XCOM and Hunt Showdown inspire new strategy game and extraction shooter hybrid

Ice Code Games, creator of Hard West 2 and last year's Rogue Waters, has made a niche for itself in mashing up tactical combat design with supernaturally-infused historical settings. Hard West and its sequel take place in a 19th-century American West haunted by demonic creatures whereas Rogue Waters offers strategic pirate swashbuckling in monster-filled seas. Now, the studio is continuing in a similar vein with the announcement of its latest project, a blend of Hunt Showdown and XCOM 2 called Nightmare Frontier. Continue reading XCOM and Hunt Showdown inspire new strategy game and extraction shooter hybrid

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XCOM and Hunt Showdown inspire new strategy game and extraction shooter hybrid
XCOM and Hunt Showdown inspire new strategy game and extraction shooter hybrid

Ice Code Games, creator of Hard West 2 and last year's Rogue Waters, has made a niche for itself in mashing up tactical combat design with supernaturally-infused historical settings. Hard West and its sequel take place in a 19th-century American West haunted by demonic creatures whereas Rogue Waters offers strategic pirate swashbuckling in monster-filled seas. Now, the studio is continuing in a similar vein with the announcement of its latest project, a blend of Hunt Showdown and XCOM 2 called Nightmare Frontier.