Julian Gollop launches $500,000 crowdfunder for X-COM spiritual successor

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Julian Gollop launches $500,000 crowdfunder for X-COM spiritual successor

UPDATE: And it's funded!

 

By Chris Bratt Published 02/05/2017

 

UPDATE 02/05/2017: Phoenix Point, the spiritual successor to the original X-COM, has now been successfully funded. It's taken just under seven days for the project to meet its initial target of $500,000, with a mix of crowdfunding from fans and investors.

 

"We would like to thank all our backers who have made this project possible," states the latest update. "Now we are going to make an awesome game for you."

 

As is usually the case with crowdfunding campaigns like this one, Snapshot Games has since revealed a couple of additional stretch goals. Should the project reach $650,000, the final game will include driveable vehicles and if it gets all the way to $850,000, players will be able to build floating bases on the geoscape. You can find more details on the project's FIG page.

 

There's currently 36 days of crowdfunding left.

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[Nick H. Supervisor]

At the very start of the video I thought, "why not just XCOM then?" But I've got to say I'm interested in seeing more of this, there are some great sounding differences!