"I came across this at a very sad point in my life, it was on a hard drive on a vintage computer I bought off Amazon," Marshall explains on the expansion's GitHub page. "Literally this essentially saved my life, I was going through a divorce and just happen[ing] to come across something like this was insane."

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[–] 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

All the original devs are gone, it would be a shell of its former self. If the original developers are still together somewhere, we would be better off getting a new IP.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Original devs like Julian Gollop, who made his own spiritual successor ‘Phoenix Point’ in 2019? Which unfortunately turned out to be so-so.

    Or you could look at third-party developers instead, since ‘Xenonauts’ was received much better.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    He wasnt involved in the reboot series IIRC. Jake Solomon was the creative director.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Why? Xcom has its first game released in 1994. The IP has been around for a long time.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    What do you mean "gone" did I miss some kind of dev genocide after 2005?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Yes, lots of layoffs and devs just moving on.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Ah, so they still exist, but because they aren't still making stuff for you they no longer have any right to the things they created. Got it.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    They have made stuff for me, just getting them back together to make another XCOM is very very unlikely. Do you understand how IP ownership works?

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  • [–] -2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Yes. Do you?

    You DO understand that just because the original developers don't still work in the same room that things do not become public domain, right?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago

    I think you are confused. I am simply saying, the developers, the individuals, who designed and created the reboot series are no longer working at the studio who owns the IP "XCOM". Unless they are all rehired by 2K, them individuals cannot develop another XCOM. Do you understand now?

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