2K has announced XCOM: Chimera Squad for digital release for Windows PC on 24 April 2020. This is an all new, standalone title in the award-winning, turn-based, XCOM tactical series. It will be getting a special, limited-time introductory price of $9.99.

“We’re inspired by our passionate community and excited by the opportunity to create a dynamic, innovative, and unique XCOM experience for both fans of our games and new players in XCOM: Chimera Squad.”

Steve Martin, President at Firaxis Games

Set five years after the events of XCOM 2, humans, hybrids and aliens are now working together to forge a civilization of cooperation and co-existence. Some of Earth’s inhabitants aren’t pleased about this interspecies alliance, and are threatening City 31, a model of peace in this post-invasion world. The titular Chimera Squad in this title will be putting together human, hybrid and alien agents to destroy the underground groups whose agendas threaten the delicate balance of the interspecies alliance.

“With XCOM: Chimera Squad, we felt there were exciting gameplay opportunities yet to be discovered within the XCOM universe.”

“Gameplay like Breach Mode, interleaved turn order, and the introduction of agents as fully fleshed-out characters will revolutionize how the game plays while still retaining the combat experience that makes the XCOM series so loved by gaming communities around the world.”

Mark Nauta, Lead Designer at Firaxis Games

XCOM: Chimera Squad includes the following features:

• Unique Alien and Human Agents: Each of the 11 agents have their own distinct personality and tactical abilities, including species-specific attacks like the Viper’s tongue pull;
• Specialized and Complementary Classes: Execute devastating combos by teaming the right agents and utilizing cooperative actions. The difference between mission success and failure can depend wholly on team composition;
• Re-Envisioned Tactical Combat: Missions are structured as a series of discrete, explosive encounters, keeping the action intense and unpredictable;
• Breach Mode: Players will shape the battlefield to their advantage with a new combat phase that injects squads right into action. They will strategically assign agents to different entry points and coordinate their assault plans with a range of Breach-specific skills;
• Interleaved Turns: An automatic initiative system will slot individual agents and enemies into an alternating turn order, creating new strategic possibilities based on what unit is queued to act next – and what unit is at the greatest risk when they do so;
• Suspenseful Strategy Layer: Outside of combat, players will manage the operations of a high-tech HQ, where they must prioritize competing tasks, investigations and agent assignments in the face of a ticking clock: the constantly rising unrest in the city’s various districts, driving City 31 closer and closer to total anarchy.

Get XCOM: Chimera Squad on Windows PC via Steam at the introductory price of $9.99, before it gets priced at $19.99 or your regional equivalent post 1 May 2020, its suggested retail price.

“We know fans have been eager to dive back into the world of XCOM.”

“XCOM: Chimera Squad offers tremendous value and we’re intentionally lowering the barriers of entry for new fans to the franchise with a game XCOM veterans will really enjoy.”

Melissa Bell, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Marketing at 2K