Now aliens rule Earth, promising a brilliant future while secretly hiding a sinister agenda, and eliminating all who dissent from their new order. Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces and XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, an award-winning strategy game. You have a chance to enjoy and test run XCOM 2 for free starting today until April 29 on Xbox One and until April 30 on Steam. The limited time offer is part of 2K’s Give Back Project to help ease the burden of the current situation that we are in right now.

Now, in XCOM 2, the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda and eliminating all who dissent from their new order,' reads an official description of the game.2K, the developer of XCOM is giving away the second instalment of the popular game for free. XCOM, the planet's last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces. As for Steam Deck support, the game has not been verified for the handheld, but it's playable on the system.

While not as beloved as its predecessor, which is lauded as one of the best strategy games ever made, XCOM 2 has managed to attract millions of players since launch and normally it costs $60, so to play it for $5.99 is a steal, especially when you consider the game roughly takes 30 to 80 hours, depending on your playstyle and how much you dive into all the content of the game, which itself is highly replayable. Boasting an 88 on Metacritic, it is a sequel to 2012's reboot of the series, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. For those unfamiliar, XCOM 2 debuted back on February 5, 2016, and is widely considered one of the better strategy games of the previous generation of gaming.

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