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LupinExorcist Aug 29, 2023 @ 6:18am
Does firaxis' xcom team still exist?
Its been soo many years i would gladly buy XCOM3 :/
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Iridar Aug 29, 2023 @ 6:50am 
No. A lot of them were fired after Midnight Suns didn't pan out. Most notably the lead developer, Jake Solomon. If Firaxis ever makes XCOM 3, it will be by different people.
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LupinExorcist Aug 29, 2023 @ 8:24am 
Thats sad news for me, guess i wont buy any other products of their company then, killing such awesome franchise is a crime
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|H|H| Fr3ddi3 Aug 29, 2023 @ 9:34am 
You can blame Firaxis for the layoffs and failure of Midnight suns ... but I'd hold fire on blaming them for killing XCOM.

It would seem there was no desire from JS or the midnight suns team to actually make Xcom 3 in the first place.
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KRON Aug 29, 2023 @ 10:46am 
Originally posted by Iridar:
No. A lot of them were fired after Midnight Suns didn't pan out. Most notably the lead developer, Jake Solomon. If Firaxis ever makes XCOM 3, it will be by different people.
Well, the Chimera Squad team is still there.
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Amanoob105 Aug 29, 2023 @ 11:03am 
Originally posted by KRON:
Originally posted by Iridar:
No. A lot of them were fired after Midnight Suns didn't pan out. Most notably the lead developer, Jake Solomon. If Firaxis ever makes XCOM 3, it will be by different people.
Well, the Chimera Squad team is still there.
You say that like it's a good thing....?

I joke. But, at the same time.....
Last edited by Amanoob105; Aug 29, 2023 @ 11:04am
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x-the-Andy-x Aug 29, 2023 @ 11:18am 
with the ending of Xcom 2, they had every intention IMO to make a xcom-3. this didnt happen, but i havent given up all hope that it might.. one day
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Wyvern Aug 29, 2023 @ 11:32am 
Originally posted by x-the-Andy-x:
with the ending of Xcom 2, they had every intention IMO to make a xcom-3. this didnt happen, but i havent given up all hope that it might.. one day
hope, is all we need.
Last edited by Wyvern; Aug 29, 2023 @ 11:32am
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Včelí medvídek Aug 29, 2023 @ 11:45am 
I highly doubt there will be no more x com titles from Firaxis as even Chimera Squad was quite successful for budget spin-off.

Jake Solomon left but other devs stayed (I believe main designedr behind wotc too) it can be both good and bad for the franchize but why judge in advance.. anyway I actually expect X com 3 will be announced along time of Civ 7 release.
Last edited by Včelí medvídek; Aug 29, 2023 @ 11:47am
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KRON Aug 29, 2023 @ 12:00pm 
Originally posted by Amanoob105:
Originally posted by KRON:
Well, the Chimera Squad team is still there.
You say that like it's a good thing....?

I joke. But, at the same time.....
I liked the gameplay in Chimera Squad, tbh. It's the story and character design that i had an issue with.
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DasaKamov Aug 30, 2023 @ 12:41pm 
Originally posted by Iridar:
No. A lot of them were fired after Midnight Suns didn't pan out. Most notably the lead developer, Jake Solomon.
Quite the misinformation.

"Left voluntarily because he wanted to try something new after 23 years" does not equal "he was fired".
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|H|H| Fr3ddi3 Aug 30, 2023 @ 12:56pm 
Originally posted by DasaKamov:
Originally posted by Iridar:
No. A lot of them were fired after Midnight Suns didn't pan out. Most notably the lead developer, Jake Solomon.
Quite the misinformation.

"Left voluntarily because he wanted to try something new after 23 years" does not equal "he was fired".

It is possible he walked before he was pushed, so everyone could save face.

We simply won't know the answer to that.

But as JS's own tweets state ... he seemingly does not want to work on XCOM games anymore, either in name or spirit, even now he's 'free' to do so. The rest of the MS team ... well there have been layoffs but it's company wide afaik.
Last edited by |H|H| Fr3ddi3; Aug 30, 2023 @ 12:57pm
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Ryu_Sheng Aug 31, 2023 @ 8:10am 
XCom was killed by T2, they decided they didn't want large scope versions of xcom, preferring instead games like chimera squad. And that sadly didn't do very well
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Iridar Aug 31, 2023 @ 9:38am 
Uhh no, that's not how it went down. Chimera Squad was a side project by their B-team, headed by Mark Nauta, an XCOM 2 developer who was given his own team for this project. It was intended as a small side project for the studio and testing grounds for some new mechanics. CS was made while the A-team under Jake Solomon was making Midnight Suns.
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KRON Aug 31, 2023 @ 10:27am 
Originally posted by Ryu_Sheng:
XCom was killed by T2, they decided they didn't want large scope versions of xcom, preferring instead games like chimera squad. And that sadly didn't do very well
T2 didn't large hopes for Chimera Squad to begin with, because it has a base price of $20 and it launched with a 50% discount.
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TheOrangeBox Sep 1, 2023 @ 3:34pm 
More likely they will contract out to third party any future projects.

XCOM Legends is coming up in 2024, it's a free mobile spin-off of the series. The game is developed by the Californian studio Iridium Starfish.

XCOM has we knew it's kaput.
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