Is XCOM 3 Ever Going To Happen?

Documentarian Danny O'Dwyer recently conducted an interview with former XCOM team lead Jake Solomon. Much was revealed that will be of interest to XCOM fans - particularly the lack of information regarding XCOM 3.

Dear Dwyery #3 with Jake Solomon
Is XCOM 2 Still Worth Playing?

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[TheSektor]

Marvel is poison to the industry. I really hate that "superhero" franchise delayed XCOM3.

[coreyjasper]

I just got into xcom because I had a bad accident and can only use one hand at the moment. It’s so fun and refreshing and helped get me back into my hobby so I hope they make a third one day

[DarTame]

I will never forgive the fact that MID-night suns was prioritized over Xcom 3

[kaknakful]

When the game play trailers for Midnight Sun came out, it got slaughtered for looking like a mobile card game. It was pretty brutal. Also, Marvel fatigue was suddenly a thing just as the game came out which was just baaaad timimg.

[onlywithbuts]

The fact that XCOM 3 wasn't just an idea but actually started to shape already until Marvel came in makes it extra frustrating... -_-

[Khorothis]

So the TL;DR of the story is that Firaxis thought they'd make a boatload of money from Marvels, which people were getting overdosed with, rather than making a sequel for a game there was a reliable, committed demand for. I'm not holding my breath for Firaxis to get its shit together and make XCOM3, it's probably going to be done by another studio in the 2030s.

[MrMartinNeumann]

Midnight Sun is currently available for free at Epic Games.

My biggest issue with the game is that it feels like you have no impact. Characters cannot die (always a problem with tactic games where the characters are the focus) and in the few places where you can make choices regarding who to engage and what to do it feels like it does not matter.

[sparkyj]

I thought the combat mechanics in Midnight Suns was really fun and worked well with the abilities of the Marvel characters. It was the "friendship simulator" part of the game that really jarred for me, it just felt a bit tween

[InnerFire]

Really wish that midnight suns wasn’t card based. I was ready to spend hundreds of hours on that, but after finishing the tutorial it didn’t give me the same feeling like xcom

[laycamwd]

Yeah, cancelling XCom 3 to do Marvel was a huge mistake. Sad.

[MrLibormortis]

xcom2 is still the best in the genre. The main reason I think why midnight sun failed is all those micro transaction game pass and so on, and we do like to customize our own toons as-well.

[KraiseGaming]

As a creator that has done 12 seasons of XCOM 2 with as many mods as the game can handle each time.... .
Your video gives me hope that we will see an XCOM 3 at some point where all but radio silence has been heard.

Good vid.. I hope you are right and it is in some stage of development.

[helipilotEGLW]

I kinda hope that XCOM just goes back to its roots, with normal soldiers taking on Aliens to save the day. It would be cool if it was set in the 80s with the backdrop of the Cold War, where they intertwine real events into the storyline. Phantom Doctrine did a similar concept and it worked really well. Sometimes I feel like dev houses don't listen to the customer base and just plough on with what they think will sell more games at the detriment of the title. This is what tends to play out when a lot of the big dev houses purchase smaller studios that had successful titles (EA and Command and Conquer for example). Firaxis should just stick to what they know works, Xcom has a loyal fan base, great game mechanics and a solid storyline, it has worked for decades across multiple titles - it works, don't change it!

[Deviljho]

Midnight Suns is an awesome game! I still play it! The fact that you’re able to create your own character really keeps me engaged and entertained!😊

[sheacorduroy]

Honestly I’m just here wishing we got a remake of XCOM: Terror From the Deep just for the setting alone.

[gunnergoz]

Still hoping to see XC3 as I've been a fan of the XC games since day 1.

[That_Ifrit_Guy]

Main reason I didn't look into Midnight suns (yet) Is just hero fatigue,

[LoomisPC]

I want phoenix point 2 over any xcom (which are also bloody great!)

[MidnightHozz]

Midnight Suns sounded really weird on paper and I avoided it because of that. I got it during a Steam sale eventually and I was glad I did. It's a great game and it's a shame it didn't sell well. Firaxis generally makes good stuff and this was no exception.

[newspin]

I never even heard of this marvel game, and I pretty much don't have anything to do with anything disney does anymore. They should have made xcom 3.. I would have bought that for sure.
Plus, a big part of my enjoyment of xcom was customizing my own characters, so if you take that away it's a massive loss, and I agree that if I want to play as wolvering, I want to feel like a beast, I don't want a turn based game for that.