of negotiating a surrender. Twenty years have passed since the aliens launched a devastating invasion of Earth.
XCOM 2 is the 2016 sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, developed by Firaxis Games.
