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Hello, Don't know what to expect but there might be a new XCOM from 2K :

This could be a nice game. But I'm still afraid of the PC/Xbox/PS3 thing. Good news is, hopefully we won't have to wait for too long to play this one.

Looks fine, but between Civ5 and SMB, I won't have the time to play it.

Thought so, I contacted them and I'm waiting for an answer.

Here's the working link : http://canardpc.com/ There's no news on their website, all the intel are on their paper publication. But I think there's an english section on their forum where you might learn something.

OK guys I have some intel to share with you. Yesterday CanardPC (a french newspaper, http://www.canardpc.com) published a first look about this news Xcom game. I'm reading the article right now so this will be short : - No world map : There's a USA map (with a 50s' style) for selecting the missions. - Research & production : yes. - Base management : yes. - Team management : yes. - Choice of the next missions : yes. - No control of your teammate during the mission (in the demo, this may change) It seems like you can goof around in your base between the mission (in first person view). EDIT : - The demo was running on an XBox360. - You play as the chief of operation of the base between the mission. - The choice of the played mission will impact the game. - In the demo, lots of area of the base were off limits. - During the missions you can take photos (research ?). - The game is due for release in a little more than a year.

Apparently this problem is solved by the latest Nvidia beta driver. So need for ati/nvidia flamewar anymore.

We can hope, but not too much, it could be also a Biochock spinoff

At first I was a little disapointed by the changelog until i rode that it was a fan made patch. I hope that's not the last one, and if fans have access to the source code maybe we'll get more mods.

There's a solution if you want to play with maximized graphics, try to install an older version of the nVidia Forceware driver (prior to 169.xx).

Looks good, btw it also sounds like a very old game : Star Flight : http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/...starflight.html

Nice to see they still update this game.

Looks good to me too. /me going to read the interview searching for a release date.

Not a great game, I tried it for some time, but it was definitely not a great game. But maybe this one will be better, i don't remember if the first one used the silent storm engine. Oh and if the games follow the books, the third one will be "twilight watch" and the fourth "final watch".

Thanks, now I can play !

Well, still the same problem. QRes or not my LCD screen don't like the resolution of TFTD, the top of the screen is of limit of my LCD. The game launch & work but it's hard to play with only 4/5 of the screen . I noted something strange, during my tests I launched the executable directly without steam. And each time I had weird error messages by steam and/or windows. Someone confirm this is the expected behavior ?!

Thanks for Qres, i'll try tonight.

I'm currently installing steam again, just to buy it. Edit : Done, well it'll need some tweaks to display a playable resolution.

can't wait for the first review

I agree, with this it's difficult to determinate wich is the best weapon. But I think the stats must be modified by your own soldier's stats.

Well, playing 8 times the demo (for the whole ten days !) is a sign of motivation for me

Cheers for amazon.co.uk, I just received my order !! <insert ironic comment here>

I have only these informations : This is when I click on the "where's my stuff" button.

I choose the ordinary one as I tried to limit the overall cost. Still no game today .

Thanks but I'll avoid it for now as it might spoil the story