Chris England of Goldhawk Interactive has officially announced that Xenonauts 2 is now in production. They're using Unity this time round too.
Announcement thread (http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php/13609-Xenonauts-2-confirmed%21)
Official webpage (http://www.xenonauts2.com/)
I've heard good things about Xenonauts. In fact, I just installed it yesterday and took a quick look around. I think once I finish both XCOM games I'll play it. Good to see them continue working on it.
On a related note, this thread reminded me of UFO 2 Extraterrestrials (http://www.ufo2extraterrestrials.com/). It was supposed to have been out already. They are saying Spring this year but I'm starting to think this might be vaporware.
Was Xenonauts 1 ever finished?
Quote from: Pinetree on February 12, 2016, 04:15:32 AM
They're using Unity this time round too.
I'd rather have the 2D hand drawn stuff than 3D in Unity. Bleh.
Xenonauts 1 was absolutely finished and is a rock-solid game. It very much resembles the original X-Com title, but with updated graphics. There's none of the "dumbing down" or classes associated with Firaxis' follow-on titles. There's little innovation from that original title, but the execution off the original recipe is excellent.
I played it for quite a while (91 hours, Steam tells me) and enjoyed it immensely, although I wasn't quite able to finish it before giving up and moving on to other titles. The writing is very good (even better than the original X-Com, IMHO) and the complementary novella that comes with it is first-rate in setting the tone even better.