The game is inspired by the original X-Com: UFO Defense and sees players taking control of the commander of a specialized military group.

Xenonauts 2 takes place during the Cold War in the midst of an alien invasion. I'm excited, and with an early access release on Steam scheduled for sometime between April and June, I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for a more precise early access date in the coming months.An overview of Xenonauts 2's alternate history invasion defense. And as you can see from Goldhawk's extensive update log on their Kickstarter page, the strategy game seems to have grown quite a bit in the intervening years! There's now dynamic maps, new biomes, and revamped air combat in the mix, to name just a few. However, as the scope of the game grew, Goldhawk decided to extend the closed beta and delay the jump to early access, stating that they didn't feel it was ready back then. It took all of 12 hours for the Kickstarter to get successfully funded, and a closed beta then followed for backers, with an intended early access launch slated for March 2019. Goldhawk eventually decided to raise additional development funds via a Kickstarter campaign in 2018, releasing another free demo to coincide with it (which is still available to play today on GOG if you fancy seeing what's what). Back then, it was slated to release sometime in 2017 at the earliest, and for a time there was a free, early version people could play over on GOG. Xenonauts 2 was first announced six years ago - the week Firaxis' XCOM 2 came out, no less. On top of some spruced up visuals, Goldhawk have said they'll be adding more maps to Xenonauts 2, a larger tech tree, a more detailed and immersive strategic layer in its GeoScape, and plenty of new aliens this time round as well, many of which you can glimpse in its shiny new gameplay trailer above. Much like Xenonauts 1, Xenonauts 2 will see you take control of a multi-national military organisation in order to defend Earth from an alien invasion, which you'll be doing in good ol' turn-based fashion.

Is there an early access xcom 2 demo