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• X-COM creator reveals details on new tactical game Phoenix Point

  Phoenix Point plans to ramp up X-Com’s tactical combat and procedural generation to a whole new level.

  5 years ago

• X-COM creator Julian Gollop teases new game Phoenix Point

  X-COM creator Julian Gollop has a new game in the works and it’s called Phoenix Point.

  5 years ago

• XCOM creator's new strategy game launches next week

  Check out the launch trailer for Julian Gollop’s latest.

  5 years ago

• "Crowdfunding is very difficult, and much more difficult than it was a year ago," says XCOM creator

  Having started a successful Kickstarter recently, original XCOM designer, currently working on Chaos Reborn, Julian Gollop, was attending Digital Dragons game festival. While there, he gave a talk about his experience with the crowdfunding model and discussed what he had to go through even before the campaign was a thing.

  7 years ago

• X-Com creator says crowdfunding is getting tougher all the time

  Crowdfunding is much less lucrative than it was when the Kickstarter revolution began, and is getting harder by the year, according to X-Com creator Julian Gollop.

  7 years ago

• Chaos: Reborn exceeds $180,000 Kickstarter goal

  Chaos: Reborn, the remake of XCOM creator Julian Gollop’s classic strategy title Chaos: The Battle of Wizards, has met its Kickstarter goal with 12 hours to spare. As of press time, the title has reached $191,735 in funding thanks to 4,694 backers. Chaos: Reborn is a fast-paced tactics RPG with online multiplayer, rankings, co-op, and […]

  7 years ago

• Chaos: Reborn has a playable prototype available online

  Chaos: Reborn, the remake of XCOM creator Julian Gollop’s classic strategy title Chaos: The Battle of Wizards, has a playable prototype available online that you can try.

  7 years ago

• Chaos Reborn and 74 other titles approved through Steam Greenlight

  Valve has greenlit 75 more titles for release on the Steam service, and per usual, the game will be released independently “in the weeks or months ahead.” Masthead Studios announced yesterday its online shooter Guns and Robots had been approved and that it would release later this year. XCOM creator Julian Gollop’s Chaos Reborn was […]

  7 years ago

• Chaos: Reborn takes the XCOM creator back to his roots

  Chaos: Reborn is a re-imagining of XCOM creator Julian Gollop’s 1985 classic. Dave Cook plays a round against him, loses horribly and then writes about why strategy fans should be quite excited.

  7 years ago

• Chaos Reborn: XCOM creator Julian Gollop takes his latest project to Kickstarter

  Chaos Reborn is the remake of XCOM creator Julian Gollop’s classic strategy title Chaos: The Battle of Wizards. Gollop has launched a Kickstarter for the Unity3D title, which hopes to raise some $180,000 towards development.

  7 years ago

• Chaos Reborn's Kickstarter will go live on March 14

  Chaos Reborn will land on Kickstarter March 14, according to an update on the Prefundia page by XCOM creator Julian Gollop. The plan for a Kickstarter was announced last month. Chaos Reborn is an update of the classic 1985 ZX Spectrum game Chaos: The Battle of Wizards and is a turn-based strategy game with strong […]

  7 years ago

• XCOM creator Julian Gollop to launch Chaos Reborn Kickstarter soon

  Chaos Reborn will soon be placed on Kickstarter, according to XCOM creator Julian Gollop’s latest post on Prefundia.

  7 years ago

• XCOM creator Gollop voices concern over "paper-thin illusion" of weak AI

  XCOM creator Julian Gollop has discussed the pitfalls of weak AI in games during a new interview. The developer has voiced concern that visuals are becoming the main focus of games, rather than intelligent enemies or NPCs, creating what he called an “elaborate paper-thin illusion”, of a believable world.

  8 years ago

• XCOM: Firaxis saved a brand "gone so badly awry", says creator

  XCOM franchise creator Julian Gollop has praised Firaxis for rescuing the property from 2K’s “schizophrenic approach” – and his own mistakes.

  8 years ago

• Chaos Reborn: Gollop discusses multiplayer battles, reveals early screen

  Chaos Reborn creator Julian Gollop has revealed new multiplayer details for the follow up to his 1985 ZX Spectrum classic. Battles will support up to four players across both synchronous and asynchronous play. The developer has also revealed a work-in-progress shot of the game in action. Check it all out after the cut.

  8 years ago

• XCOM Enemy Unknown: Gollop praises developer's 'great job'

  XCOM: Enemy Unknown developer Firaxis had a mammoth task on its hands when attempting to reboot Julian Gollop’s original game UFO: Enemy Unknown. The team can relax however, as the 2K-published game has received Gollop’s blessing.

  8 years ago

• Chaos: The Battle of Wizards sequel announced 27 years later

  Famed game designer Julian Gollop has announced that he is working on a sequel to his 1985 ZX Spectrum title, Chaos: The Battle of Wizards.

  8 years ago

• Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars gameplay walkthrough released

  How does Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon work on 3DS, anyway? Lauded strategy designer Julian Gollop explains in this trailer for the the series latest entry, Shadow Wars.

  10 years ago

• Ghost Recon 3DS to be turn-based squad game with "Advance Wars feel"

  Despite appearances to the contrary, the 3DS’ launch lineup isn’t all quick ports whose biggest upgrades are the addition of “3D” to their titles. Case in point: Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars. It’s a brand new turn-based tactical game from none other than the creator of X-Com himself, Julian Gollop.Yes, yes, we know Ocarina of Time […]

  10 years ago