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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified publisher 2K Games has confirmed that the title’s first DLC pack is coming exclusively to Xbox 360 if you pre-order the game. We’ve also got a new ‘Battle Focus’ trailer that shows the game’s strategic play at work.

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has strategy fans in a cold sweat over whether or not 2K Marin can deliver a tactical experience. VG247′s Dave Cook talks with the studio to get some clear answers.

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Alyssa Finley, VP of product development at 2K Marin is featured in the video below in which she discusses The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. In it, she talks about the third-person squad-based tactical shooter’s setting, design and the creation of the game’s universe. Check it out below courtesy of SpiderDuck.The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will release August 20 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified developer 2K Marin has released another new trailer for its strategic shooter, this time showing off plenty of redacted words and a glimpse of combat.

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified developer 2K Marin has released a fresh back of screens for its revamped squad shooter into the wild. There are traces of XCOM: Enemy Unknown’s alien design in there. Both games look more similar now than when 2K Marin’s title first went dark after its original reveal. See what you think.

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is 2k Marin’s take on the XCOM origin story. VG247 got early hands-on time with the game to see how it stacks up.

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified’s senior producer Nico Bihary has explained to VG247 the shift between first and third-person perspectives since the game’s 2011 reveal and second coming as The Bureau. It’s to give players a better understanding of their environment when engaging aliens in combat, he told us.

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has not undergone a reboot since being announced in 2010.

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has been revealed at long last by developer 2K Marin. The troubled shooter will re-surface on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 at $59.99.

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XCOM developer 2K Marin will blow the doors off its shooter once again in a matter of days, the company has confirmed. The project was initially announced back in 2011 but was taken back to the drawing board for re-tooling. The studio confirmed that the game has “undergone an evolution” since we last saw it.

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It appears 2K has pulled the official website and privatized the YouTube videos for its XCOM shooter.

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If you haven’t yet experienced the original BioShock and its solid if not quite as magical sequel, now is the time. Gamefly is offering both games on PC for $5, and if you use this Dealzon coupon code, you’ll pay just $4. If that doesn’t fill the hole left in your life by the ending of BioShock Infinite I am unsure what will. Probably nothing. There is only sorrow, forever.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Internet wizard Superannuation today made a new post, and the highlight, probably, involves the shooter version of XCOM that has been in development at 2K Marin for a while now. We haven’t seen any updates on that title in a long time, and Superannuation’s data suggests it might be because they’re dropping the XCOM brand from the game.

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XCOM, the first-person shooter from 2K Marin – not to be confused with XCOM: Enemy Unknown by Firaxis – has been dark for a while, leading to rumours of the game being delayed. However, new screens have leaked suggesting the game has been reworked into a third-person strategic shooter instead. More details and screens below.

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XCOM isn’t enough for the team at 2K Marin; the busy little bees are cooking up a brand new IP.

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IGN has highlighted a mention in the print version of GameInformer that 2K Marin’s shooter XCOM has been pushed back to 2013. The delay was apparently revealed as part of the unveiling of Firaxis’s strategy release, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The shooter had been expected during 2012, and a 2K Australia representative could not confirm the date change.

Thanks, Gamefront.

2K Australia is once more collaborating with Irrational Games.

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Whispers say a number of staff at 2K Marin’s Canberra studio have suddenly found themselves unemployed.

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Finally, we at home can take a look at the XCOM demo shown at E3 in June – complete with developer commentary, no less.

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XCOM didn’t change radically between its 2010 and 2011 E3 showings in response to negative reaction, 2K has said – it’s just continued its natural development.

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