XCOM: Enemy Within
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The Expansion to the 2012 Game of the Year Award-Winning Strategy Game

XCOM: Enemy Within is the expansion to the 2012 Game of the Year award-winning strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Enemy Within adds an array of new abilities, upgrades, and weapons to combat new enemy and alien threats. This expansion pack also introduces new maps, new tactical and strategic gameplay, and new multiplayer content, providing a fresh new gameplay experience.

Threatened by an unknown enemy, Earth’s governments unite to form a secret paramilitary organization, known as XCOM, to combat this extraterrestrial attack. As the commander of XCOM, you control the global defense team and its resources in a battle against the terrifying alien invasion. You control the fate of the human race by creating and managing a fully operational base, researching alien technologies, planning combat missions, and controlling soldier movement in battle.

Developed by the award-winning strategy experts at Firaxis Games, the creators of the Sid Meier's Civilization franchise.

* Requires XCOM: Enemy Unknown to play

Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Windows Vista
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz) CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 20 GB Free
DVD-ROM Drive: Required for disc-based installation
Video: 256 MB Video Memory NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT or greater
Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

Recommended System Requirements

Operating System: Windows 7
Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 20 GB Free
DVD-ROM Drive: Required for disc-based installation
Video: 512MB Video Memory ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series/NVIDIA GeForce 9000 Series or greater
Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

Meld canister
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New Strategic Resource

Research a new alien technology to advance the capabilities of your operatives. Secure it on the battlefield and use it carefully back at base to unlock new research and upgrades.

Gene Mods
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Genetic Modifications

Construct the Genetics Lab to physically enhance your operatives’ abilities including augmentations to the chest, brain, eyes, skin, and legs.

MEC Trooper
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New Soldier Class

Build the Cybernetics Lab to enable the construction of the new Mechanized Exoskeletal Cybersuit, or MEC. The new MEC Trooper class has specialized abilities and each suit can be upgraded with new weapons including the flamethrower and grenade launcher.

Covert Operative
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New Tactical Challenges and Maps

Cloak-and-dagger and intelligence operations provide new tactical challenges on over 40 new battlefields.

EXALT
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New Enemy Threats

Adopt new tactics to counter the threats from two new alien types - the Mechtoid and the Seeker - and a deadly new organization known as EXALT.

New Units & Abilities

New Multiplayer Maps, Units, and Abilities

Create your custom squad from a wider array of options and dominate your opponent in intense, one-on-one, turn-based matches.