X-COM's creator believes the strategy genre's in dire need of innovation, and his new game is his attempt

"We still haven't quite managed to form a bridgehead yet," says Jullian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM (before Firaxis went and remade it as XCOM (no hyphen) in 2012). He and I are beating back waves of brain-in-a-jar aliens in co-op in his new game, Chip 'n Clawz vs. The Brainioids, and this is the second time he's mentioned the bridgehead, causing me to detect just the tiniest bit of tension in his voice. Read more

Feb 21, 2025 - 18:15
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X-COM's creator believes the strategy genre's in dire need of innovation, and his new game is his attempt

"We still haven't quite managed to form a bridgehead yet," says Jullian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM (before Firaxis went and remade it as XCOM (no hyphen) in 2012). He and I are beating back waves of brain-in-a-jar aliens in co-op in his new game, Chip 'n Clawz vs. The Brainioids, and this is the second time he's mentioned the bridgehead, causing me to detect just the tiniest bit of tension in his voice.

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