Xcom: Enemy Unknown satte for alvor gang i kærligheden til den bestemte Xcom-formular, og siden da er en række større spilserier dukket op, der forsøger at gøre Firaxis kunsten efter. Et af disse spil er det kommende Phoenix Point, der udvikles af Snapshot Games og Julian Gollop, manden der faktisk opfandt Xcom-serien.
Spillet skulle være udkommet i løbet af 2018, men nu må udvikleren erkende at de har brug for mere tid. I et blogindlæg siger Gollop følgende:
"I believe we can create a game with high production values that will make a huge splash on launch. In order to achieve this we need to continue to expand the team and maintain our focus on quality. To be honest, this has been a slower process than I wanted, but I felt that we needed the best talent that we could find. I am glad to say that we now have 35 great developers in our Sofia studio, and as a consequence of our recent, excellent exposure we are attracting offers of help from game developers around the world."
Phoenix Point udkommer nu i 2019 til PC. Du kan se gameplay herunder.