The Bureau: XCOM Declassified release date has been announced, and gamers might gather that it is the new name of 2K Marin’s shooter which has been in the making since a long time. Although earlier planned to be an FPS, it has now shifted gears and manifested itself as a tactical squad-based third-person shooter. It is slated to hit the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on August 23 this year, tagged with a price of 59.99 USD (approx. Rs. 3,260).
It has been revealed by IGN that this game will be set in 1962 during the Cold War period. It will take place in the same universe as last year’s strategy title, Enemy Unknown, and will act as a prequel to it. It will tell the story of the origins of the Initiative organization portrayed within the said game. Players will be asked to jump into the shoes of agent William Carter, who happens to be an intelligence operative who is forced to go up in arms against the aliens that have landed in the United States.
The game’s creative director, Morgan Gray, told the aforementioned website that his team has basically tried to take all the classic XCOM gameplay tenets and infuse them into the tactical third-person shooter approach of this title. Tools and technology will act as a major highlight of the whole experience throughout the entire journey. Furthermore, tactics will of course form a huge part as well. On the battlefield, the player character will be allowed to control forces using an interface called Battle Focus.
This feature would allow them to perform such activates as maneuvering and positioning their teammates around the battlefield in real-time, setting target prioritization as well as utilizing different powers and abilities of the squads. Ranking up player characters will enable gamers to customize them with a number of different options. Additionally, it has also been revealed by its maker that only single-player gameplay will be included in the whole package, and no kind of multiplayer support will be present in it.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has been made available for pre-order now, and those who reserve their copies beforehand through select retailers will be granted an extra side mission called Codebreakers.