The Long War 2 mod will only be available to the PC community.īe sure to check back with and follow Scott on Twitter for more XCOM 2 news throughout 2017 and however long Firaxis supports XCOM 2 in the years to come. XCOM 2 is currently available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

The studio has already announced its debut project, Terra Invicta, and apparently has plans for other “independent original titles.” Owing to the success of the Long War mod for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Firaxis parent company, 2K Games, commissioned the Long War. Crafted by Pavonis Interactive (formerly Long War Studios), it's the indirect follow-up to Enemy Unknown's Long War - a total conversion mod that expands upon Firaxis' core concepts and ideas, making just about every little detail more difficult along the way. Lumpkin says the name change reflects the company’s desire to work on more than just XCOM mods. LONG WAR 2 Long War 2 is a massive overhaul of critically acclaimed Firaxis XCOM 2. Those of you familiar with XCOM 2's Long War 2 official site mod will know it needs little introduction. In addition to announcing the Long War 2 mod, the company also announced it will continue business operations under a new name, Pavonis Interactive. But we do know that the Long War add-ons are now “ exclusively linked” to the XCOM series an announcement we can only hope means we’ll keep seeing new Long War mods as long as 2K and Firaxis keep their rebooted XCOM series around. There’s no release date yet and we don’t have any details on what will change for those who have LW2 installed. They’ve come back with Long War 2 for XCOM 2, adding tons to the game like a longer campaign, new classes, a wider range of customization options, and much more.

But one of 2K’s first big announcements of 2017 is confirmation that we’ll see a Long War 2 mod on PC in the near future. Pavonis Interactive’s Long War for Enemy Unknown was one of the major reasons Firaxis expanded on the second game’s mod capability, which in itself is pretty indicative of how good it is. Last year, Lumpkin and the rest of his team were hard at work on three new XCOM 2 mods and the studio head told us he wasn’t sure if they’d ever begin work on a follow-up to the popular Long War mod. It sounds like things have changed since the last time we spoke with Long War mod design lead and studio founder John Lumpkin. And that’s not even the biggest news to emerge from the company formerly known as Long War Studios on Thursday morning. It took a year longer than many XCOM fans wanted, but the beloved Long War mod is finally making the jump to XCOM 2.

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