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Worms: Galactic Tactics adopts XCOM-like gameplay amid franchise trend

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Worms: Galactic Tactics, a new turn-based strategy game, is drawing comparisons to the XCOM series. The game features mishap-strewn warfare and is being released amidst a trend of other franchises like Star Wars, Rainbow Six, and Warhammer 40,000 also adopting XCOM-like gameplay mechanics. AI

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Worms: Galactic Tactics adopts XCOM-like gameplay amid franchise trend

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    📰 The mishap-strewn warfare of Worms: Galactic Tactics gives hope it’s not just a comedy XCOM Gawd, everyone’s doing an XCOM these days. Star Wars is doing an X

    📰 The mishap-strewn warfare of Worms: Galactic Tactics gives hope it’s not just a comedy XCOM Gawd, everyone’s doing an XCOM these days. Star Wars is doing an XCOM. Rainbow Six is doing an XCOM. Warhammer 40K has done, like, four XCOMs. Those squeaky wiggletubes of Worms are at i…

    LINKS rockpapershotgun.com/the-mishap-strewn-wa…

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