XCOM FPS isn't a FPS anymore.
2K finally released something offically tied to the XCOM shooter they showed off a few years ago. The video takes us through events that likely happened leading up to the beginning of the game. It also has a new title, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
The game will be releasing this August as a third-person tactical shooter. The game will begin in 1962, during which time John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States. It will tell the origin story of the modern XCOM project that was in last years XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Executive producer at 2K Marin, Alyssa Finley, told Joystiq this:
The Bureau's initial charter was to investigate a series of incidents that the government thought were all Soviet infiltration and maybe a precursor to a nuclear war. Turns out, those incidents were of a far more extraterrestrial origin.
The Bureau has to quickly adapt from their original charter to become the kind of organization that could identify alien threats, find ways to turn the alien technology against them and cover up evidence of what happened so that the American public could go on with their lives and not go into a panic about being invaded by aliens.
In The Bureau, players will take control of Special Agent William Carter, who takes agents you customize into the field in real-time combat. Also note that permadeath is also a part of the game, but the characters you use as just blank slates you create. 2K is still trying to keep the focus of XCOM as, "tactics, tools, and teams.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will be available August 20th, 2013 for PS3, PC, and Xbox 360.
via Jostiq