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XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be released on October 9 for PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 as announced by 2K Games and Firaxis. With the announcement they also announce the pre-order and special edition details for Enemy Unknown. Those who pre-order the game will get The Elite Soldier Pack, which will be available for a limited time. Here's what comes with the Elite Soldier Pack: Classic X-COM Soldier: Players will instantly receive a new recruit in their barracks inspired by the original X-COM: UFO Defense. The iconic soldier with the blonde, flattop hairstyle will return in his full glory, modernized with the rest of the XCOM universe. Soldier Deco packs: Players can customize their soldier with several aesthetic upgrades to armor suits, including the new Hyperion and Reaper soldier armor kits. Complete color customization: A variety of colors and tints for all armor sets in the game allow players complete control to customize their squad’s look. PC players will g...

In 2011, gamers had a year filled with games that missed there original release date. Although the year turned out to be a great one, waiting for a game to be released just to have it pushed back can be heart-wrenching. Gears of War 3 was delay almost five months and Mass Effect 3 was pushed into another year. It is now 2012, the year has just started and already games are seeing their original release date altered. Most recently Saber Interactive's Inversion was move from its February 7 release date to March 27 and while Max Payne 3 was originally scheduled for a March release, Take-Two has decided to move the game to a May release window. Here's the shortlist of delayed games (so far): Mass Effect 3 Demo [Delayed until February] SSX [Delayed 2 weeks] XCOM [Delayed until the next fiscal year] Anarchy Reigns [Delayed until July] Diablo III [Delayed, official release unknown] Gotham City Impostors [Delayed until February] Ghost Recon: Future Soldier [Delay until May] ...

If you were looking forward to the upcoming reboot of 2K Marins reboot of First-Person Shooter Strategy game X-COM then it looks like you'll have to wait awhile longer to get your hands on it--an entire year in fact. X-COM was scheduled to be released this March however 2K Marin has decided to push the game into the next fiscal year. Although you can't get your hands on X-COM this year you will be able to get you hands on the remake by Firaxis Games, X-COM: Enemy Unknown. Enemy Unknown is more closely tied to the original game and will include real-time strategy view and turn based combat. The reboot may not have its turn this year but you will get your X-COM fix for 2012.